What up, Chicago! It might just be the humidity, but I’m feeling good vibes in the air. The weather today is such a breath of fresh air after the torrential downpour yesterday. Fingers crossed that the rain doesn’t follow us into Lolla weekend. PLEASE!!!

This official Lollapalooza Aftershow is even hotter than yesterday’s weather…

You look so perfect standing there, so put on your American Apparel underwear for 5 Seconds of Summer at The Salt Shed this Saturday. Tickets are sold out for the heartthrob boy band, but we managed to get our hands on a pair. Want to win ‘em?

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Time to start a Riot. Rock and roll lovers, come one, come all for Honey Revenge x Dead Poet Society at Concord Music Hall presented by Riot Fest this November. Get ready to rock.

• Bottomless brunch meets festival vibes at AceBounce. Unlimited bites, mimosas, bloody marys, ping pong, blacklight fun, and more await before Chicago's biggest festival weekend. Get tickets now.*

• He made you giggle during your doomscroll, and now he’ll make you laugh your a$$ off on the big stage. Award-winning comedian Sean Reilly is bringing his live comedy show to RED ROOM Comedy Club this Friday. See you there.

• It smells like updog in here… No, it Smells Like Teen Spirit. Chicago’s grungiest Nirvana tribute band, Smells Like Nirvana, is rocking the house at The Venue this October. Buy tickets now.

• Plus other just announced shows from The Smashing Pumpkins, Chuck Timely, Greta Van Fleet, Orville Peck, Tinashe, YG, Lil Yachty, Sixteen Candles, Eli, DJ Mandy, Joe Gatto, Trivium, Brett Eldredge, and more!

THE BEST ACTIVITY BARS IN CHICAGO

I’m going to give you two options, and you let me know which one is better: A night out with a few drinks and good company, or a night out with a few drinks, good company, and LASER GUNS?! Yeah, it’s the latter. If you’re looking for a good time where being intoxicated is only half the journey, we’ve put together a list of the best activity bars in Chicago. Darts, bumper cars, indoor batting cages — you name it.

A THURSDAY FOR THE BOOKS

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• The Riot Fest 2026 Lineup is here! Tool, Twenty One Pilots, Pierce The Veil, Alanis Morissette, and so many more this September 18th-20th in Douglass Park. 3-Day tickets are on sale now.*

• If you couldn’t tell, there are a sh!t-ton of Lolla Aftershows, and a sh!t-ton of them are sold out. Lucky for you, we managed to get our hands on a pair of tix to — you guessed it — all of them. We know, we’re the best. Win ‘em now.

• That one fancy movie theater in Woodridge might be the only place showing the 70mm IMAX version of The Odyssey, but Music Box on Southport is screening it in 70mm and it has a fun themed cocktail. A movie’s a movie… right?

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