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“John Simmons is a veteran DJ from Chicago with almost thirty years of experience on the decks. Growing up with a foundation in soul, jazz, funk, and golden era hip-hop, John caught on to House music in the early ‘90s & soon found himself immersed in Chicago’s underground/rave scene. While maintaining a countless number of residencies at Chicago venues over the years” more ⟶

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VITO (UK) is DJ/producer from Birmingham, England and resident DJ for TRMNL. His distinctive sound blends tech house and deep tech through powerful rhythms, recognisable drums and melodies designed to keep the energy moving from beginning to end more ⟶

Taylor Aesthetics Presents: Bassurgence x Notix, Double Header for the Bass Lovers more ⟶

Jenny Fox all night more ⟶

Smartbar welcomes DJ Seinfeld with Shaun J Wright and Valeria Fride more ⟶

INFRARED comes back from the grave for a spooky night in another world on October 24th. And this time…it’s HALLOWEEN!! INFRARED is a party where you will see the world on a whole new wavelength. It is a multidisciplinary space where fashion, music, and art collide. It is a place for expression and finding yourself on the dance floor.Through DJs, installations, and performances, you can feel what is hidden to the natural eye like infrared light more ⟶

Straight from the underground. Deep house, Afro house & Disco carried by Chicago pioneers Cordell Johnson and James Vincent. This is the sound shaped in the clubs, refined over decades, and still moving with purpose. Raw. Soulful. Alive more ⟶

Nightmoves : Residents Ross Kelly & Jesse Sandwich. Special Guest : Blesstonio more ⟶

San Pacho returns to Cermak Hall with tobehonest and Dedro more ⟶

“Sophie “Effy” Cooper, a producer, DJ, radio host, and label founder from the North West of England, has already released mulitple EPs, a string of acclaimed club singles exploring styles between breaks, electro and UK bass — her rapid rise as a producer of club-ready hits brought on sets at iconic venues and parties like Fabric, Parklife, The Warehouse Project and Amnesia Ibiza, as well as support sets for Helena Hauff and Honey Dijon.” more ⟶

“Tommaso is a vinyl selector born and raised in Florence, Italy. What started with his parent’s collection of old Italian 45’s has grown into a vast collection of global rarities, which he’ll dig into this weekend at The Whistler to make the dance floor pop off” more ⟶

Auris presents Baltra with Keefe and Bledat more ⟶

Cat’s out of the bag: Slo ‘Mo returns to the stage darker, gayer, different. Representing resilience and reincarnation, the Black Cat asks: How will you come back in your next life more ⟶

With Lita Da Doll, ASLPrincess, LOQUM and DJ Gaybash, hosted by Lynzo the Heartthrob more ⟶

Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini and Soundstream, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Vanda LaRose more ⟶

Speakeasy House Radio is a monthly series dedicated to documenting and celebrating locals, legends and emerging DJs of house music. Held on the last Sunday of the month, all performances take place in Chicago at Le Nocturne in Uptown. We record our shows and post them to our YouTube channel more ⟶

Brunchlox Presents Magikiss Day Party. A house music party that only happens once a Month. With PHATMAN | CHACHI GUERRERO | PAT FEE | KARL ALMARIA more ⟶

DAME Sunday brings together Chicago’s Latin music community for a weekly night of Latin House, Latin Tech House, and Latin Afro House at Masada Nightclub more ⟶

This monthly industry night is an affinity space for dark music lovers to support local underground artists, DJs, musicians, and organizations—and of course, to dance. Dark sounds provided by resident DJs Invicta, Lazuli, and MAGENTA more ⟶

Industry Mondayz at Masada is just Vibes, Talent, Good Music & Community-driven, featuring rooftop sounds with PASHA and Open Decks for emerging Chicago DJs. 10 DJ slots • 30-minute sets. Pull up. Bring your sound. Make your mark more ⟶

TRIAGE! An Industry Night with Jaq Attaque & Dan B. Hood, Special Guest Sean Taylor, all night more ⟶

Italoween featuring Pen Pals, Grey People, Lea Lazuli more ⟶

HAPPY HALLO-GOODS! Special guests join resident/host Duke Shin on this very special, spooky edition of the Goods Thursdays. Est. 2013 more ⟶

Hosted by Siichele, Irregular Girl and Luv Ami Stoole with DJ Booonita Appleblunt, Tarot by Venus Cuntess, Bootblacking by Cooowbell & gogos Butch Dreamdaddy, Hugh Gogo, Ann Arqwa and D’Cameron May more ⟶

Kick off Halloweekend at FINAL GIRL with music by BRITT, STARSTRUCK & MIDNIGHT COWBOY. All dance, juke, and pop, all night more ⟶

3rd annual Halloween party! Music at 7pm. Dress up! Dance? Get Scared! This year we have even more friends to celebrate with!!! Lineup more ⟶

Research & Development with INFX (LIVE), J.S. Alvarez, Shanti more ⟶

Smartbar presents Nanoos & Company featuring Nanoos, DJ Spinn and DJ Zuni more ⟶

Room Tone with Evan G & Ctrlzora more ⟶

Rare Cuts is a night celebrating Disco: the music genre and the subculture that paved the way for house music. Featuring an all-vinyl set by Jackersize, they will dig deep into the classic four-on-the-floor sounds: Italo, psychedelic soul, French house, nu disco, post-disco and new wave more ⟶

Underground combination of electronic music, hip hop, and experimental music more ⟶

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“The south London selector started out as a niche artist in a niche genre – dubstep. They have both since become global exports and huge entities in the modern musical landscape. Having let go of dubstep in the early 2010s, Skream moved effortlessly into house, techno and garage” more ⟶

Back for a spooky gathering on 10/31, Witch Finger gathers for a Halloween banger with vibes from New York’s Jason Kendig, DJ Heather, Trqpiteca and resident Harry Cross more ⟶

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ALISHA makes her return to the House Calls booth as part of a stacked Halloween weekend more ⟶

Auris presents Philippa Pacho with Brenda and Abisai more ⟶

“This year, Joss Dean has been making noise in the underground house music scene at the young age of 18. The London-based DJ/Producer has been playing shows all over the UK, including headlining and selling out Joshua Brooks, and shelling down Studio 338 in his home city. His first-ever release comes out on the highly regarded neXup recs, which has been tested at internationally acclaimed nightclubs such as DC-10, Amnesia, Drumsheds, and The Warehouse Project. Joss’s future looks bright, as he follows in the footsteps of his older brother Max Dean, and cousin Luke Dean. Joss Dean is the newest Dean to cause chaos on dance floors everywhere” more ⟶

Two night event held Friday October 30 2026 and Saturday October 31 2026. Night one features Cobrah (gag ball set), Pixel Grip (DJ set), Shaun J. Wright, Kirk, BKHQ and hosts Abhijeet & Boo Boo Kitty Fuck, Irregular Girl & Siichele and Lucy Stoole & Nico more ⟶

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Alchemy of the Arts begins to take form. Now entering our third year, this time in an entirely new space. Hidden somewhere in the West Loop, a secret warehouse becomes our laboratory for the night, where sound becomes spellwork, movement becomes ritual, and ordinary elements are transformed into something rarer more ⟶

Auris presents On The HHaunt with HHUNTER, Flash Gea, Junkie Kid, Prosperity Room, House of Heaven and KRIVX more ⟶

THE HOT B!T@# HALLOWEEN PARTY featuring Miss Toto, Madeline, Kitt Vesper and Virago. Hosted by Alex Jenny, Eliel, Kahmora Hall, Lezbian Minnelli, MizThang and Vanity Unfair more ⟶

Join us for a frightfully fun night at Haunted House Party, where house music and Halloween collide. Come dressed in your creepiest, kookiest costumes and dance the night away to spine-tingling sets by DJ Gene Hunt and DJ Heather. Enjoy eerie eats, good vibes and plenty of surprises! Grab your ghouls and let’s conjure up a night to remember! more ⟶

Two night event held Friday October 30 2026 and Saturday October 31 2026. Night two features Bree Runaway, Debasement, BOOTS (DJ set), Pageant Queens, Daru b2b DJ Gaybash!, Cryberbully and hosts Lynzo the Heartthrob & Ramona Slick, Bambi Banks & Starr Banks and Tiki and Mister Mistress more ⟶

Night With Nanoos is back! We are always excited to have her in the building. THIS MONTH FT DJ MC. A night of House, Juke, Club, Latin Club, and more. Early arrival strongly suggested more ⟶

Break-N-Enter and Club Hospitality present Morgan Morgan, Young Brown, Phil & Iceybby more ⟶

Halloween with J Phlip, Christian Martin, Striz, Twonwreck, Radiohiro, Ichabod and Notorious Nino more ⟶

Everywhere Between is an event series hosted by DJ Mochi and DJ IGGY that celebrates international club music culture. Originally launched as a live stream in 2020, the platform has since grown into a bi-monthly dance party at Chop Shop. EB has headlined music festivals, performed on stages throughout North America, and featured special guest DJs from around the world, including acts like Juls, Jyoty, Zainab, Sango, Taylah Elaine, Jael, DJ Lag, and more. The party’s mission is to build a diverse and forward-thinking community, open to fresh sounds and experiences more ⟶

LAB Chicago returns for the second installation of their live mix series collaboration with House Calls featuring Ranger Trucco and Monty Kiddo. Mayya brings her grooving selections to warm up the room more ⟶

The Diva’s of Freestyle & House feat Cynthia, Judy Torres, Laura & Dajae performing @ Pierre’s Banquets Live On Stage for One Nite Only more ⟶

Join us Sat Oct 31st at this ICONIC venue. 2 Buildings of Horror, Amazing lineup of DJ’s more ⟶

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Subspace and Goth Barge present Milwaukee’s biggest Halloween costume contest and dance party. Every cover charge feeds a crowd-funded cash prize pool that hit $3,000 the last two years, split 50/30/20 among the top three costumes. DJs Catgoat, DJ Salinger, XdominionX, and the Dance Commandr spin goth, dark wave, new wave, and industrial all night. The Dance Commandr judges costumes by roaming the floor handing out tokens more ⟶

Hallo-Queen! spills over from Smartbar and into Metro featuring Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, Chip E, Chris Cruse, Czboogie, DJ Minx, hosts Lucy SToole and Nico and guest host Jaharia. Installations by Boxboy Rich more ⟶

LA Young’s Phyllis Hyman Tribute brings the music of one of soul and jazz’s most distinctive voices to life in an unforgettable live performance. If you love the timeless music of Phyllis Hyman, this is a tribute built for true listeners. LA Young is a contralto, sharing the same rare, rich, low-toned vocal range that made Hyman’s performances so captivating. Rather than an impersonation, Young delivers Hyman’s songbook in the range it was written for, backed by her working band, Soul Society™, with every arrangement performed live and nothing on tape more ⟶

A vinyl-led survey of Nu Jazz, Broken Beat, midtempo, and UK underground music. Revisiting overlooked cuts and forgotten movements, from the quiet corners of the lounge to the pulse of the club more ⟶

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Auris presents Trancemaster Krause with Nevaeh and Pearls more ⟶

Presented by DJ Sound Arkitek, CLUB S**T runs from house, footwork, and juke to jungle, drum & bass, UKG, and beyond more ⟶

Collectiv x NSW Present TAZU w/ Special Guests KTRL, Hazcat, Vincebyvince, & Sudoku more ⟶

Auris presents ROSSI with Dean Turnley more ⟶

Format presents UFO95 (live) with Brenda and KX1000 more ⟶

MUSIQA BALADI with Lionessa (Cairo), Nanoos and Passion Puree more ⟶

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Carl Cox with Toman and Kidoo more ⟶

Prepare yourselves North Halstead for the newest party coming to @decibelchicago on Saturday November 7th from 10pm-5am:‍ Furnace – Expect hard and dark techno all night with a DJ lineup who will fully cook you to completion and hot to the touch performers more ⟶

Kick off your month with Tim Spinnin spinning all night at Schommer House & Freestyle vibes more ⟶

Buzzi (NYC / Live), Duck Trask (Divalocity) b2b Zona Cinco more ⟶

Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Derrick Carter, Julie Marghilano and Michael Serafini, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Claire more ⟶

Lucy Stoole & smartbar present LADYBEAR featuring Juliana Huxtable * Ariel Zetina * Mister Hoochiemama * Performances by Valentine Addams * Tenderoni * Fantasy Banks * Gogo Dancers Ari * Marckus * Mush * Hosted by Lucy Stoole * Gnat more ⟶

Auris presents Westend with Dansyn and Eddie Adams more ⟶

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Teknoir with Gene Hunt, Geto Mark, Scrappy Coco, Samantha Rad and Pat Fee more ⟶

Meet Me Upstairs presents PFAC, DJ Scari and Jace Inman more ⟶

Whodat and CTRLZORA more ⟶

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4trk presents Centrific, Henry Chow and DJ Hyperactive more ⟶

House Calls welcomes the infectious grooves of Caleb Jackson & D Stone for their House Calls debut more ⟶

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Auris presents Smokey Bubblin’ B with RTST and Haute Soup more ⟶

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Benwal, Diffrent, Kyle Starkey, Paige Tomlinson, Stüm more ⟶

Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini and T Mixwell, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Diwa Oro more ⟶

Smartbar welcomes Bitchin Bajas (live) with DJs Radio De Gregorio and Potions more ⟶

Expansions NYC with Louie Vega all night long more ⟶

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Smartbar presents Flowers of Romance with DVS1, Justin Aulis Long and video alchemy by Video Waste more ⟶

Smartbar presents Mushroom Jazz featuring Mark Farina with DJ Heather and Michael Serafini more ⟶

Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini and Shaun J Wright, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Kerosene more ⟶