Smartbar presents Frost Children (DJ set) on Thursday November 6 2025. more ⟶

Quicktastic Voyage Nights is a weekly residency every Thursday night at Arbella in Chicago with resident DJ Quicktastic and guests. more ⟶

The Goods Thursdays is a weekly Thursday night residency at Swig with resident DJ Duke Shin and guests. more ⟶

Podlasie Club presents Loud Lush with KC Wray and Aman Ster on Thursday November 6 2025. more ⟶

Podlasie Club welcomes Dave Quam, J. Córdova b2b Plight Jada and Sugo2000 on Friday November 7 2025. more ⟶

Spybar welcomes Ben Hemsley on Friday November 7 2025. Standing out from the masses with his daring and captivating productions, Newcastle-based Ben Hemsley is the hottest ticket in the UK house and techno scene right now. In 2023 Ben sold out his CONNECTION TOUR, a run of shows at the best venues in each city in the UK. He also launched his own Ibiza residency in 2023 selling out every show and establishing one of the most successful events on the island which continued in the following years… more ⟶

Flow State x Green Machine present Psyde Quest with Kia, Tornado Wallace and Hot Take on Friday November 7 2025. more ⟶

Auris presents Safety Trance, Salome and Karennoid at Smoke & Mirrors on Friday November 7 2025. more ⟶

Podlasie Club presents Research & Development on Saturday November 8 2025 with Ron Like Hell, JS Alvarez, Dan B Hood b2b Chachi Guerrero, lights by Nix. more ⟶

On Saturday November 8, Flow State and Green Machine partner with Perception Cannabis and slither down to a concealed corner of Chicago’s underbelly alongside three accredited trip advisors: The man the myth the menace Glen S brings the brain bubbling prog, trance, chug, psy, and big beat machine to Chicago for its first hoot and holler. Wax warrior and ATM resident DAS toes the line between trippy and brooding with a delicate balance of prog, tech, and mysterious vinyl delights. Green Machine co-founder Jaggy spent the spring studying in Tranceylvania and re-enters the Prog Bog with a pure soul and renewed spirit. more ⟶

Auris presents Morgan Seatree at PRYSM on Saturday November 8 2025. more ⟶

Smartbar presents Diamond Formation on Saturday November 8 2025 featuring Matrixxman, Ariel Zetina and DYLUSION, hosted by Dutchesz Gemini, photos by Anneasha. more ⟶

Spybar welcomes HoneyLuv (extended set) on Saturday November 8 2025. more ⟶

Auris presents X CLUB: North American Fall Tour at Smoke & Mirrors with Hotpretty and KX1000 on Saturday November 8 2025. more ⟶

Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, special guest JT Donaldson, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Lilith Babylon. Read our cover story on Queen! here. more ⟶

Calling all service and music industry workers in Chicagoland! We’re starting a special series on Mondays just for you, with chances to network, kick back, and commiserate with your fellow lifers. We’ll have industry-specific DJs, plus a just for you drink combo — $10 for a Modelo pint and a shot of Don Julio, all night long, every Monday. We open at 6 PM, DJ at 8 PM, with DJ UJU and Little Big Rob. more ⟶

Quicktastic Voyage Nights is a weekly residency every Thursday night at Arbella in Chicago with resident DJ Quicktastic and guests. August 14: Kosmo & Brian Fisher. more ⟶

The Goods Thursdays is a weekly Thursday night residency at Swig with resident DJ Duke Shin and guests. more ⟶

LOVEFOXY’s North American Tour 2025 touches down at Chicago’s Smoke & Mirrors on Friday November 14 2025 with Frechette and Muffy. more ⟶

Podlasie Club presents Strictly ’90s with Gant-Man, John Simmons and Czboogie on Friday November 14 2025. more ⟶

House Calls welcomes feel good selector Kyle Walker with Sem Jacobs and Remedy on Friday November 14 2025. more ⟶

Flowers of Romance and Format present Luke Slater, Justin Aulis Long and Brenda at Smartbar on November 14 2025. more ⟶

Gray Area presents Bora Uzer with Dabura and Ugur Dariveren on Friday November 14 2025. more ⟶

Spybar welcomes Jody Wisternoff on Friday November 14 2025. Bristol-based DJ and producer Jody Wisternoff has been a respected name in UK rave since 1986 when, aged 13, he made it to the final of the DMC World DJ Championship. He first found mainstream success in the ’90s as one half of house and trance duo Way Out West, with Nick Warren; and he continues to create deep and progressive house as a solo artist more ⟶

Smartbar presents Expansions NYC with Louie Vega playing all night long on Saturday November 15 2025. more ⟶

Spybar welcomes Marco Strous on Saturday November 15 2025. more ⟶

In partnership with the Frankie Knuckles Foundation, The Smart Museum of Art, and Goodman Theatre, Rebuild is proud to present our Fourth Annual Frankie Knuckles Festival and Fundraiser, this year hosted at The Land School, our newest spatial concept, pedagogical platform, and experimental land art project in Grand Crossing. Join us for a daylong celebration of the Godfather of House Music as we activate the Frankie Knuckles Collection and revel in the liberatory power of House. As a continuation of our ongoing house programs, this year’s festival will move us rhythmically through joy, fellowship, and collective remembrance as we engage and embody Knuckles’s material legacy as a living archive. We’re honored to uplift his enduring impact with a stacked lineup of Chicago’s finest emergent talent and established legends, spinning in and around the House tradition and lineage. more ⟶

SERUM and Gray Area present Flow Chicago with Franky Rizardo, Ms. Mada, Ferra Black and Nicky B on Saturday November 15 2025. more ⟶

Auris presents Silva Bumpa at Smoke & Mirrors on Saturday November 15 2025. more ⟶

Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, special guest Dani Siciliano, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Zahradka Tonic. Read our cover story on Queen! here. more ⟶

Quicktastic Voyage Nights is a weekly residency every Thursday night at Arbella in Chicago with resident DJ Quicktastic and guests. August 14: Kosmo & Brian Fisher. more ⟶

The Goods Thursdays is a weekly Thursday night residency at Swig with resident DJ Duke Shin and guests. more ⟶

Format presents SPFDJ with DJ Hyperactive and Mark Angel on Friday November 21 2025. more ⟶

Classmatic, the Brazilian talent behind one of the biggest Tech House hits of 2022 on Hot Creations – the track “Toma Dale” in partnership with Nfasis. Since then, he’s championed releases on Solid Grooves, Cuttin’ Headz, Hottrax, elrow Music and Revival New York. more ⟶

Serum and This Never Happened present Rinzen with Robby East and Teho on Friday November 21 2025. more ⟶

Smartbar welcomes Zombies in Miami on Saturday November 22 2025 with Harry Cross and Madeline. more ⟶

Honey Dijon presents The Nightlife at The Roundhouse on Saturday November 22 2025. more ⟶

Auris presents Mason Collective, Hank and Dylan Gold on Saturday November 22 2025 at PRYSM. more ⟶

Loofy, a rising U.S.-based DJ, is making serious noise in the global electronic scene with his standout release on NYC’s legendary Nervous Records. Backed by industry giants like Tale of Us, Tiesto, and Dom Dolla, Loofy is earning a reputation for emotionally rich, genre-blending sets rooted in deep house, techno, and R&B. With musical origins in Chicago and Florida and a creative awakening in the UK, his dynamic style resonates across borders. Now touring Europe and pushing his Luv & Lust label, Loofy is bringing underground U.S. club energy to international stages
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Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Michael Serafini, Shaun J Wright, special guest Posthuman, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Danielle Attme. Read our cover story on Queen! here.
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Calling all service and music industry workers in Chicagoland! We’re starting a special series on Mondays just for you, with chances to network, kick back, and commiserate with your fellow lifers. We’ll have industry-specific DJs, plus a just for you drink combo — $10 for a Modelo pint and a shot of Don Julio, all night long, every Monday. We open at 6 PM, DJ at 8 PM, a range of Italo disco, house, techno, funk with DJ ADHDJ. more ⟶

Derrick Carter plays all night on Wednesday November 26 2025. more ⟶

This year we’re thankful for celebrating Thanksgiving Eve with Lee Foss for the past 10 years! IYKYK but if you don’t, come experience a dance floor bacchanal that only the honcho of Repopulate Mars can provide!! Give your feet a bit of a workout before the football, family and feasting! more ⟶

Green Velvet presents La La Land Chicago on Friday November 28 2025 at Radius with Seth Troxler b2b Hiroko Yamamura, DJ Heather and Osé. more ⟶

Smartbar presents Flowers of Romance with DVS1 and Justin Aulis Long on Friday November 28 2025. more ⟶

George Denver & Harrison Baker, better known as IN PARALLEL, are two students of the dancefloor. Influenced by sweat-dripping festival dance tents and iconic compilation CDs from the likes of Ministry of Sound and Hedkandi, IN PARALLEL is the result of two bubbling producers coming together to produce a new era of nostalgia-tinged club music. George has been making noise in the dance music scene for the last 4 years, after finding a love for drum and bass. Initially influenced by artists such as Sigma and Kanine, it was only after discovering artists such as Sammy Virji, Oppidan and MPH that George was swept up by the new UK garage revolution. Harrison plays guitar, piano, and violin, but nothing satisfied him as much as digging into his parents’ collection of classic dance vinyl. Going to university in Manchester fuelled him to take production and DJing seriously, setting up his own record label Pure Filth, and releasing music under the name Baika. Together, IN PARALLEL have combined their passions to break new ground as a duo, willing their signature sound into taking over dance floors the world over. more ⟶

Smartbar presents Lake Effect featuring Mark Farina and DJ Heather on Saturday November 29 2025. more ⟶

A dynamo whose has produced a stunning back catalogue that includes international chart No.1 hits , Multi Grammy nominations and bumpin’ Chicago-influenced underground productions, Duke Dumont is a contemporary electronic music powerhouse. Deeply committed to creating high quality music imbued with emotional depth, Dumont is versatile, extremely adept and hard working. His illustrious career has taken him on tour around the world, many times over, and placed him in the top tier of electronic music artists of his ilk. Poised to release his debut album ‘Duality’, he will present the culmination of studio work record in London & LA, showcasing a voice that is diverse yet immediately identifiable as Duke’s. Features include RY X, Zak Abel and house legends like Roland Clark, reflecting his open-minded approach across 10 polished tracks that encompass a range of emotional states. With an accompanying live show , Duke Dumont is preparing to enter a new phase of his musical endeavours, and showcasing his the breadth of his expertise. more ⟶

Auris presents Lilly Palmer at Cermak Hall at Radius on Saturday November 29 2025. more ⟶

Young DJ and producer Rafa Barrios is on fire all over the world. The Sevilla native has published several records on various labels including but not limited to his own label Bandidos, Intec, Stereo, Sola, and Blackflag. His tracks have been played by Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Jamie Jones, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire, and Stacey Pullen -who are not only some of the most respected artists in the industry but inspirations in Barrios’ musical upbringing. Currently, you can catch him performing under elite labels Elrow and Repopulate Mars. Rafa’s Spanish roots shine through the deep current that is his unique version of tech house, with a career projection that has no limit. more ⟶

Queen! is Smartbar’s Sunday night residency featuring Michael Serafini, special guests Noshaluv and Aguila, hosts Lucy Stoole and Nico and guest host Vanda LaRose. Read our cover story on Queen! here. more ⟶

Imperfections presents Rhadoo and Daniel Bell in Chicago, to celebrate 15 Years of Club GuestHouse located in Bucharest, Romania. Two headliners with +5hour each extended sets in Chicago. No openers, only soundscapes to welcome you in. Join us on this proper all-day music masterclass marathon.

Sunday starting at 2pm, November 30th, 2025. more ⟶