“Get Up!” A Tribute to DJ Deeon
The man behind the legend was even greater than the legend itself. 5 Mag remembers Chicago house DJ and ghetto house pioneer DJ Deeon, who passed away today.
Daily Lineups & Set Times for North Coast Music Festival 2023
This year's festival features Duke Dumont, MK, Alison Wonderland, DJ Snake, Blond:ish. Alesso and more over Labor Day Weekend September 1 through 3 2023 at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicagoland.
Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, Nitzer Ebb & more headline 2023 West Fest
Final line-up for this year's West Fest held Friday July 7 to Sunday July 9 2023 in Chicago's West Town neighborhood.
The 2023 Silver Room Block Party will be the last
The event's 18 year run has spanned from Wicker Park to Hyde Park before becoming a multi-day lakefront festival.
Panel discussions at the 2023 Chicago House Music Conference
The line-up and times for the panel discussions as well as the keynote "fireside chat" with Robert Owens at the Chicago House Music Conference held this Friday, June 23 2023 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
The Warehouse is now a Chicago landmark
An enthusiastic City Council approved landmark designation for the building where Frankie Knuckles played and where house music was born in Chicago.
EU might be taking on Spotify over artist payments again
An influential legislator in the European Parliament calls streaming platforms "unbalanced" when it comes to paying artists.
Musicians are totally ignoring the new Copyright Claims Board
A new copyright body was created last year to cheaply and easily file infringement claims, but few musicians or music rights holders seem to be aware of it.
Chicago’s 3 Degrees homecoming at the Silver Room Block Party
All seven main members of Chicago's 3 Degrees Global family will be reuniting at the 2023 Silver Room Block Party including Julius the Mad Thinker, FLX, Forever Monna, Jeremiah Seraphine, Big Sexy, Priti and Czboogie.
Robert Owens, Queen! added to Chicago House Music Festival & Conference
The full line-up for this year's Chicago House Music Festival and the accompanying conference are released for the event held June 23 and June 24 2023.
Time Capsule: Inside the new 5 Mag
Joyce Muniz, Fred Everything, LF System, Conrad Colson, How to Save a Landmark, the AI botnet eating streaming platforms alive and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Feds claim a pirate radio station is hiding in a space launch facility
Spaceport America got a love letter from the FCC in connection with "unauthorized radio signals" on the FM band.
Detroit techno doc God Said Give Em Drum Machines screening during Movement 2023
The groundbreaking film focusing on Black artists from Detroit will be screened May 26 with a film workshop May 27 in Detroit.
MOVE: Inside the new 5 Mag
Coflo on the cover, Alland Byallo in the studio, Phil Strand and Jeff Mills at the cinema and more inside 5 Mag Issue 206 out now.
Frankie Knuckles & Juice WRLD murals intentionally destroyed in West Loop
Somebody painted over the Hubbard St. viaduct murals to Frankie Knuckles and Juice WRLD in Chicago. Nobody knows who, or why.
Chicago’s Cafe Six06 celebrates its last weekend
The house friendly bar, cafe and venue will hold Sixapalooza this Friday for their closing weekend.
Pirate radio broadcasters face record $2.3 million fine
Radio Impacto 2 becomes the first victim of radio industry lobbying with a huge FCC fine.
Derrick Carter & Mark Farina headline West Fest Chicago 2023
Good food, good people, good house: The long running Chicago street festival returns to West Town July 7 through 9 2023 with the Chicago House DJ stage right in the middle of it all.
The Warehouse OK’d for preliminary landmark status
It was unanimous and if everything goes right The Warehouse will soon have landmark status in the city of Chicago.
Chicago to consider landmark status for The Warehouse
A meeting this Thursday April 13 2023 will consider granting preliminary landmark status to the building that formerly housed The Warehouse, Frankie Knuckles' first Chicago residency where house music was born.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
