Chicago House Music Festival 2026

News

House Music news, new releases and blog posts from 5 Magazine

House Music All Stars Come Out to Support Boyd Jarvis

The Music Got Us Too: Timmy Regisford, Merlin Bobb, Francois K, Joe Claussell, Kevin Hedge, Barbara Tucker, Eli Escobar and Mark Francis lead a fundraiser in support of Boyd Jarvis.
5 magazine issue 138

The Phuture Is Yours: 5 Mag Issue 138

We honor the legends and spotlight the new breed. In this issue: Pezzner, a tribute to Earl Smith, Jr of Phuture, Jeff Derringer of Oktave, and three mixes from Boorane, Jay Hill and Tim Zawada.

We Lost a Giant of a Man: Phuture’s Earl Smith, Jr

Earl Smith, Jr.'s obituary will mention his role in the creation of Acid House. We remember him for so much more.

Chicago’s New Cultural Affairs Czar Vows to Honor House Music Traditions

House Music is one of Chicago's "great contributions to the world," says Mark Kelly.
5 Magazine Issue 137

Ready Steady Go! Issue 137 of 5 Magazine Out Now

Featuring Demuir, DJ Heather, Dan X and Lil'Mark of Apollo Music Group, Igor Jadranin, a DJ's guide to Mixcloud, Roland's big retro-futurism day and more.

London’s Iconic Fabric to Close

Amid questions about restricting BPMs at Fabric, the Islington Council ultimately elected to revoke the club's license.

Happy Birthday! 5 Mag Issue 136 is Out Now

DJ Spen, Phil Kieran, Mateo and Matos and more highlight 5 Mag's 11 year anniversary issue.
soundcloud 1068

SoundCloud is for Sale. Is Anyone Buying?

And this is why SoundCloud ignores the independent artists and DJs that are their best customers.
video

Pizza Hut makes pizza boxes into DJ turntables

Well it's better than what's inside the box anyway...

“It’s Like Napster, Only You Pay For It Like Spotify”

Did you hear Napster is back? It's just another of the dozens of big dumb companies that want to sell you cheap streaming.

Paul Johnson Announces Dance Mania x Relief Records Tour

Chicago House Music legend Paul Johnson announces available dates for sets based on his Dance Mania and Relief-era sound.
frankie knuckles

A Gala for the Frankie Knuckles Foundation

Terisa Griffin, Eric Kupper and more at the Frankie Knuckles Foundation's Gala August 20 2016 at the Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago.
video

New Black Coffee album to be released on August 26

Pieces of Me is his first album to be released with EDM cake-tossing tossers Ultra Records.
5 Magazine Issue 135

KON! Inside Issue 135 of 5 Magazine

... plus Stephanie Cooke, Gareth Whitehead, the Story of Video Clash and more in Issue 135 of 5 Magazine, out now for members only.
Cevin Fisher

Cevin Fisher Makes His Chicago Debut

The veteran of New York’s most legendary venues (Zanzibar, the Loft and the Paradise Garage) appears August 20 at Primary Nightclub with Craig Loftis, Czboogie and Mike Bledsoe.
parliament funkadelicvideo

Tear The MF’ing Roof Off!

New documentary on the wild and dangerous times of Parliament Funkadelic Tear The Roof Off debuts in Chicago.
monte lank

DJ Silk has passed away

Veteran Chicago House Music DJ Monte Lank aka DJ Silk passed away from a stroke on Monday, August 1st.
blaque fragments

South Africa’s Blaque Releases Fragments

The new album features Jonny Miller, Nengah Krisnarini, New York's Jasmine Clemente, Samantha Faison and many more.

The Obama Library at the Chosen Few Picnic?

The Obama Foundation announces Jackson Park - home of the iconic Chicago House Music festival - as site of the presidential library.
Bear Who

Bear Who Launches Residency in Puerto Rico

San Juan Water Club hosts Bear Who's bimonthly residency starting the weekend of July 30-31 2016.

MUST READ!