Top venues (20)
Multi Purpose Ball room
Uptown
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Historic 1920s Moorish-castle ballroom known for massive touring live electronic tours and bass spectacles.
Warehouse
South Loop & Bronzeville
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Intimate 1,800-capacity boutique warehouse room attached directly to Radius.
Listening Bar
Wicker Park & Bucktown
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Vibrant multi-level hall hosting touring bass, dubstep, and mid-sized electronic artists.
Listening Bar
Ukrainian Village
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Beloved dive-bar institution frequently hosting experimental electronics, synth jams, and outsider dance music.
Amphitheatre
South Loop / Lakefront
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Outdoor amphitheater on Lake Michigan hosting large-scale summer electronic concerts.
Concert Hall / Auditorium
Wrigleyville / North Side
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Historic concert hall directly above Smartbar; legendary staging for live electronic acts and massive club crossover events.
Listening Bar
Parachute HiFi, 3500 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Avondale & Logan Square
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Historic Polish neighborhood lounge transformed into Chicago's most exciting DIY hub for leftfield techno, electro, and global bass.
Gold Coast / Near North
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Basement club built around a wall of custom Void Acoustics subwoofers; tech-house, minimal, and bass music.
Lincoln Park
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Two-room hybrid club catering to high-production touring progressive and tech-house DJs.
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Radius
South Loop & Bronzeville
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A mammoth 50,000-sq-ft converted industrial warehouse in East Pilsen; high-spec D&B sound and stadium-level production.
Avondale & Logan Square
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Acoustically pristine music hall and taproom hosting leftfield live electronics, ambient, and disco selectors.
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Smartbar
Wrigleyville / North Side
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The sacred subterranean basement of American house music; home to Frankie Knuckles' legacy, Queen! Sundays, and a world-class d&b audiotechnik rig.
Wicker Park & Bucktown
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Boutique club space powered by an analog rotary setup and custom KV2 Audio system.
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Spybar
River North
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Long-running underground sanctuary; intimate subterranean basement setting the North American standard for tech-house and techno.
Wicker Park & Bucktown
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Multi-level rock and electronic venue hosting underground footwork battles, juke sessions, and drum & bass.
River North
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High-end restaurant and nightclub featuring high-octane commercial and melodic house bookings in a converted historic castle.
Pilsen
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Restored 19th-century opera house hosting live electronic acts, house collectives, and indie-dance producers.
Avondale & Logan Square
2 venues
River North
3 venues
South Loop & Bronzeville
3 venues
West Loop & Fulton Market
3 venues
Wicker Park & Bucktown
4 venues