Music
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What to stream: George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Zac Brown Band, Michelle Pfeiffer and Metroid Prime 4
Dec 01, 2025 5:15 am - George Clooney playing a dashing movie star with nagging midlife regrets in “Jay Kelly” and Zac Brown Band returning with fresh tunes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘A Bing Crosby Christmas’ coming to Huntley church Dec. 7Nov 25, 2025 1:19 pm - A Bing Crosby Christmas concert featuring Jared Bradshaw and the music of the Andrew Sisters will be held on Sunday, Dec. 7, at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley.
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Christmas Sing-Along included at Northwest Choral’s Dec. 18 concertNov 25, 2025 10:25 am - Northwest Choral Society’s 59th annual Christmas concert will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, at. St. Raymond de Penafort Church in Mount Prospect.
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Concerts Nov. 28 to Dec. 4: Pentatonix, Micky Dolenz, Burna Boy, Erykah Badu and moreNov 25, 2025 8:40 am - Upcoming concerts include Pentatonix at Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Micky Dolenz at the Arcada Theatre and Des Plaines Theatre, Burna Boy at the United Center, Erykah Badu at the Chicago Theatre and more.
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Illinois Brass Band presents ‘Holiday Classics’Nov 24, 2025 11:45 pm - On Saturday, Dec. 20, the Illinois Brass Band holiday concert will feature Christmas fanfares, popular favorites, sacred carols, and vocalist Amy Bearden.
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‘Incredible opportunity’: Wheaton native Sleeping At Last to perform holiday show with Chicago Philharmonic at The AuditoriumNov 24, 2025 5:28 pm - “I’m a nervous person,” says musician Sleeping At Last, aka Ryan O’Neal. “So playing live is an act of vulnerability that has scared me for a long time.” But the Wheaton native is not letting that hold him back from performing with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday, Nov. 29, at The Auditorium.
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Best Bets: Broadway vet Levi Kreis returns to Metropolis, and holiday music fills the airNov 24, 2025 4:52 pm - Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis returns to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Santa’s Village opens its holiday lights display, “Dr. Who” fans convene in Lombard and holiday music is in the air in the suburbs.
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Things to do Nov. 28 to Dec. 4: Tree lightings, ‘Nutcrackers’ and moreNov 24, 2025 12:12 pm - Make plans for tree lightings and productions of “The Nutcracker” throughout the area, Naperville Holiday Parade of Lights, Christmas at Cantigny Light Show, the Vienna Boys Choir, “Elf The Musical” on stage and more.
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Conan Gray, Lainey Wilson and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nov 24, 2025 9:51 am - Two things that made massive cultural splashes this year — Labubu and “KPop Demon Hunters” — will fill the sky and streets of New York when the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off this year. Conan Gray and Lainey Wilson will bring the tunes.
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Chance the Rapper to co-host ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ from Chicago
Nov 24, 2025 8:46 am - Ryan Seacrest will have some starry help ushering in 2026 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” as Chance the Rapper will help co-host from Chicago and Rob Gronkowski and Julianne Hough will co-host from Las Vegas.