20 Ways To Celebrate Día De Los Muertos In Chicago: Ofrendas, Festivals And More
Block Club Chicago / by Lucia Preziosi / October 19, 2026 CHICAGO — Chicago is gearing up to celebrate Día de Los Muertos, a Mexican holiday that honors relatives and loved ones who’ve died. Día de Los Muertos, which translates to “Day of the Dead,” is a celebration of life often honored through ofrendas, or altars, alongside plenty of other traditions like cuisine and dance. Read More Here.
Column: Back home in Chicago, singer John Prine gets the celebration we’ve been waiting for
Chicago Tribune / by Rick Kogan / September 30, 2026 As understandably restrained and quiet was the 2020 funeral of John Prine, the upcoming celebrations surrounding what would have been this singer-songwriter’s 80th birthday will be lavish and music-filled. After Prine died at 73 from complications of COVID-19 in the first months of the pandemic, his wife Fiona Whelan Prine was allowed to have only immediate family at the Nashville funeral home. As she said, “We had to beg for the opportunity for the
New mural pays tribute to John Prine on Old Town School of Folk Music building
CBS News Chicago / by Marie Saavedra / September 14, 2026 A new mural on the Old Town School of Folk Music building in Lincoln Square pays tribute to the late Chicago music icon John Prine. The mural was painted by Jon Langford, a musician and artist. "Painting is the day job. Rocking and rolling is the night job," he said. "John Prine was an alumni of this school. So he's like a living testament to what this school tried to do. Tries to do." View More Here.
John Prine mural adorns Old Town School of Folk Music
Chicago Sun Times / by Genevieve Bookwalter / July 24, 2026 For John Prine fans, the massive new mural painted on the Old Town School of Folk Music in Lincoln Square can prompt pedestrians to stop and blink back tears. The Maywood native and folk music legend died in 2020 from COVID complications. This month, his friend and fellow musician Jon Langford, who designed the mural, teamed up with Chicago artist Darius Dennis, owner of Big Wall Sign & Mural, to paint a tribute to Prine on the school’s second
Weekend Break: Square Roots in Lincoln Square
WGN9 / Weekend Break / July12, 2026 As summer takes hold of Chicago and festivals coat the Windy City streets, there's one that takes place on Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Square that has been entertaining crowds for years. WGN's Shannon Halligan has more. View More Here.
rts & Entertainment Chicago-Area Live Music Recommendations for July 8-14
WTTW / by Josh Terry / July 8, 2026 Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more. Daily Chicagoan, the newsletter from WTTW News, sends these picks to your inbox each week along with more essential recommendations from our staff. Read More Here.
Mural honoring John Prine to grace outside wall of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music
CBS News / by Adam Harrington / July 2, 2026 Renowned singer-songwriter and Chicago-area native John Prine will be honored with a mural at the Old Town School of Folk Music in the Lincoln Square community. Big Wall Sign & Mural announced Wednesday that visual artist and musician Jon Langford designed the mural, for which work began this week. The mural will be painted on the north-facing brick wall of the Old Town School's headquarters at 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. Read
Square Roots Returns With Headliners Margo Price, Dehd, Nick Lowe And Hurray For The Riff Raff
Block Club Chicago / by Alex V. Hernandez / June 9, 2026 LINCOLN SQUARE — Lincoln Square’s popular Square Roots Festival is back in July featuring a mix of live music from Chicago artists, local food and craft beer and expanded family programing. Organized by the Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce and the Old Town School of Folk Music, the popular three-day street fest kicks off 5 p.m. July 10 and runs through July 12. This year’s festival will again take over Lincoln Avenue between Montrose
Column: Return with us now to those thrilling songs of yesteryear in ‘Chicago 1971’
Chicago Tribune / by Rick Kogan / March 4, 2026 For those of us who keep a foot firmly in the past, how fortunate to find John Ballantyne and Gus Noble, a couple of guys from Scotland, who are in the buoyant business of traveling back more than 50 years to give us a time and place and three guys who changed the face of American music in profound, thrilling ways. Those guys were Kris Kristofferson, Steve Goodman and John Prine. The time and place form the title of their musical-theatrical show, “Chicago
