Chicago scene guide
Chicago scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at Union Park. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Chicago’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Nicole Moudaber: Union Park, smartbar, Masada
- Techno — if you like Nicole Moudaber: Union Park, TBA - Secret Location, smartbar
- Tech House — if you like ChaseWest: Radius, Spybar, TBA - Wicker Park
- Deep House — if you like Leon Vynehall: Masada, Castaways, smartbar
- Bass — if you like Gladstone Deluxe: TBA - w00t, Podlasie Club, DMen Tap
- Club — if you like Ariel Zetina: Subterrannean, Podlasie Club, Concord Music Hall
- Progressive House — if you like compil3r: Castaways, Navy Pier, TBA - Sound Bar, Chicago
Busiest venues
How big is Chicago’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 2,567 club nights across 375 venues in Chicago, featuring 1,884 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Chicago tonight.
Which Chicago venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Chicago club nights actually start and end?
From the 2,567 listings publishing door times: the median Chicago night opens at 21:00 — 57% open before 22:00, 42% between 22:00 and midnight, and 1% after midnight. Of the 222 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 32% run past 04:00 and 8% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Chicago cost?
Across the 238 listings publishing prices (9% of all nights): the median advance ticket is 5, with half of all nights between $0 and $25. 29% of listed nights are free.
When does Chicago go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (38% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 69% of the week. The busiest month of the year is August.
What does Chicago sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 37% · Techno 21% · Deep House 11% · Tech House 10% · Acid 7% · Ambient 6%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.
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