With a deafening bass and hues of neon colors dancing across the walls, Gainesville locals celebrated the end of syllabus week with a bang. Over 100 fans of house and electronic-dance music crowded ...

Since the 2010s, electronic dance music (EDM) has become one of the largest and most popular sectors of the music industry, with festivals and record sales netting billions of dollars each year. EDM ...

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) presents several free downtown fests that celebrate distinctly Chicagoan styles of music with long local histories—Blues Fest, Jazz Fest, ...

Explore the origins of house music, which began in Chicago’s underground party scene. Explore the origins of house music, which began in Chicago’s underground party scene as a safe space for gay ...

New York City has hip-hop, and Chicago has house music. Although each genre became a global phenomenon, the latter still generates far less mainstream coverage. To this day, a cloud of mystery still ...

Top left to right: DJ Alan King and Tony Touch Bottom left to right: Johnny Fiasco and Farley “Jackmaster” Funk Chicago House Music Festival The Main Stage features Wayne Williams and Alan King of the ...

The world of electronic dance music (EDM) is exploding. The market for this music—and the experiences associated with it—is on a serious growth trajectory. And it’s not limited to any single ...

Who is he? DJ Deeon, legendary house music DJ and producer, has died at 56. Deeon 'DJ Deeon' Boyd was a pioneer of the Chicago-based house music sub-genre "ghetto house." The genre is characterized by ...

A group of Chicago friends plant the seeds of house music. In search of a party scene like the one they encountered at New York’s warehouse parties, a group of Chicago friends plant the seeds for ...

House music typically thumps at 120-130 beats per minute, in 4/4 time. That’s an awfully clinical description of the sound that shakes the floor and the walls at dance clubs around the world. What’s ...