Festivals in Illinois

Illinois means, first and foremost, Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan — the city that invented house music in its South Side clubs and gave the world the electric blues of Maxwell Street. Every summer, Grant Park becomes the beating heart of the American festival scene with Lollapalooza, a four-day multi-genre giant on the lakefront, while the ARC Music Festival celebrates the city's house and techno heritage over Labor Day weekend. Nearby, Sueños lights up the same park with reggaeton and Latin sounds.

Away from the water, the state's spirit lives on in the raw rock of Riot Fest, the great punk and alternative gathering at Douglass Park, and stretches down to the farmland of Chillicothe, where the Summer Camp Music Festival brings together jam bands and electronica over Memorial Day weekend. FestT computes your FestiScore — how closely a line-up matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date.