Heatwave Music Festival

Like its pop art inspirations, Chicago’s Heatwave Music Festival was an immediate attention-grabber. The Douglass Park-based event made the most of its sizzling summer debut, where there was certainly no shortage of options for avid festival attendees. Chicagoans know full well how summer in the Windy City is all too short, and with Pitchfork Music Festival, Mas Flow Reggaeton Fest, Heatwave and more happening in the same weekend, fans were eager to capitalize on the fleeting hours.  Despite the heavy competition, electronic dance music fans showed up en masse for what could be the next staple of the midwest’s summer festival scene.  The vote of confidence from the electronic music community certainly didn’t arise randomly out of thin air. The effort was ba...

Angling for a standout debut in the birthplace of house music, Heatwave Music Festival is the latest newcomer in an increasingly competitive festival scene. Chicago-based promoter Auris Presents are spearheading the effort to make Heatwave the Windy City’s next success story. As the tastemakers behind the city’s leading venues RADIUS, Concord Music Hall and PRYSM, the team certainly has the track record and tenure to boot. Here’s everything you need to know leading up to the inaugural Heatwave Music Festival in Chicago’s historic Douglass Park. HEATWAVE DATES & TIMES The debut of Heatwave takes place on the weekend of July 16th and 17th, with festival hours running from 2pm to 10pm each day.   LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION The festival is set...