#WubWubWednesday – Trippy Turtle

I first saw Trippy Turtle when he warmed up the crowd before Dillon Francis took the stage at The Aragon Ballroom a few months ago. Needless to say his funky fresh sound, positive energy and blending of great 90’s hip hop made him stand out to me. Its going to be fun to see him this Saturday at Navy Pier for Snowstorm Music and Arts Festival. Below check out one of his fresh tracks “Wet”.

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Snowstorm – Winter Music and Arts Festival

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Chicago, your wait for a new music festival is finally over! With the 5th year of North Coast Music Festival and the 4th year for Spring Awakening Music Festival just around the corner it was about time someone other than React Presents started throwing legitimate events in this great city. With many small promotion companies taking a stab at the EDM market, it’s refreshing to see that the Gathering Group will he hosting this event.

If that name sounds familiar it should. The Gathering Group is responsible for bringing in Eric Prydz to Chicago last year for the Future Sound Music Festival which highlighted Tech Week Chicago. They are also the brains behind Afterburn the official after party of the Great Chicago Fire Festival.

Event Details:
What: Snowstorm, Chicago’s first winter music and arts festival
Who: The event is open to fans of electronic music and those looking for a unique music festival experience to break the cold monotony of winter
When: Saturday, March 7, 2015 – 6:00pm-1:00am
Where: The Grand Ballroom and Lakeview Terrace at Navy Pier

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More artist will be released tomorrow at 11 AM CST

Ticket packages we’re announced on Thursday, February 4th at Noon ET and are available for purchase at: www.snowstormfest.com. For more information about Snowstorm, please visit: www.snowstormfest.com.

As we speak the $35 Early Bird GA Tickets are 80% Sold out! Get your tikets before the price goes up!

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Chicago Forgets the World with AFROJACK

Chicago display during AFROJACK's set

Chicago display during AFROJACK’s set

Independence day weekend Chicago hosted the one and only dutch dj Nick Van De Wall. You might know him better by his famous stage name AFROJACK. Doors opened for the outdoors event at 5pm on July 5th at the Grand Ballroom in Navy Pier. The outdoors event brought in over 6000 people of ALL AGES and from all around the chicagoland area.

The event was kicked off with a few hours of deep house brought to you by local dj and producer Statut3. Following his performance was the Chicago dj duo Milk N Cookies.  Chicago being the city that it is, brought some unexpected precipitation that could have delayed the outdoors show. Luckily a tent was pitched on top of the brothers causing no delay in their set. Milk N Cookies brought a variety of new and old songs that were definite crowd-pleasers. After their set Chicago could no longer wait for the renowned emmy-award winning dj and producer AFROJACK.

From the beginning of his set to the very last track Afrojack was no disappointment. He started out his set with “Bang Duck” which gave his audience a foresight into what kind of night it was going to be. There was no doubt that he would be playing his new hits from his new album such as “Ten Feet Tall”, “The Spark”, and “Freedom”. He also took Chicago back with his oldies like “Take Over Control”, “Rock The House”, and personal favorite “Can’t Stop Me”.  Nick van de Wall has played in Chicago four times in the last few years, and every single time he passes his previous performance in both energetic and theatrical aspects to performing live. Navy Pier sparked the Chicago backdrop by their fireworks display during one of 2014’s anthems “Tremor”. Other noticeable remixes he played were: Calvin Harris’s “Sweet Nothing”, David Guetta’s “Titanium”, Blasterjaxx’s “Fifteen”, and Showtek’s “Cannonball”.

Huge “Thank You!” from the Whysochi family and ALL of Chicago to Afrojack for making us forget the world and keeping our love alive with his music.

Fireworks at Navy Pier during Afrojack's set

Fireworks at Navy Pier during Afrojack’s set

OCTOBER CONCERT PREVIEW

Just to make it easy on all of you, here is a list of all October concerts. Make sure to click the artist’s name to buy your tickets. Cheers to a busy month! See you all there… Don’t be shy, just stay Chi. 

Date Artist / DJ Location
10/4/13 Morgan Page Concord Music Hall
10/4/13 Aoki / Borgore / Waka Flocka / Pharrell UIC Pavilion
10/5/13 Destroid (Excision, Downlink, KJ Sawka) Concord Music Hall
10/11/13 Wolfgang Gartner / Tommy Trash Concord Music Hall
10/11/13 ATB Aragon Ballroom
10/12/13 Kaskade Navy Pier Exhibition Hall
10/13/13 Headhunterz Concord Music Hall
10/18/13 Boys Noize Concord Music Hall
10/24/13 DJ BL3ND Concord Music Hall
10/25/13 Fedde Le Grand Concord Music Hall
10/25/13 Freaky Deaky Night 1 : GRiZ, Danny Brown, TokiMonsta, Killparis Aragon Ballroom
10/26/13 Freaky Deaky Night 2: Dada Life, Clockwork, Craze Aragon Ballroom
10/31/13 Laidback Luke Concord Music Hall

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