Windy City Smokeout, first-time winner of the Academy of Country Music Awards “Festival of the Year,” and the nation’s premier outdoor country music and BBQ festival, will return…

Windy City Smokeout, first-time winner of the Academy of Country Music Awards “Festival of the Year,” and the nation’s premier outdoor country music and BBQ festival, will return…
The sweet sounds of summer in Chicago: the El passing by overhead, people talking in the streets, and loud music festivals! Being one of the biggest and most…
April showers bring May…shows? Sounds about right! Now that Spring is here, us Midwesterners are surely itching to get outside again. So, grab your bestie or significant other…
As warmer weather slowly emerges, we’re all getting excited about the best part of summer in Chicago: live music. What better way to kick off a summer outdoors…
One day after Lollapalooza released its 2022 lineup, Spring Awakening Music Festival announced that the annual EDM fest would be heading to the United Center this summer. It…
Ready to play a game because that’s my mood right now. Does this suck or am I just getting old? The official lineup for Lollapalooza 2022 dropped Tuesday…
Our support for awesome women doesn’t stop on International Women’s Day! at UrbanMatter, we celebrate womxn every day. Today we’re showcasing some of the top up-and-coming artists that…
Casablanca is widely regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, film in all of cinema history. It features iconic performances from some of the Golden…
Every single year Windy City Smokeout is the talk of the summer. It’s arguably the city’s most popular music festival. Even for folks, like this writer, who do…
Chicago House Athletic Club announced that the team’s anthem, ‘This Is Chicago House’, by Vince Lawrence and Chuck “The Voice” Roberts, is currently in consideration for GRAMMY Award…