Summer Smash hip hop fest moves to SeatGeek Stadium – Chicago Tribune

Summer Smash Festival will take place in summer 2023 at a new location — the three-day festival of hip-hop music will move to Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium, according to a Wednesday announcement.

It’s scheduled for June 23-25, with a music line-up and ticket sales coming soon on TheSummerSmash.com. Concerts take place on his two main stages, including a 25,000-capacity stadium, a lawn elsewhere on campus, and his third performance stage. Summer Smash is organized by concert his promoter his SPKRBX and media company his Lyrical Lemonade.

The Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash has been playing at Douglas Park on Chicago’s West Side for the past four years and, along with Riot Fest, has been criticized by the surrounding community as one of the big summer music events to barricade the park. I was.

Riot Fest has announced dates for September 15-17, 2023, but no other details.

The newly expanded SeatGeek Stadium campus is already home to major music festivals, including last summer’s Sacred Rose by Chicago-based collective Presents and the North Coast Music Festival. At Sacred Rose, there were complaints of sound leakage between stages, but otherwise the venue has proven to be a great fest location, impervious to mud and dust, and one large There is an abundant grassy field that doesn’t feel like a parking lot.

Live music news also hints that Lollapalooza will announce their line-up on March 21st, while Pitchfork will announce it on March 20th.

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