{"id":4061,"date":"2026-02-27T17:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:13:56","slug":"whats-your-favorite-music-venue-in-chicago-heres-what-you-told-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4061","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s your favorite music venue in Chicago? Here&#8217;s what you told us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We asked readers for their favorite Chicago music venue. Here\u2019s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLincoln Hall. No bad seats, always good sound and great bands. Bonus points for being within walking distance of my apartment.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Annie Sheeha<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReggie\u2019s. It\u2019s small and intimate with a solid drink section.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Brad Leshyn<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetro. Classic venue with top-notch staff and a wide variety of alternative musical acts. Anywhere in the audience makes you feel close to the stage. Every concert I\u2019ve been to there has run very smoothly.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Nicholas Farrar<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaley Center Plaza in the summer when there is the farmers market in concert with the music stage.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Terrence Camodeca<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t book that many acts, but the Auditorium Theatre elevates any concert to another level.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Larry Synakiewicz<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave some old favs, but Salt Shed has become the GOAT. Both inside and outside, it\u2019s a perfect venue. Not crazy big, but big enough for some excellent acts.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Kevin Lyons<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Old Town School of Folk Music. The people who work there love music and musicians. Every seat in the house has great sight lines and the acoustics are excellent. It\u2019s a warm place with real history.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Lori Beth<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago Theater, sound is great and view from everywhere.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Tracey Sunde<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jazz Showcase in Printers Row. It\u2019s close to being the last stand in Chicago for straight ahead jazz.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Michael Vicari<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/music\/2026\/02\/27\/favorite-music-venue-chicago-what-you-told-us\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked readers for their favorite Chicago music venue. Here\u2019s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: \u201cLincoln Hall. No bad seats, always good sound and great bands. Bonus points for being within walking distance of my apartment.\u201d\u2014 Annie Sheeha \u201cReggie\u2019s. It\u2019s small and intimate with a solid drink section.\u201d\u2014 Brad Leshyn \u201cMetro. Classic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}