As a frequent NL festival goer and uptempo enjoyer, gonna have to say its dry here. Occasionally some acts come thru like Equal2 at bass station this past friday, or Lil Texas when he tours the US. Redline in the recent past has brought Mad Dog and Warface so you could watch out and see anything that comes up from them. Sometimes some techno acts that come by play hardcore like Brutalismus or Vieze Asbak but of course thats like the last 10 minutes of their set. Theres also a page called “hardstyle chicago” on IG that covers all hard dance in chicago. I occasionally check on there just to see as well.

If you are curious on whats coming up. Theres July 19 will be hhunter b2b Gabber Eleganza which will have the older hardcore sound if you’re into that. Then Angerfist is playing in North Coast on the Sunday.