Chicago’s Union Park will be hosting the fourth edition of ARC Music Festival from August 30 to September 1, 2024, complete with an array of daytime performances and a myriad of after-parties across 13 venues all through the night – accessible only to ARC festival pass holders. The festival has revealed a stacked line-up of some of the top names in house and techno, including Carl Cox, Green Velvet, Honey Dijon, Armand Van Helden, Sara Landry, Charlotte de Witte, Jayda G, and Skepta, along with internationally acclaimed performers, rising stars, and Chicago’s pioneering DJs, among others.
ARC will feature B2B sets by Carl Cox B2B Green Velvet, Hiroko Yamamura B2B DJ Hyperactive, Derrick Carter B2B Mark Farina, Detroit Love (Carl Craig B2B Moodymann), DJ Holographic B2B Shaun J. Wright, Hot Since 82 B2B Chris Stussy, House In HD (Terry Hunter B2B Mike Dunn), Good Girls (DJ Lady D B2B Lori Branch B2B VITIGRRL), DJ Boring B2B Young Marco, and DJ Heartstring B2B Partiboi69 to take the programming to new heights. The festival is expected to maintain the high production levels that have made it one of the globe’s favourite events to attend.
The reported ARC After Dark parties will run from Thursday through to Monday across Labor Day weekend with tickets for all the events going on sale at 12:00PM CST on March 15, 2024, via the ARC’s website, and the full line-up is yet to be announced. In 2023, the festival had four returning stages, known as the Grid main stage, the psychedelic elrow tent, the atmospheric Expansions, and fan-favourite Area 909 will also be returning this year.
ARC has been established as a game-changer for Chicago’s house-scene movie, with the latest line-up anticipated to foster relationships between established veterans and emerging talents and provide an atmosphere of dance like no other. It’s more than just a music festival and serves up a creative blend of politics, culture, art, and anything else relevant. It is conceived as an uplifting, educational space that creates an epicenter of house and techno that oozes authenticity and diversity and aims at driving better sales for the performers and helping them reach a larger audience
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