With temperatures slowly warming across the Chicago area, music fans yearning for summer got a major update Thursday on one of the region's biggest music festivals. Known for showcasing hip-hop, the ...

In a strange way it was a blessing when Sunday afternoon’s severe thunderstorms put the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash on hold. The Douglas Park festival had barely started its second day—it was around ...

The three-day hip-hop festival, Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash, opened Friday night at Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium on June 20, 2025. Summer Smash 2025: Best artists and everything you need to know ...

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Lyrical Lemonade, which launched in fall 2013, began with a mission to spotlight Chicago rappers who were getting zero or very little coverage elsewhere. It found a gap between what was attracting ...