The disco ball’s spinning, the crowd’s glowing, and ABBA’s greatest hits are back on stage. Arrival from Sweden is bringing the glitter and groove to Chicago — and you could be there for free. Win 4 VIP Opera Box tickets and dance like it’s 1979.*

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• RITUALS kicks off 2026 at Morgan MFG on 1/16 with melodic techno pioneer Stephan Bodzin. Experience his electrifying live set, signature gear, and evolving sound in a warm factory setting. Enter to win a pair of tickets!*

• Love Shakespeare? Love wild stories? Suzy Eddie Izzard delivers both, plus plenty of laughs, at Chicago Shakespeare Theater this month. Wanna win tickets? This is your last chance.*

• Patti LuPone brings Matters of the Heart to the Auditorium Theatre on 1/31, exploring love’s crimes, affairs, and mysteries through Broadway classics and contemporary songs in an intimate, powerful evening with strings. Win tickets!*

• Dim Sum & Drag celebrates Black History Month with Chicago’s most iconic Black and Asian drag performers bringing Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella to life at Furama on 2/7. Win your way in!

• Amelia Day is a queer musical jack-of-all-trades. Standing at the intersection of folk, rock, and pop, Day’s ​Beat Kitchen show on 2/27 will be life-changing!

FREE MUSEUM DAYS IN CHICAGO

You ever look at your bank account and think, “Art should be free”? Same. Consider this your cheat code to free Museum Days across Chicago in the new year. Culture, history, and bragging rights included all year long, too!

THIS WEEKEND

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• After three rescheduled dates, Elizabeth Branske and Melissa Nunez became Cook County’s first married couple of 2026 and the first lesbian couple to win the marriage lottery. Take a look!

• Bookworms, rejoice! South Side native Raven White has brought Honey and Hue to Chicago, opening a BIPOC-focused bookstore and community hub with her daughter, Kennedy.

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