ARC Music Festival is an electronic music festival held in Chicago’s Union Park over Labor Day Weekend in September. ARC was created and curated to pay homage to Chicago’s house roots and impact on dance music worldwide, from the warehouse parties of London to the beaches of Ibiza. The lineup features deep house, house, electronica, and techno. In 2021, ARC’s inaugural year, the festival featured all three of Eric Prydz’s aliases, a first among festivals.
While it’s located in the heart of the city in Chicago’s popular West Loop neighborhood, ARC offers a more intimate experience with its Union Park setting, the same location where Pitchfork Music Festival is held every year. The central location of the festival also provides for easy navigation to the many aftershows hosted across the city as part of the ARC experience.