Taste of Chicago

Thursday, July 9 at 11:00 AM

Day 2 of 5 · Thursday, July 9

Lineup

Original Koffee

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Mikayla Victoria Simpson, who performs under the stage name Original Koffee and formerly as Koffee, is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, rapper, and guitarist from Spanish Town. She released her debut single "Burning" in 2017, and signed with Columbia Records after releasing another single the following year. Her 2019… Read more

Funkadesi

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Funkadesi play a vibrant style of music, which is as diverse as the musical and cultural backgrounds of its ten members. Hailing from Africa, Jamaica, America, Europe and India they formed in Chicago with the idea of improvising Indian melodic and rythmic themes over reggae/funk grooves. The end result is a… Read more

DJ Ca$h Era

Hip-Hop / Rap

DJ Ca$h Era (CaSera Heining) is a Chicago hip-hop and open-format DJ and producer, named Chicago's Best Hip-Hop DJ by the Chicago Reader since 2021 and official DJ for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Sky.

Manny Torres

PopFolk / AmericanaSoul / R&B / Funk

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Manny Torres is a Chicago-based pop soul singer-songwriter from Flint, Michigan, known for reaching the top 14 on Season 15 of American Idol (2016).

Keya Trammell

JazzSoul / R&B / Funk

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Keya Trammell is a neo-soul, jazz, and R&B vocalist from South Suburban Illinois, who launched her career in 2016 and won the Chicago Music Award for Best Female Vocalist.

Feller

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Mike DFG

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Mike DFG is an underground rapper from Chicago's West Side, known for genre-spanning rap and trap releases including the EP Line Of Fire and debut mixtape Love Letter To The West.

Poet - Ellie Hersher-Dale

Denita Inez of Desueño Dance

JazzLatin

Denita Inez is a Chicago-based dancer, choreographer, and instructor, and the Artistic Director of Desueño Dance, a Latin Jazz and Afro-Latin dance company active since 2015.

Teatro Tariakuri Dance and Theatre Performing Arts

Teatro Tariakuri Dance and Theatre Performing Arts is a non-profit Latino performing arts organization founded in Chicago in 2004, dedicated to bilingual dance, theatre, and music for the Southwest Chicago Lawn community.

Just Jammin' with Janelle & Company

Dillzinha Costa

JazzLatin

Dillzinha Costa is a Brazilian vocalist and dancer from Rio de Janeiro, based in Chicago since 2003, performing samba, bossa nova, and Afro-Brazilian jazz with groups including the Dill Costa Quartet.

Tango 21

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La Mecca Dance

Dawud & Lura Shareef

Venue

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Grant Park

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