In Protest
Each act that performs during the exhausting three-day affair is contractually prohibited from performing within a ninety-mile radius of Chicago for sixty days before and thirty days after the festival closes, which effectively shuts down the city, musically, for the entire summer. And it hurts the local bands (and clubs) the most, certainly, especially those that play around town every few weeks but would like to reach a wider audience by playing the fest.
Best of Chicago 2007
