A genre of music that was started more than four decades ago in The Warehouse, a Chicago club whose primary clients were Black gay men, has morphed into a worldwide phenomenon — and the city will again pay homage to this branch of dance music June 23-24 during the Chicago House Music Festival and Conference.
The event will include a conference at the Chicago Cultural Center from 5 to 9 p.m. June 23, with talks covering everything from activism to safe spaces to technology to South Africa sound known as amapiano.
