ARC Music Festival returned for a second year at Union Park over Labor Day Weekend. For three days fans of house music were treated to major talent in the backyard of the Windy City.
Chicago's underground club culture was created by a collective of DJs in the 1970s growing out of disco into something more electronic and mechanical. The reason it is called house music is that technology at that time allowed DJs to make this music at home with drum machines instead of in a studio.