Free Music Frozen Dancing Block Party

There’s no more quintessential Chicago winter music festival than the annual Music Frozen Dancing block party outside the iconic Empty Bottle indie music venue. This year’s frigid fun kicks off on February 22, 2025.

Photo courtesy of Empty Bottle

Grab your warmest puffer jacket and head to Logan Square for the best outdoor winter event of the season. This beloved neighborhood concert has been “defying winter since 2014.”  This year’s line-up features  LA dance DJ and musician,The Egyptian Lover,  hardcore band Bib and Double Over, punk rockers Landowner and Chicago’s own post-punk group, Clickbait.

Music Frozen Dancing includes the chance to get warm inside The Empty Bottle, where DJs from Rent Control and Signal Records will command the turntables and bartenders will serve up drinks but the most excitement is always outside with the crowd jumping and dancing in the chilly weather. Heat lamps are also available to huddle under outside.

Photo courtesy of The Empty Bottle

The concert is always free but donations are accepted to benefit the Mutual LA Network to help LA locals who have been affected by the ongoing wildfires. Music Frozen Dancing starts at 1 pm and goes until sundown. Reservations are encouraged. 

Music Frozen Dancing Block Party

The Empty Bottle, Western and Cortez Ave.

February 22, 2025, 1 pm-6:30 pm.

Free