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THIS JUNE 5th! Hidden Ideas invites Somewhere Special for the Chicago stop on their North America tour. Kicking off the summer with a fiery, high energy night in the underground. The NYC based duo brings electronic booms and claps delivered via a rare hybrid live/DJ set Chicago heavy hitter ecstasyresearch makes a return to the space performing their signature live hardware smack down. They are joined with loving support by rising star and underground rave aficionado Mudgoth alongside Chicago’s staple and original Kandi Kid uRaNg3L. Kick-off Pride the right way with all your besties at Hidden Ideas. Tix avail at the link in our bio 💘✨

Tomorrow @reborn.reps & @sssthesia invite 5 DJs to the booth for an @expochicago After-Hours highlighting local selectors; both up & coming heavy hitters and nationally known speaker shakers bringing a diverse array of sounds for your ears delight as the gallery lights dim. An escape for the mind and an exhibition of styles curated to activate your creative curiosity. Chicago-made, and you can hear it in every transition; Mondai (@mondaiii ) pulls from the city’s deep house roots and stretches them, blending textures from across the globe into sets that honor the dance floor’s memory while pointing it somewhere new.  Yesterdayneverhappened (@nuedead ) blurs the line between what you hear and what you see, pairing viral production with hand-drawn characters that live inside the beat. Chicago born and bred — NY Based, and impossible to pin down, they return to give the dance floor a gamified rendition of breakbeat. Qualia (@__.qualia.__ ) landed in Chicago and the city drew her in. Now rooted in a community that meets her energy for the night, her sets are hypnotic, driving, and shaped by that sense of gratitude. No stranger to the dance floor, she never lets the momentum slip— an @a.x1om resident; her sets take you on an ascending ride as your feet find rhythm with the music. Miami-born, Chicago-raised, genre-defiant. Veri Peri (@verrriperi ) moves through synthwave, Italo disco, acid house, and dark techno like a fever dream you don’t want to wake from. A queer Cuban-American femme building the spaces ze couldn’t find. Zir event brand Elixir carves room for sapphic love in Chicago’s DIY scene. Every set, a healing potion. Let’s alchemize. TDY (@sandler.tdy ) is a Chicago-based DJ and curator shaping immersive, detail-driven sets that blur experimental sound with club sensibilities. They run the label @sssthesia , a platform for textured, forward-thinking releases and collaborations. Beyond the dancefloor, they curate programming at WHPK, bringing a similarly deep listening ethos to radio. Their work also extends into gallery curation, bridging sound, space, and contemporary art. Dancing starts at 10 and goes till Late. Tickets at the link in our bio. 🪁🎈

The gallery lights dim and the floor opens beneath you. You’ve now entered Shape Shift, an @expochicago after party where art doesn’t hang, it pulses.  Midwest-bred selectors and producers crack the sternum of rave culture and let the bass leak through. @nuedead . @mondaiiiii . @verrriperi . @__.qualia.__ . @sandler.tdy . hosted by @roma.x.amor Transpose into yourself. April 11th. 10pm-4am.  @reborn.reps × @sssthesia × @hiddenideas__

What an absolutely fabulous night TYSM @missbashful_xoxo for delivering such a stunning performance for your Chicago stop on the Glamour Snobby tour @outset_chicago ! 💋💋 Aaand to @missmadeline bringing such divine diva energy to prime to room and get us hott & heavy n ready to dance 😮‍💨 Recap vid comingg sooon, can’tt wait for the next. xoxo 🏹💞 Picss by the talented @smellofwings && @lexvasquez_ 📸🫶

Miss Bashful’s SOLD OUT show on Friday 💋 + Miss Madeline, Luca Eck, and El Brujo 📷: @yophotography 4/3/26

Completely spoken for tonight 😻 Miss Bashful + Miss Madeline, Luca Eck, El Brujo

THIS FRIDAY! @petalsupplyco takes over the booth bringing us her signature blend of tranced-out hyper-pop, hardstyle, and softbreak fusion. NYC based by way of BC, CA; she creates euphoric sounds interspersed with chaotic, high intensity breaks, weaving together bright melodies with hard and fast shifts in tonality. This symbiosis of variant energies results in a club energy that is entirely her own, and is known to take dancers on a rollercoaster set that doesn’t let up! 🎢 Tix at the links in our bio. 😉🔗🎟️

FINAL TICKETS for Miss Bashful with Miss Madeline, Luca Eck, El Brujo this Friday! 🎤 Ticket link in bio

💌 This April 11th! 💌 Your invitation to the underground has arrived. Enter the enclave of heavy thumping bass for a journey with tastemakers shaping and inspiring Chicago’s rave culture. Featuring: yesterdayneverhappened, DnB producer extraordinaire returns to give the dance floor a gamified rendition of breakbeat to make your feet fly Mondai, seamlessly blending Midwest genres where her sound goes you’ve just gotta throw it back. This Chicago native makes her hidden debut. Veri Peri, twirling through the circuit of queer nightlife. Club meets rave for this rising star. Qualia, no stranger to the night lets loose her hypnotic sets that don’t let up steam. Resident TDY, curator by day brings the night home with a steamy passion that anticipates your deepest desires. Presented in partnership with Reborn Reps and -STHESIA. Flyer by @mexicanobsidian

THIS APRIL 3rd at Outset! @missbashful_xoxo brings the Glamour Snobby tour to Chicago serving us diva energy so delicious we can’t help but to eat it upp! She is joined by divine doll; @missmadeline , sonic sorceress; @iamlucaeck , & Chicagos own club couture creature; @iamelbrujo for a night of seductive sounds you won’t want to miss. We’ve been sssooo excited for this one, can’t wait to see you there.. 💞😘 Tix at the link in bio! Grab them while you can as this one’s going to sell out quickk! 🎟️🏃‍♀️🏃

TONIGHT! sydfalls makes a long awaited return to Hidden Ideas joining a lineup of boundary breakers in electronic music. A Chicago star, sydfalls cut their teeth in the underground blending grit and pure ecstatic moments creating moments of needed release. Their sets are unmistakable and primed to keep your ass quivering and your heart pumping. Catch them tonight from 11-1! ⏰

We love living in the moment with you 💗 The dance floor is a special space we want to preserve. For this reason we are asking folks to take a breathe and connect to the music and each other so we can continue to foster intimate moments. Make memories while enjoying a night out. We understand you want these memories forever and want to dive straight into the music which is why we are not putting stickers on phones or banning use at this time. In order to maintain this policy we ask you to reduce and limit excessive phone use on the dance floor. Please be a part of creating and maintaining this dance music culture.