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Saturday's Legends tent at Wavefront Music Festival in Chicago was a unique tribute to those who made Chicago house what it is, from start to finish. Ralphi Rosario, DIZ, Gene Farris, and Derrick Carter back-to-back Mark Farina all delivered beyond expectation, but it was Frankie Knuckles set at the end of the evening (including a thirty minute live performance from the first superstar Chicago house vocalist Jamie Principle) that defined the whole festival for some.

Despite the abrupt news early on that Lee Burridge's scheduled Day 3 All Day I Dream stage was canceled (for reasons unknown), the final day of Wavefront version 2.0, gave Chicago fans plenty to write home about.

With the rest of the country still nursing Independence Day hangovers, dance fans from all corners of the country flocked to Chicago's Montrose Beach for the second year of Wavefront Music Festival. There are more stages, there's a giant inflatable water slide and ferris wheel, and although there isn't quite any direct access to the water from the festival, exploring the sights and sounds of a beach-front festival is an experience unlike many others right now in the crowded US festival market. The weather cooperated (holding at a very pleasant 80 degrees with a breeze and sun), and the crowds were thinner than what we're expecting in the second two days. Click past the break for our highlights from day one of the festival.

To fully appreciate the experience that awaits Wavefront Festival-goers this weekend, look no further than the founders' Windy City roots.

The eighties were both a tumultuous and exciting time in the history of music, and the tale to be told about the birth and evolution of electronic music is far from a predictable one. New York had disco, Detroit had techno, and Chicago had house. The growth of all three branches of this dance music tree are important, but at its core house music emerged from the Windy City as the umbrella genre's most universal derivative. As thousands prepare to make their way to Chicago's Montrose Beach this weekend for the second annual Wavefront Music Festival, complete with a Chicago Heritage Stage, let us pull back the curtain once again and explore the places from which this music came.

Wavefront Music Festival Artist Spotlight #4: AC Slater.

Chicago's second annual Wavefront Music Festival, held this year from July 5-7th on Montrose Beach, has announced both its Stages and the expected lineup for each day.

Our third Wavefront artist spotlight is squarely fixed on three-time Grammy Award winning producer Stuart Price, also known under the aliases Jacques Lu Cont, Les Rhythmes Digitales, Thin White Duke and Tracques.

For part two of our Artist Spotlight series in the lead up to Wavefront Music Festival in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, let's talk about Guy Gerber.

Wavefront Music Festival has finally announced its third and final wave of artist additions, choosing to reveal them in a short fifty second clip.