Chicago's New Year's week is getting the citywide treatment again. Auris Presents has revealed the full venue-by-venue schedule for the second edition of TRANSITIONS, running from December 26, 2026 through January 2, 2027 with more than 75 artists across seven venues: Radius, Cermak Hall, Concord Music Hall, SERUM, Smoke & Mirrors, Outset and Spybar.
The first edition last winter set the template: seven days at the same seven venues, 29 events and acts like Four Tet, Purple Disco Machine and Kobosil, capped by a 21-hour New Year's Day marathon with Adam Beyer and Derrick Carter. The name comes from Underground Resistance's 2002 track "Transition." This year the run adds a day and stretches through the first Saturday of 2027, and DAY ONE is back at SERUM on January 1. Auris also puts on ARC Music Festival.
Radius carries a headliner every night of the week, starting with Chicago-born Green Velvet's La La Land party and ending with Odd Mob. Cermak Hall has the deepest bills, including Maceo Plex and Ben UFO on the same night, and Derrick Carter returns on SG Lewis's lineup. New Year's Eve spreads across five rooms, from D.O.D at Radius to Boots NYE with Dylan Brady and UMRU at Concord.
Radius
- Saturday, December 26: Green Velvet presents La La Land, with Carl Craig b2b HoneyLuv, Slugg and DJ Heather
- Sunday, December 27: I Hate Models, with Daria Kolosova
- Monday, December 28: Disco Dom, with DJ Harvey and Disco Deli
- Tuesday, December 29: Gorgon City
- Wednesday, December 30: Beltran, with Kinahau b2b Sapian and Alves
- Thursday, December 31: D.O.D
- Friday, January 1: Nico Moreno and Novah, with Sim0neSim0ne and Jenny Fox
- Saturday, January 2: Odd Mob, with Murphy's Law and Amal Nemer b2b Facu Baez
Cermak Hall
- December 26: Techquavious with HiTech, DJ Slugo and Gio Sandz
- December 27: TEMPO with Joe Kay, CTRLZORA and DJ Mochi
- December 28: SG Lewis, with Derrick Carter and Dazzle Camouflage
- December 29: Maceo Plex and Ben UFO, with HotPretty
- December 30: Omar+
- January 1: Yes Yes Yes with LP Giobbi, Joplyn and DJ Lady D
The other five rooms
- Concord Music Hall: Conrad Taylor (December 26); Boots NYE with Dylan Brady and UMRU (December 31)
- SERUM: TOBEHONEST and No Static (December 26); The Lab with Dan Molinari and Rippy (December 27); Marsolo and Kidoo (December 29); Marco Strous, Slamm, Rooléh and Cole Terrazas (December 31); DAY ONE 2027 (January 1)
- Smoke & Mirrors: Zorza (December 26); Tengo Funk (December 27); Mutual Rytm NYE with SHDW, Annē and Sera J (December 31); Nene H (January 1)
- Outset: Joey Cash (December 26); Mindchatter, DJ set (December 30)
- Spybar: 33 Below (December 26); Will Clarke (December 30); Bushbaby (December 31)
The Quantum Pass covers the whole week and is on sale now at aurispresents.com. Single-night tickets are sold through each venue's own ticketing: AXS for Radius, Cermak Hall, Concord and SERUM, DICE for Smoke & Mirrors and Spybar, and Ticketmaster for Outset.
