NAVY PIER OPEN AIR IS BACK! The GRAMMY®-nominated artist Chris Lake will take the East End Plaza stage for a second night on Saturday, July 11th, as part of Navy Pier’s outdoor summer series. About Chris Lake: For Chris Lake, making people dance is more than a career: It’s an obsession. Over two decades, the GRAMMY®-nominated artist has become one of house music’s most compelling figures. In that time he’s lived many lives as a producer, DJ, and label head, all connected by his ability to create big moments both onstage and in his music. Since breaking through with a string of No. 1 singles in the late 2000s, Lake has helped redefine America’s house music scene in the post-EDM age. His music is a regular fixture on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, including recent hits “Summertime Blues,” “Beggin’,” and “More Baby.” He has headlined EDC Las Vegas and Coachella stages, shut down Hollywood Boulevard for over 12,000 fans, and spread the dance floor gospel through his Under Construction events with FISHER. Alongside DJing and producing, Lake is the founder of Black Book Records, which has helped elevate rising talent such as Cloonee, Miane, and Mochakk. The label’s reach is also expanding through events like Black Book On The Pier and an exclusive MNTGE fashion collaboration. Perhaps more than simply making people dance, Lake leaves dance music’s people and culture better than he found it. “It gives me this increased love of the power of a single song and the effect that it can have on anyone’s life,” he says. “I love the idea that I can make a song and give people that feeling. It’s just amazing, and I feel like as the years go on, I get better and better at doing it.
