Chicago Open Air

{{Short description|Rock concert in Illinois, US}}

{{Infobox music festival

| music_festival_name = Chicago Open Air

| image = Chicago_Open_Air_2016.png

| caption = Chicago Open Air 2016 Lineup

| location = Bridgeview, Illinois

| years_active = 2016–2017, 2019

| dates = First concert: July 15–17, 2016 Second Concert: July 14-16, 2017 {{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-open-air-festival-ott-0715-20160711-story.html|title=Open Air Fest is a noisy debutante of '90s metal|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=21 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.toyotapark.com/chicagoopenair/|title=Chicago Open Air|publisher=toyotapark.com/chicagoopenair|accessdate=21 July 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730205026/http://www.toyotapark.com/chicagoopenair|archivedate=30 July 2016}} Third Concert May 18-19, 2019

| genre = Heavy metal, hard rock, thrash metal, death metal, nu metal, punk rock, metalcore

| website = [http://chicagoopenair.com/ Chicago Open Air website]

}}

Chicago Open Air was an annual concert held in Bridgeview, Illinois that featured several rock and metal acts. Beginning in 2016, the festival got a lot of recognition as it was Rammstein's only US performance that year. It is held at Toyota Park.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-open-air-fest-drowning-pool-john-hetlinger-20160718-story.html|title=Watch 82-year-old perform with Drowning Pool at Chicago Open Air fest|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=21 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/2016/07/18/man-dies-after-falling-2-stories-at-chicago-open-air-festival/|title=Man dies after falling 2 stories at Chicago Open Air Festival|date=18 July 2016|publisher=wgntv.com|accessdate=21 July 2016}} Korn debuted the new single "Rotting in Vain" on July 16, 2016 at Chicago Open Air.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2016/07/18/korn-play-new-song-rotting-vain-chicago-open-air-jonathan-davis-scatting-again/|title=Korn Play New Song "Rotting In Vain" at Chicago Open Air, Jonathan Davis is Scatting Again|date=18 July 2016|publisher=metalsucks.net|accessdate=21 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-new-song-rotting-in-vain-at-chicago-open-air-video/|title=KORN Performs New Song 'Rotting In Vain' At CHICAGO OPEN AIR (Video)|date=17 July 2016|publisher=blabbermouth.net|accessdate=21 July 2016}}

The first concert was held from July 14 to July 17, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-open-air-festival-ott-0715-20160711-story.html|title=Open Air Fest is a noisy debutante of '90s metal|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=21 July 2016}} The 2018 festival was cancelled, but the festival returned in 2019. It was announced via email in late 2019 that the festival was on hiatus for 2020.

File:Rammstein Performance at Chicago Open Air 2016.jpg