SAT 12 SEPT 2026
Sam Barber
at The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) · Chicago
with Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Wild Horses
The details, in daylight
Sam Barber played The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) in Chicago on 12 September 2026, with Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Wild Horses in support. This show has already taken place — see Sam Barber's page on KeenToGo for their upcoming dates.
The Fairgrounds is The Salt Shed's outdoor stage, set between the indoor Shed and the Chicago River with the city skyline behind it. The venue describes it as its elevated festival-style communal space, with a custom grandstand, a premium balcony, rooftop ticketing and a run of local retailers. It occupies the old Morton Salt complex on North Elston Avenue — salt was packed here from 1929 until operations ceased in 2015, and the plant's sign was a landmark on the way into town — which the team behind Empty Bottle and Thalia Hall reopened as a music venue in 2022. Sam Barber is a Missouri-raised country singer whose raw, gravelled voice on Straight and Narrow made him one of the genre's fastest streaming risers.