Curated atlas entry
Cold Waves
Cold Waves is a North American industrial and dark-music anchor in Chicago, useful for travelers tracking the Midwest post-industrial, EBM-adjacent, and goth-adjacent festival circuit without relying on guessed map data.
- Location
- Chicago · Illinois · United States
- Dates
- September 24-27, 2026
- Venue
- Metro; Bottom Lounge for listed Thursday event
Editorial context
Why this festival matters
Cold Waves gives RetroAltFest a high-signal North American industrial anchor. Its Chicago setting, multi-night structure, and official-source trail make it a strong app-data record, while the entry still avoids map-pin confidence until venue placement is verified separately.
Verification notes
Confirmed upcoming from official sources. Day-by-day details should be refreshed against official pages before public exact schedule use.
City-level candidate only. No coordinates or address are included; not pin-safe until a later no-guess venue/geocoding pass verifies placement.