Every spring, Zo's Summer Groove is one Chicago’s biggest tours. After a couple residents decided the season needed something to look forward to the festival was started in 1994. Zo's Summer Groove was still in the develop phase when Ivan Carter came with the specific details that have come to define the festival. The tour was originally a little event, with a lot of local artists..

After a few years Zo's Summer Groove began to establish itself as a premeir event The tour booked bigger acts and the attention the festival received increased exponentially. Hotel rooms in the city were soon being filled months in advance for the dates around Zo's Summer Groove.

Zo's Summer Groove now sells out months in advance, with tickets generally gone before the first week of their being released. Where the tour once had to beg group to sing, bands now wait in anticipation to be asked to play. The organizers of Zo's Summer Groove have publicly wondered if the event is getting too big and if the tour will soon start to be too expensive for the original fans.

This year’s festival is already getting more buzz than last year’s tour, with more big name acts than ever before. TheSeats.com allows fans to stop at one place online and find all the information they need. The site has Zo's Summer Groove tickets, the touring schedule, and seating charts for concerts.