The Salt Shed

The Salt Shed is an indoor and outdoor music venue/entertainment hub located in West Town, Chicago.

The outdoor section adjacent to the Chicago River and Goose Island, named "The Fairgrounds", holds a capacity of 5,000 people.

Chicago-based hospitality collective 16" on Center, Blue Star Properties, R2, and Sky Deck came together to repurpose the vacant building as a "multi-purpose creative hub, with music as its beating heart.

[6] Since opening, The Salt Shed has hosted musical acts including Big Gigantic, Bishop Briggs, Brent Faiyaz, Cigarettes After Sex, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Galantis, Japanese Breakfast, Run the Jewels, The Postal Service, The Roots, Thundercat, Tove Lo, Tycho, and Ween.

Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard recorded their EP Live in Chicago '23 during their performances at The Salt Shed on June 11–13, 2023.

Morton Salt facility in May 2004