Grant Park Music Festival Event Listings

Venue: Millennium Park. Jay Pritzker Pavilion Millennium Park Randolph Street


A free outdoor classical music festival, the Grant Park Music Festival was founded in 1935 to allow people of all backgrounds access to orchestral performances. This is both a critically-acclaimed festival and a highly popular one. The audience take their places on a first come, first served basis and many bring picnic baskets to feast al fresco. There are about 35 free concerts to choose from with details normally announced a couple of months before the event. Concerts are generally performed on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, and occasionally on Sundays. The Festival also presents nearly 60 concerts in neighbourhood parks between July and mid-August

Chicago Farmers' Markets

Venue: Federal Plaza
Dates: 2008-05-01 to 2008-10-31   Annual [more info]

Bike Chicago

Venue: Various venues and locations in Central Chicago
Dates: 2008-05-01 to 2008-09-30   Annual [more info]

Chicago Blues Festival

Venue: Various venues and locations in the heart of the city
Dates: 2008-06-01 to 2008-06-30   Annual [more info]

Chicago Gospel Music Festival

Venue: Millennium Park (part of Grant Park)
Dates: 2008-06-01 to 2008-06-30   Annual [more info]

Taste of Chicago

Venue: Grant Park
Dates: 2008-06-01 to 2008-07-31   Annual [more info]

Chicago SummerDance Festival

Venue: Grant Park
Dates: 2008-06-01 to 2008-08-31   Annual [more info]

Venetian Night

Venue: Monroe Harbor
Dates: 2008-07-01 to 2008-07-31   Annual [more info]

Rock Around the Block

Venue: Lincoln Avenue
Dates: 2008-07-01 to 2008-07-31   Annual [more info]

Chicago Country Music Festival

Venue: Grant Park
Dates: 2008-07-01 to 2008-07-31   Annual [more info]

Chicago Air and Water Show

Venue: Lake Michigan shoreline
Dates: 2008-08-01 to 2008-08-31   Annual [more info]