Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit


with Giancarlo Guerrero,
Festival Artistic Director and Principal Conductor

Thursday, October 24 | 6:00 PM
Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park
Business Attire

Performances by Janai Brugger, soprano and Clayton Stephenson, piano
and a celebration of Millennium Park's 20th Anniversary with a presentation by Donna LaPietra, Chair and President, Millennium Park Foundation

Emcee: Irika Sargent,
Evening News Anchor, CBS Chicago

Co-Chairs: Lisa Tesarik and Jenny Willcox
 

SUPPORT THE AWARDS BENEFIT 
With your generous contribution, the Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit raises over one million dollars in crucial funding to help produce the Grant Park Music Festival's free concerts, education programs, and community engagement initiatives.
For more information about this event, please call 312.742.2729 or send us an email.

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

 

Meet the 2024 Advocate for the Arts Honorees

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Eileen Friestad

Founding Board Member

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Julian Oettinger

Founding Board Member

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