In the Spotlight
July 02, 2016
Author Nathan Hill Joins the Festival as Special Guest Lecturer
Nathan Hill explores Bruch's Violin Concerto as a central theme in his debut novel, The Nix. Join him on Wednesday, July 13 at 5:30 pm in the Family Fun Tent as he reads an excerpt from The Nix and discusses Bruch with host Laura Sauer. more
June 30, 2016
Chicago’s Cole Porter Celebration
To celebrate the red-hot-and-blue songbook of musical theater legend Cole Porter on the 125th anniversary of his birth, the Grant Park Music Festival welcomes sought-after Broadway music director Kevin Stites and an all-star lineup of guest soloists. more
June 27, 2016
Under the City Lights
Pack a picnic in the Park and enjoy a movie under the Chicago skyline. The Grant Park Orchestra, led by guest conductor Andrés Franco, will perform a live orchestral screening of Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931) at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Wednesday, July 6 at 8 PM. more
June 23, 2016
Telling the Oldest Story in the World
The Grant Park Orchestra tackles Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu's rarely performed heroic English-language oration, The Epic of Gilgamesh. more
June 07, 2016
A Picnic in the Cosmos
Creative Chicagoans are invited to recruit their friends, choose a team name, pack a festive picnic and show off their clever, elaborate and imaginative feasts in the fifth annual Grant Park Music Festival Picnic Contest on the Great Lawn of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. more
May 31, 2016
Crazy, Passionate Storm
Festival favorite Storm Large returns to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion to perform The Crazy Arc of Love with her band Le Bonheur on Wednesday, June 22. more
March 28, 2017
We're Classic Chicago
Celebrate Chicago's summer music sensation in the city's most spectacular setting—Millennium Park. Relive the season and enjoy our video. more
April 29, 2016
From Project Inclusion to Grant Park Orchestra
The Festival welcomes one of its newest—and youngest—musicians. more