Grant Park Music Festival

Grant Park Music Festival provides free outdoor concerts in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago

The Grant Park Music Festival is a free summer concert series showcasing classical music performed by the Grant Park Orchestra.

Taking place at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Part, the series begins June 15, 2022, with Mozart Symphony No. 35 and Pianist Michelle Cann.

Listeners are the ones who “score” with this season, with favorites like Mendelssohn’s Reformation symphony and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8. On July 8th and 9th there are Lights on Broadway, and the August 3rd concert is A Mariachi Fiesta.

Be sure to bring the kids for Cirque Goes to Hollywood, when the Grant Park Orchestra performs music from hit films while Troupe Vertigo performs gravity-defying acts.

While the Great Lawn and Seating Bowl in front of the pavilion are free and first come first served, Members and One Night Pass holders get the best seats in the house.

It’s set to be another year of stellar music under the stars in downtown Chicago!

See the entire Grant Park Music Festival 2022 schedule below and start marking your calendar now.

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2022 Grant Park Music Festival

All programs subject to change. For more information on the Grant Park Music Festival, visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com.

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Mozart Symphony No. 35

Wed, June 15, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
Michelle Cann, piano

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (excerpts)

Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony

Fri, June 17, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sat, June 18, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Anima — Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Nathalie Rose Richardson, poet and orator

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation
Judith Weir: We Are Shadows
Misha Zupko: Blue Matter (World Premiere)

Picnic at Millennium Park

Schubert Unfinished Symphony

Wed, June 22, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
ZOFO, piano duo

PROGRAM

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Carl Vine: Zophomorphosis (World Premiere)
George Whitefield Chadwick: The Angel of Death

Shostakovich Symphony No. 11

Fri, June 24, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sat, June 25, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin​​​​​​

PROGRAM

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905

Millennium Park Summer Music Series

Britten Spring Symphony

Wed, June 29, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Fri, July 1, 6:30 to 8:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Anima — Glenn Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Ellie Dehn, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor

PROGRAM

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Arvo Pärt: In principio
Benjamin Britten: Spring Symphony

Independence Day Salute

Sat, July 2, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor

PROGRAM

John Williams: Liberty Fanfare
Arr. Bill Holcombe: George Gershwin Medley
Glenn Miller/Joe Garland: In The Mood 
André Thomas: I Hear America Singing
Irving Berlin/arr. Roy Ringwald: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
William Steffe/arr. Peter Wilhousky: Battle Hymn of the Republic 
William Grant Still: Festive Overture
Aaron Copland: “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
Arr. Robert Wendel: The Orange Blossom Special
Arr. John Rutter: When the Saints Go Marching In
Arr. Robert Wendel: From Sea to Shining Sea
Arr. Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Arr. Carmen Dragon: America the Beautiful
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever

Cirque Goes to Hollywood

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Photo of Vertigo with Orchestra courtesy of Grant Park Music Festival

Wed, July 6, 8 to 10pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Troupe Vertigo

PROGRAM

Lalo Schifrin: Theme from Mission Impossible
Bernard Herrmann: Scene D’Amour from Vertigo
John Kander/arr. Michael Gibson: Medley from Chicago
Elmer Bernstein: Theme from Magnificent Seven
Danny Elfman/arr. Bartel/Bankey: Batman Suite 
Michael Giacchnio: 
“Married Life” from Up
James Horner: Theme from The Mask of Zorro

Lights on Broadway

Fri, July 8, 8 to 10pm
Sat, July 9, 8 to 10pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Kimberly Grigsby, 
conductor
Capathia Jenkins, vocals
Sam Simakh, vocals

PROGRAM

George Gershwin: Selections from Of Thee I Sing
Richard Rodgers: Selections from South Pacific
Frank Loesser: Selections from How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
Stephen Sondheim: Selections from Sundays in the Park with George
Marvin Hamlisch: Selections from A Chorus Line
Lin-Manuel Miranda: “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton
Charlie Smalls: “Everybody Rejoice” from The Wiz
and more

Haydn Drum Roll Symphony

Wed, July 13, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
David Chan,
 conductor
She-e Wu, percussion

PROGRAM

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade
Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103, Drum Roll 

Beethoven Eroica Symphony

Fri, July 15, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sat, July 16, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Miguel Harth Bedoya,
 conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin

PROGRAM

Victor Agudelo: La Madre de Agua
Billy Childs: Violin Concerto No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Dvorak Symphony No. 8

Wed, July 20, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward,
 conductor
Afendi Yusuf, clarinet

PROGRAM

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2

Fri, July 22, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sat, July 23, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Markus Stenz
, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, piano

PROGRAM

William Grant Still: Darker America
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

A Gospel Jubilee

Wed, July 27, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Soul Children of Chicago

Charles Floyd,  conductor
Walt Whitman, chorus director

PROGRAM

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Worship: A Concert Overture
Ed Tucker/Jamie M. Dominicak: “
Sacrifice of Praise”
E. A. Hoffman: “What A Fellowship”
Rick Robinson: “Lift Him Up”
Thomas A. Dorsey: “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”
Fred Nelson, III: “He’s Been Good”
Charles Floyd: “The Lord’s Prayer”
Lamont Lenox: “Worthy Is The Lamb”
Kelvin Lenox: “Nobody Like Jesus”
Dr. Charles Hayes: “Take It To The Lord In Prayer”
Leon Lumpkins: “Open Our Eyes”
Albertina Walker: “I Can Go To God In Prayer”

Mahler Symphony No. 9

Fri, July 29, 6:30 to 8pm
Sat, July 30, 7:30 to 9pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar,
 conductor

PROGRAM

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9

A Mariachi Fiesta

Wed, Aug 3, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
Mariachi Herencia de Mexico

60th Anniversary Choral Spectacular

Thu, Aug 4, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, 
 conductor

PROGRAM

Ēriks Ešenvalds: Stars
Ola Gjeilo: Dark Night of the Soul
Abbie Betinis: To the Evening Star
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Samuel Barber: Sure on this Shining Night

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Fri, Aug 5, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sat Aug 6, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
Andreas Haefliger, piano

PROGRAM

Augusta Holmès: Andromède
Maurice Ravel: 
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Franck Symphony in D Minor

Wed, Aug 10, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
Marina Piccinini, flute

PROGRAM

Libby Larsen: Deep Summer Music
Christopher Theofanidis: Flute Concerto (World Premiere)
César Franck: Symphony In D Minor

Tetzlaff Plays Shostakovich

Fri, Aug 12, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sat, Aug 13, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Christian Tetzlaff, violin

PROGRAM

Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem

Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty

Wed, Aug 17, 6:30 to 8pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor

PROGRAM

Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon
Josef Suk: Fairy Tale
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty

Haydn Creation

Fri, Aug 19, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sat, Aug 20, 7:30 to 9:30pm

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, 
conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Janai Brugger, soprano
Duke Kim, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass

PROGRAM

Franz Joseph Haydn:  The Creation

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