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June 11 - August 16, 2025

Welcome

The Grant Park Music Festival is a ten-week classical music concert series held annually in Chicago, Illinois’ Millennium Park.

It features the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, along with guest performers and conductors, and is one of the only free outdoor classical-music concert series in the US.

Olympia Park
Night Out in the Parks

String Fellows at Olympia Park

Thu, Jul 17, 2025 · 06:30p.m.
Olympia Park
1h

Program

Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen Shine You No More

Arturo Márquez Homenaje a Gismonti

Stacy Garrop Ribbons of Steel

Maurice Ravel String Quartet

Billy Strayhorn/arr. Paul Chihara Take the ‘A’ Train

Stephen Schwartz/arr. Joseph Perkins Defying Graving from Wicked

Earth, Wind & Fire/arr. Marcelo Onetta Fermiano September

Featuring

Musicians of the Grant Park Orchestra

Venue details

Olympia Park
6566 N Avondale Ave, Chicago

How to attend

All our Night Out in the Parks are free to attend. Bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair and join us!

Event Sponsors

The Festival’s Night Out in the Parks concerts are generously supported by Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Mazza Foundation, the Hanson Community Connections Fund, the Music Performance Trust Fund, and generous gifts from Nancy Dehmlow and an Anonymous Donor.

Night Out in the Parks

Attending a Night Out in the Parks

What are Night Out in the Parks?

Night Out in the Parks brings free, family-friendly performances by Grant Park artists to Chicago neighborhoods, celebrating local culture.

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Free seating

Our Night Out in the Parks are free for the public to attend on a first-come-first-serve basis.

All our Night Out in the Parks are free to attend. Arrive 30 minutes before start.

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