experienceClassic Chicago WATCH 2021 Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit Learn MoreHere’s to a spectacular 2021 season. See you next year! Explore StoriesA free classical music festival is an investment in the life of the city. Donate NowBecome a member to support the Festival and enjoy added benefits. MEMBERSHIP OPTIONSLearn how the Festival started. OUR HISTORY Discover Insights A 380-Foot-Tall What?! Do musicians come fromout of town to play in the Grant Park Orchestra? How many miles did the stage hands walk during Festival 2021? Explore this rather creative accounting of Festival 2021. More INSIGHTS Festival CEO Paul Winberg on Returning to Millennium Park More INSIGHTS A Conversation with Millennium Park Executive Director Scott Stewart More RECITAL Cue the Beethoven More 10 Things You Might Not Know about Beethoven More Free Seats at Every Concert More Video Why Support the Grant Park Music Festival? Watch Insights Music for the People, from the Great Depression to COVID-19 Read Download Discover Music at Home More INSIGHTS J'Nai Bridges: Using Her Voice More INSIGHTS Here's what's Buzzing about Flight of the Bumblebee More INSIGHTS Black Composers, A Lifetime Pursuit for Rachel Barton Pine Read INSIGHTS A Young Artist in the Age of Coronavirus More INSIGHTS Andreas Haefliger: A Complete Beethovenian More INSIGHTS Bach's Cello Suites More