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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.

GPMF Symphony 16 August 2019

2025 Digital Programs

2025 Digital Programs
Nikolai Malko Conducting

Nikolai Malko Society

Join our Nikolai Malko Society by making a planned gift and ensure the legacy of free classical music in Chicago for generations to come.

Become a member of the Nikolai Malko Society, named in honor of Nikolai Malko, the Festival’s first chief conductor from 1945 to 1954.

Charitable trusts, retirement plan gifts, securities, life insurance, and bequests are some of the ways to designate a special gift to benefit the Grant Park Music Festival. Choose the right giving strategy to fit your lifestyle, income needs, and interests. Your support of the Festival is an investment in the life of our city—today and in the future. All planned giving donors enjoy membership in the Nikolai Malko Society.

For more information on how you can include the Grant Park Music Festival in your planned giving, or if you have already included the Festival in your planned giving arrangements, please contact our Development Department at 312.744.2162 so that we can acknowledge your thoughtful generosity and recognize you as a member of the Nikolai Malko Society.