Ravinia Festival 2017

Summertime in Chicagoland & Ravinia Festival are two things that go hand-in-hand. With over 75 live performances taking place this summer there’s sure to be something you and your whole family can enjoy. Keep reading to see all that’s happening at Ravinia Festival this summer!

June

10: John Legend & Gallant

14: Pat Methany

15: Seu Jorge presents: The Life Aquatic (A Tribute to David Bowie)

16: Willie Nelson & Family

17: Aretha Franklin

18: La La Land in Concert (presented by Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

19: Sammy Hagar & The Circle

20: Julliard String Quartet

23: Gipsy Kings

24: Common

27: Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs

28: Diana Krall

29: The Stars of the Peking Acrobats

30: The Moody Blues

July

1: Lila Downs

2: The Beach Boys & The Temptations

3: Ryan Speedo Green

5: Ravel & Mozart 

6: Buddy Guy with Booker T. Jones

7: Sheryl Crow

8: Gilberto Santa Rosa

10: Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2

11: Yuja Wang & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

12: Joshua Bell & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

14-15: OneRepublic with Fitz and the Tantrums & James Arthur

16: CSO: Tchaikovsky Spectacular

17: Angela Hewitt

18: CSO: Bronfman Plays Brahms

19: The Music of Dvořák

20-21: CSO: Beethoven and Sibelius with Susanna Mälkki

22: Blondie & Garbage: The Rage and Rapture Tour

23: Andrew Bird

24: Emerson & Calidore String Quartets

25: CSO: “Emperor” Concerto

26: Stephen Stills & Judy Collins

27: Apollo’s Fire: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Rediscovered

28: CSO: Christoph Eschenbach

29: CSO: Gala: Eschenbach & Lang Lang

31: Pierre-Laurent Aimard

August

1: CSO: Denis Matsuev

2: Danish String Quartet

3: CSO: Zukerman Plays & Conducts

4: Tony Bennett

5: Darius Rucker

6: CSO: Mancini & Moon River

7: Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway

8: CSO: Levine Leads Haydn’s Creation

9: Morris Robinson

10: CSO: All-Russian Evening

11-12: Santana

13: Leslie Odom Jr.

14: American Acoustic with Punch Brothers

15: Dashboard Confessional & The All-American Rejects

16: Vladimir Feltsman

17: The Knights & Susan Graham

18-20: CSO: Lord of the Rings

21: Behzod Abduraimov

22-23: Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

24: The Naughton Sisters 

25: Alanis Morissette

26-27: John Mellencamp

28: Pentatonix

29: Lifehouse & Switchfoot

30: John Butler Trio

31: Four-Hand Mahler

September

1: Michael Bolton & Gladys Knight

2: UB40

3: Pacifica Quartet

4: Simón Bolívar String Quartet

5: Bryan Wallick

7: Concert Dance Inc.

8: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

9-10: Stevie Nicks

14: Gustavo Dudamel conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

15: Smokey Robinson

16: TLC/Mark McGrath/Biz Markie/All-4-One/O-Town