Well it’s that time of year again…It’s time to shake off that chill, shed a layer of long underwear and start getting outside. That’s right Chicago… after another long and cold winter SPRING is HERE!
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If you’re like me, as the days get longer and the sun graces us with brighter mornings you start remembering all the wonderful things our city has to offer. Bike rides on the lake, dining al fresco at neighborhood cafés, hanging out with friends at local festivals and most of all Ravinia!
Since 1904, Ravinia has been Chicago’s “sound of summer,” a place where you can have a wonderful time and hear some of the greatest music in the world. It has become a Chicago Tradition to many, with the “Ravinia Experience” sharing time with friends under the Oaks and stars.
This month we wanted to take the “guesswork” out of your musical experience for the summer with our “Chicago Home Partner Recommended Ravinia Concerts”.
Frankie Valli & The Four Season: | June 12th | 8:00 PM |
Paul Simon: | June 18th | 8:00 PM |
Bob Dylan: | June 24th | 7:30 PM |
Jerry Garcia: | June 26th | 7:30 PM |
Steve Miller Band: | July 2nd | 7:30 PM |
Chris Cornell: | July 3rd | 6:30 PM |
Duran Duran: | July 8th | 7:00 PM |
Lyle Lovett & Emmylou Harris: | July 18th | 7:00 PM |
Buddy Guy & Jeff Beck: | July 31st | 7:00 PM |
Tony Bennett: | August 13th | 8:30 PM |
Below is the full lineup for Ravinia 2016 |
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Concert Dance Inc. | Jun 2 | 7:30 PM |
Concert Dance Inc. | Jun 3 | 7:30 PM |
The Lion’s Whiskers | Jun 5 | 1:00 PM |
The Lion’s Whiskers | Jun 5 | 4:00 PM |
Barenaked Ladies, OMD & Howard Jones | Jun 9 | 6:30 PM |
Fire and Water | Jun 10 | 6:00 PM |
Tan Dun’s Water Passion | Jun 10 | 7:30 PM |
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor | Jun 11 | 4:45 PM |
The Gershwin Experience | Jun 11 | 8:30 PM |
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons | Jun 12 | 8:00 PM |
Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers” | Jun 15 | 8:30 PM |
Water Music Suite | Jun 16 | 8:00 PM |
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Program for Jazz | Jun 17 | 6:00 PM |
BoDeans | Jun 17 | 7:30 PM |
Paul Simon | Jun 18 | 8:00 PM |
Father’s Day Jazz Special | Jun 19 | 6:00 PM |
Seth MacFarlane | Jun 22 | 7:30 PM |
Patti LaBelle & The Commodores | Jun 23 | 7:30 PM |
Bob Dylan and his band Mavis Staples | Jun 24 | 7:30 PM |
Gavin DeGraw & The Fray | Jun 25 | 6:30 PM |
Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration | Jun 26 | 7:30 PM |
Juilliard String Quartet | Jun 27 | 7:30 PM |
Indigo Girls & Mary Chapin Carpenter | Jul 1 | 6:30 PM |
Steve Miller Band | Jul 2 | 7:30 PM |
Chris Cornell | Jul 3 | 6:30 PM |
Chick Corea Trio, Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton | Jul 4 | 5:00 PM |
Emerson String Quartet | Jul 5 | 7:30 PM |
Midori | Jul 6 | 7:30 PM |
Neil Finn of Crowded House and Guster | Jul 7 | 6:30 PM |
Duran Duran (Paper Gods On Tour) | Jul 8 | 7:00 PM |
Duran Duran (Paper Gods On Tour) | Jul 9 | 7:00 PM |
Phillip Phillips & Matt Nathanson | Jul 10 | 6:30 PM |
RSMI: Program for Piano and Strings | Jul 11 | 6:00 PM |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Sweet Honey in the Rock | Jul 11 | 8:30 PM |
Menahem Pressler | Jul 12 | 6:00 PM |
American Premiere of Marsalis Concerto | Jul 12 | 8:00 PM |
The Planets–An HD Odyssey | Jul 13 | 8:00 PM |
Takács String Quartet | Jul 15 | 7:30 PM |
Beethoven’s 5th Symphony | Jul 16 | 7:30 PM |
Dan Zanes & Friends | Jul 16 | 11:00 AM |
Tom Chapin & Friends | Jul 17 | 12:00 PM |
RSMI: Program for Piano and Strings | Jul 18 | 6:00 PM |
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Emmylou Harris | Jul 18 | 7:00 PM |
Chanticleer | Jul 19 | 7:30 PM |
RSMI: Program for Piano and Strings | Jul 20 | 6:00 PM |
Jean Yves Thibaudet | Jul 20 | 8:00 PM |
All-Schumann Program | Jul 21 | 7:30 PM |
Julia Hsu and Peter Serkin | Jul 22 | 7:30 PM |
James Levine Returns | Jul 23 | 7:00 PM |
Opera For The Young | Jul 23 | 11:00 AM |
George Li | Jul 24 | 6:00 PM |
Kenny Rogers’ Final World Tour: The Gambler’s Last Deal | Jul 24 | 7:00 PM |
Jorge Federico Osorio | Jul 25 | 7:30 PM |
Stravinsky’s The Firebird | Jul 26 | 8:00 PM |
Diana Ross | Jul 27 | 8:30 PM |
Zukerman Trio | Jul 28 | 7:30 PM |
Titanic Live | Jul 29 | 7:00 PM |
Titanic Live | Jul 29 | 7:00 PM |
Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy | Jul 31 | 7:00 PM |
Matthew Polenzani | Aug 1 | 7:30 PM |
“New World” Symphony | Aug 2 | 8:00 PM |
Rhapsody in Blue | Aug 3 | 8:00 PM |
Danielle de Niese | Aug 4 | 7:30 PM |
Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto | Aug 5 | 8:00 PM |
Bryan Ferry | Aug 6 | 7:30 PM |
Joyous String Quartet | Aug 6 | 11:00 AM |
Dolly Parton | Aug 7 | 7:30 PM |
RSMI: Program for Singers | Aug 8 | 6:00 PM |
Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” | Aug 8 | 7:30 PM |
The Second Symphonies of Bernstein & Brahms | Aug 9 | 8:00 PM |
RSMI: Program for Singers | Aug 10 | 6:00 PM |
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 | Aug 10 | 8:00 PM |
War Los Lonely Boys | Aug 11 | 7:00 PM |
Josh Bell & Chris Botti | Aug 12 | 8:00 PM |
Tony Bennett | Aug 13 | 8:30 PM |
Don Henley | Aug 14 | 7:30 PM |
RSMI: Program for Singers | Aug 15 | 6:00 PM |
Don Henley | Aug 15 | 7:30 PM |
Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas | Aug 16 | 6:00 PM |
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma | Aug 16 | 8:00 PM |
Complete Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin, Part 1 | Aug 17 | 5:30 PM |
Complete Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin, Part 2 | Aug 17 | 8:30 PM |
You’re the Top!: Cole Porter’s 125th Birthday Celebration | Aug 17 | 8:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part 1 | Aug 18 | 6:00 PM |
Judy Collins Sings Sondheim | Aug 18 | 8:00 PM |
Bizet’s Carmen | Aug 19 | 5:30 PM |
Bizet’s Carmen | Aug 19 | 7:30 PM |
Go-Go’s | Aug 19 | 7:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part 2 | Aug 20 | 6:00 PM |
Itzhak Perlman | Aug 20 | 7:30 PM |
Justin Roberts And The Not Ready For Naptime Players | Aug 20 | 11:00 AM |
All-Tchaikovsky Program | Aug 21 | 5:00 PM |
Roomful of Teeth | Aug 21 | 6:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part 3 | Aug 22 | 6:00 PM |
All Russian Evening with Zuill Bailey | Aug 23 | 6:00 PM |
Lincoln Trio | Aug 24 | 6:00 PM |
Lucas Debargue Part 1 | Aug 25 | 6:00 PM |
John Fogerty | Aug 25 | 8:00 PM |
Lucas Debargue Part 2 | Aug 25 | 8:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven String Quartets, Part 1 | Aug 26 | 6:00 PM |
TRAIN | Aug 26 | 7:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven String Quartets, Part 2 | Aug 27 | 1:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven String Quartets, Part 3 | Aug 27 | 6:00 PM |
TRAIN | Aug 27 | 7:00 PM |
Laurie Berkner | Aug 27 | 12:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven String Quartets, Part 4 | Aug 28 | 1:00 PM |
Complete Beethoven String Quartets, Part 5 | Aug 28 | 6:00 PM |
SEAL | Aug 28 | 7:00 PM |
Something About Oscar—90th Birthday Celebration of Oscar Brown Jr. | Aug 29 | 6:00 PM |
Songs of Struggle and Redemption | Aug 30 | 6:00 PM |
An Unlikely Muse | Aug 30 | 7:30 PM |
Dan Tepfer | Aug 31 | 6:00 PM |
Dan Tepfer and Ben Wendel | Aug 31 | 8:00 PM |
Three Chopin Mazurkas | Sep 1 | 6:00 PM |
Ms. Lauryn Hill | Sep 1 | 7:30 PM |
An Evening of Harp and Guitar | Sep 2 | 6:00 PM |
Marty Stuart, Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters | Sep 2 | 7:30 PM |
Joseph Moog | Sep 3 | 6:00 PM |
Bonnie Raitt | Sep 3 | 7:30 PM |
Dmitri Levkovich | Sep 4 | 6:00 PM |
O.A.R. | Sep 4 | 7:00 PM |
The Wunder of Chopin | Sep 5 | 6:00 PM |
Selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet | Sep 6 | 6:00 PM |
Complete Bartók String Quartets Part 1 | Sep 7 | 6:00 PM |
Complete Bartók String Quartets Part 2 | Sep 8 | 6:00 PM |
Classic Albums Live: David Bowie | Sep 9 | 8:00 PM |
Winnie the Pooh | Sep 10 | 2:00 PM |
Winnie the Pooh | Sep 10 | 5:30 PM |
The Wizard of Oz | Sep 10 | 7:00 PM |
Winnie the Pooh | Sep 10 | 11:00 AM |
Winnie the Pooh | Sep 11 | 2:00 PM |
Winnie the Pooh | Sep 11 | 5:30 PM |
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II | Sep 11 | 6:00 PM |
Winnie the Pooh | Sep 11 | 11:00 AM |
Los Tigres del Norte | Sep 17 | 6:00 PM |
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