The free summertime classical series in Millennium Park will celebrate America’s 250th birthday with work from dozens of ...

The free, Millennium Park-based festival’s programming skews toward contemporary and American music, a commitment redoubled by new artistic director and principal conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. It ups ...

The Grant Park Music Festival will return June 10 through Aug. 15. The 2026 programming focuses on U.S. music in honor of America's 250th birthday. All concerts at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion are free ...

Paul Winberg, president and chief executive officer of the Grant Park Music Festival, announced Wednesday that he will retire in spring 2026. Winberg, 63, is credited with tripling the festival’s ...

Grant Park Music Festival Artistic Director/Principal Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the final concerts of the Festival’s summer 2025 season at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ...

Highbrow and lowbrow. Sacred and profane. Closing its 2025 season on Aug. 15 and 16, the Grant Park Music Festival argued that the distance between those two poles is rarely as great as it appears.

Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival announced its season lineup Tuesday, offering the first glimmer of hope that the city’s summer cultural season isn’t too far off. The annual classical series ...