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1 MIN READ—Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) have announced more details for “Chicago In Tune” (August 19 – September 19), a new citywide festival celebrating Chicago’s diverse and legendary music scene and the 2021 Year of Chicago Music.
This month of music will bring together iconic neighborhood venues, presenting organizations, and musicians from across the city to celebrate all music genres and forms — with hundreds of free and ticketed events at dozens of venues. The festival is part of “Open Culture” — just one component of the Mayor’s “Open Chicago” initiative to safely and fully reopen the city.
DCASE will present four special evenings at Jay Pritzker Pavilion presented by the Millennium Park Foundation honoring music born and innovated in Chicago: Gospel music (September 3), Jazz (September 4), House (September 11), and Blues (September 18). Learn more about other special events and festivals across the city here.
Previously announced City-sponsored events include Millennium Park summer programming and community events.
Free and ticketed events across Chicago in neighborhood clubs, concert halls and beyond will include: Goodman Theatre presents Sones de México Ensemble’s “Zulema” in Chicago parks (August 19–21 and September 2); Porchlight Music Theatre presents “Broadway in your Backyard” at CYC-Sidney Epstein Youth Center (August 28); NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock opens the Symphony Center Presents Jazz series at Symphony Center (September 2); DJ All the Way Kay at Ace Hotel Chicago (September 2); and Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Verdi’s “Macbeth” at Lyric Opera House (September 17 and additional dates) — just to name a few.
Venues, organizations and artists may still submit Chicago In Tune events by visiting Do312.com/ChicagoInTune.
The public will find the most comprehensive listing of events at Do312.com/ChicagoInTune — and event highlights in a festival guide inserted in the August 19 edition of the Chicago Reader.
