Festivals near Forest Park, IL.

Juneteenth Celebration 2026

• Jun. 13 - Jun 13, 2026
• Rotary Hill - Naperville, IL USA

• FREE!!

Naperville’s 2026 Juneteenth Celebration invites the community to come together for an afternoon that honors freedom, resilience, and the rich cultura ....

Haydn Military Symphony

• Jun. 17 - Jun 17, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Percussive bombast suggests an advancing army in Haydn’s Military Symphony No. 100 in this thrilling program conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. After Ju ....

Copland Symphony No. 3

• Jun. 19 - Jun 19, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3, a masterful synthesis of the composer’s expansive American musical style. Piano virtuoso S ....

Copland Symphony No. 3

• Jun. 20 - Jun 20, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3, a masterful synthesis of the composer’s expansive American musical style. Piano virtuoso S ....

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

• Jun. 26 - Jun 26, 2026
• Harris Theater for Music and Dance - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Conductor Edwin Outwater takes the podium for Tchaikovsky’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring award-winning pianist Sara Davis Buechner. Jimmy ....

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

• Jun. 27 - Jun 27, 2026
• Harris Theater for Music and Dance - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Conductor Edwin Outwater takes the podium for Tchaikovsky’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring award-winning pianist Sara Davis Buechner. Jimmy ....

Sibelius Symphony No. 2

• Jul. 8 - Jul 8, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Conductor Laureate Carlos Kalmar returns for Sibelius’s majestic Symphony No. 2, an emblem of Finnish nationalism written at a time of cultural and li ....

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

• Jul. 10 - Jul 10, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Former Grant Park Music Festival Principal Conductor Leonard Slatkin returns to conduct Tchaikovsky’s fatalistic Symphony No. 5. Violinist Yevgeny Kut ....

Japan Fest Chicago 2026

• Jul. 11 - Jul 12, 2026
• Skokie Sports Park East - Skokie, IL USA

• Other / General

• FREE!!

From taiko drums to J-pop, kimono fashion to anime art, and tea ceremonies to street food favorites, Japan Fest Chicago brings together the best of ol ....

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

• Jul. 11 - Jul 11, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Former Grant Park Music Festival Principal Conductor Leonard Slatkin returns to conduct Tchaikovsky’s fatalistic Symphony No. 5. Violinist Yevgeny Kut ....

Grocer (Philadelphia) / Patter / Babe Report

• Jul. 13 - Jul 13, 2026
• The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL USA

• Music

• FREE!!

for fans of... Sonic Youth, Pavement, Speedy Ortiz Grocer is a band from Philadelphia. Led by three distinct vocalists, each with a unique voice both ....

Grocer (Philadelphia) / Babe Report / Patter

• Jul. 13 - Jul 13, 2026
• The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL USA

• Music

• FREE!!

for fans of... Sonic Youth, Pavement, Speedy Ortiz Grocer is a band from Philadelphia. Led by three distinct vocalists, each with a unique voice both ....

Summer Glow Festival 2026

• Jul. 18 - Jul 20, 2026
• Grant Park - Chicago, IL USA

• Arts (Arts & Crafts)
• Arts (Film / Movie / Photo)
• Food / Wine / Beer
• Music
• Outdoor / Recreation

• FREE!!

Summer Glow Festival 2026 is an exciting three-day celebration of music, art, and food in the heart of Chicago. Set in the iconic Grant Park, this fes ....

Broadway Sings America

• Jul. 23 - Jul 23, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Revel in the iconic music of Broadway with the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus and stars from Broadway. Led by conductor Jason Seber, this concert fea ....

An Evening with Ben Folds

• Jul. 29 - Jul 29, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, ....

Gershwin An American In Paris

• Jul. 31 - Jul 31, 2026
• Harris Theater for Music and Dance - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Making his Festival debut, Kedrick Armstrong conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Gershwin’s jaunty An American In Paris. Experience the propulsive en ....

Gershwin An American In Paris

• Aug. 1 - Aug 1, 2026
• Harris Theater for Music and Dance - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Making his Festival debut, Kedrick Armstrong conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Gershwin’s jaunty An American In Paris. Experience the propulsive en ....

Ohlsson Plays Chopin

• Aug. 5 - Aug 5, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Garrick Ohlsson—one of only two Americans to have won the International Chopin Piano Competition—returns to the Festival to perform Chopin’s Piano Con ....

Mozart Requiem

• Aug. 7 - Aug 7, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Giancarlo Guerrero leads the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus in Mozart’s soul-stirring Requiem, left incomplete at the time of the composer’s prematur ....

Mozart Requiem

• Aug. 8 - Aug 8, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Giancarlo Guerrero leads the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus in Mozart’s soul-stirring Requiem, left incomplete at the time of the composer’s prematur ....

Dvorák New World Symphony

• Aug. 12 - Aug 12, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Dvorák’s New World Symphony, a Czech composer’s interpretation of the American folk songs and spirituals he had come to ad ....

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

• Aug. 14 - Aug 14, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Giancarlo Guerrero brings the 2026 season to an epic close with none other than Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, a musical affirmation of humanity on a gra ....

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

• Aug. 15 - Aug 15, 2026
• Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL USA

• FREE!!

Giancarlo Guerrero brings the 2026 season to an epic close with none other than Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, a musical affirmation of humanity on a gra ....

Naperville Jaycees' Last Fling

• Sep. 4 - Sep 4, 2026
• Jackson Avenue - Naperville, IL USA

• Other / General

• FREE!!

The Last Fling offers a wide variety of attractions for all ages to enjoy including: music, food and beverage vendors, a family-fun area, a carnival, ....

Septemberfest

• Sep. 5 - Sep 7, 2026
• Al Larson Prairie Center For the Arts - Schaumburg, IL USA

• Arts (Arts & Crafts)
• Community (Family & Kids)
• Community (Parade)
• Holiday (Labor Day)
• Music

• FREE!!

An annual outdoor three-day festival featuring entertainment on three stages, carnival, arts & crafts show, craft beer & wine garden, Tas ....