Music Without Borders
2011 Music Without Borders will take place at the Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. It is FREE to the public. See you next year!
Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.
Gospel Music Festival
The 2010 Gospel Music Festival will be held on June 5 & 6 in Millenium Park. See you next year!
Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.
SummerDance
Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park, 601 S. Michigan Ave.
The 14th Annual Chicago SummerDance is an eleven‑week festival featuring one‑hour dance lessons by professional instructors, followed by two hours of live music and dancing on a 4,600 square foot open‑air dance floor in the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park. Admission is free.
Thursday, June 17 – Sunday, August 29
Thursday- Saturday Lessons: 6-7 pm Live music: 7:30-9:30 pm
Sundays Lessons: 4-5 pm Live music: 5-7 pm
June 17
Tango 21 (Argentine Tango lesson)
Raul Jaurena & Tangata featuring Eduardo Nijensohn (Tango, Milonga music)
June 18
Lisa “La Boriqua” (Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Salsa lesson)
Carpacho y su Super Combo (Colombian, Salsa
June 19
Margot McGraw-Toppen & Riley Wimes, Jr. (Jitterbug lesson)
Outcast Jazz Band (Big Band Swing music)
June 20
BallroomChicago.com (Rumba lesson)
Teddy Lee Orchestra (Ballroom music)
June 24
Erika Ochoa (Middle Eastern Bellydance lesson)
Omar Souleyman (Syrian Street-level Folk-Pop and Dabke music)
June 25
Tommye Giacchino & Gregory Day (East Coast Swing lesson)
Thomas Gunther Jazz Band (Classic Swing music)
June 26
Majestic Gents (Chicago Steppin’ lesson)
DJ Mellow Khris (Chicago Steppin’ music)
June 27
Lisa “La Boriqua” (Merengue, Bachata, Cha-Cha, Salsa lesson)
Afinca’o (Salsa, Mambo music) Part of Latin Street Salsa Congreso 2010
July 1
Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society (Greek Folk Dance lesson)
Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society Music Ensemble (Greek Folk music)
July 2
ARTango Center (Argentine Tango lesson)
Narcotango (Tango Electrónico music)
July 8
René Cardoza (Tambora lesson)
Banda Manzanera (Mexican Folk Brass, Sinaloense music)
July 9
Monica Vachlon & Louie Stallone (Cajun Two-Step & Waltz lesson)
Red Stick Ramblers (Swing, Country & Cajun music)
July 10
Buddy Bates & Rebecca Unger (Zydeco lesson)
Jeffrey Broussard & The Creole Cowboys (Zydeco music)
July 11
BallroomChicago.com (Mambo lesson)
John Burnett Orchestra (Vintage Big Band/Ballroom music)
July 15
Soham Dance Space (Bhangra lesson)
Red Baraat (Punjabi Funk music)
July 16
Big City Swing (East Coast Swing lesson)
The Flat Cats (Jump Blues, Swing music)
July 17
Latin Rhythms (Salsa lesson)
Grupo Rebolu (Salsa Dura music)
July 18
Fred Astaire Dance Studio, Michigan Ave. (Fox Trot lesson)
Steve Cooper Orchestra (Ballroom music)
July 22
Kimosha P. Murphy (African Diaspora Dance lesson)
Chicago Afrobeat Project (Afrobeat Dance Band music)
July 23
Dawud Shareef & Lura Satterfield (Steppin’ lesson)
The Etcetera Band (Steppin music)
July 24
Tommye Giacchino & Gregory Day (Salsa lesson)
Angel Melendez & The 911 Mambo Orchestra Tribute to El Cantante (Traditional Salsa music)
July 25
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Waltz lesson)
The Weiss Brothers (Ballroom music)
July 29
Ethnic Dance Chicago (Klezmer Dance: Freylekhs, Sher, Hora, Nigun, and Kolomeike lesson)
Tum Balalaika Klezmer Band (Traditional Russian, Yiddish, Klezmer, and Gypsy music)
July 30
Big City Swing (Jitterbug lesson)
The Boilermaker Jazz Band (Authentic Swing and Jazz music)
July 31
The Galaxie (Western Swing lesson)
The Western Elstons (Texas Swing, Western Swing music)
August 1
Kasper Dance Studio (Cha- Cha lesson)
Nancy Hays & The Romance of Dance Orchestra (Ballroom music)
August 5
Ethnic Dance Chicago (Polka, Waltz, Oberek, Mazur, and Csardas lesson)
Eddie Korosa, Jr. & His Boys from Illinois (Polka Music)
August 12
Passistas Samba Dance Group (Samba lesson)
Chicago Samba (Brazilian Street Samba music)
August 13
Miguel Mendez (Salsa, Cha- Cha lesson)
Samuel del Real y su Orquesta (Tropical Salsa Music)
August 14
Andy Cruz (Mambo lesson)
Charanga Tropical (Cuban Salsa with Strings music)
August 15
Kasper Dance Studio (Jive lesson)
Lonny Lynn Orchestra (Ballroom music)
August 19
Balkanski Igri (Horo, Rachenitsa lesson)
Kabile (Traditional Bulgarian Folk music)
August 20
Margot McGraw-Toppen & Riley Wimes, Jr. (East Coast Swing lesson)
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan (Gypsy Swing music)
August 21
Latin Rhythms (Bachata, Cha-Cha lesson)
Orquesta La Inspiracion (Old School Salsa music)
August 22
Arthur Murray Dance Center (East Coast Swing lesson)
Chicago Grandstand Big Band (Big Band music)
August 26
American Tango Institute (Argentine Tango lesson)
Argentina Tango On Stage Ensemble (Golden Age Tango music)
August 27
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Swing and 50s & 60s Fad Dances: Pony, Mashed Potato, and Twist lesson)
The Ragtops (50s & 60s Oldies Dance music)
August 28
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Salsa, Merengue lesson)
Naborí (Traditional Salsa music)
August 29
Fred Astaire Dance Studio , Michigan Ave. (East Coast Swing, Jitterbug lesson)
Sam Burckhardt Nonet (Swing music)
SummerDance in the Parks
Enjoy some dancing around town!!
Humboldt Park Boat House
1359 N. Sacramento Ave.
312.742.7549 (Field House)
Lessons: 6-7 pm Live music: 7-9 pm
June 23
Mambo Mike (Salsa, Cha- Cha lesson)
Willie Gomez con Cache Orchestra (Salsa, Cha-Cha, Mambo music)
DJ Henry Knowles Part of the Latin Street Salsa Congreso 2010
July 21
AfriCaribe (Puerto Rican Bomba lesson)
Bombazo: AfriCaribe, Grupo Yuba & Nuestro Tambó (Afro-Puerto Rican Jam Session)
August 11
Miguel Mendez (Mambo, Cha-Cha lesson)
CALJE Salsa featuring Papo Santiago and Nythia Martinez (Salsa, Latin Jazz music)
Athletic Field Park
3546 W. Addison Street
773.478.2889 (Field House)
Lessons: 6-7 pm Live music: 7-9 pm
July 7
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Salsa, Merengue lesson)
Angel d’Cuba (Traditional and Contemporary Afro- Cuban music)
July 28
Margot McGraw-Toppen & Riley Wimes, Jr. (Jitterbug lesson)
The Boilermaker Jazz Band (Authentic Swing and Jazz music)
August 18
Ethnic Dance Chicago (Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian Dance: Kolo, Drmesh, Oro, Horo, and Racheniza lesson)
Krilich Brothers Tamburitza Orchestra (Balkan Folk Dance music)
Jackson Park 63rd Street Beach
6300 S. Lake Shore Drive
773.256.0903 (Field House)
Lessons: 6-7 pm Live music: 7-9 pm
July 14
Miguel Mendez (Salsa, Merengue lesson)
Orquesta Ponson: Tribute to Classic Salsera Vocalists (Salsa music)
August 4
Dawud Shareef & Lura Satterfield (Chicago Bop lesson)
Chicago Catz (R&B, Soul, and Funk music)
August 25
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Swing lesson)
New Millennium Swing Collective (Big Band music)
Navy Pier Beer Garden
600 E. Grand Avenue
312.595.PIER (7437)
Lessons: 6-6:45 pm Live music: 7:30-10 pm Fireworks: 9:30 pm
July 14
Majestic Gents (Chicago Steppin’ lesson)
The Nu Blu Band (R&B, Steppin’ music)
August 11
Tommye Giacchino & Gregory Day (Swing lesson)
Lesley Byers & The Jazz Cats (Swingin’ Jazz music)
Chicago Blues Festival
The 2011 Chicago Blues Festival is scheduled and presented by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events.
Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.
Taste of Chicago
The 2011 Taste of Chicago will take place in Grant Park next summer.
This Festival is scheduled and present by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events.
Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.
Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz
2010 Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz will take place at the Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. It is FREE to the public. Starting time is at 6:30PM unless noted**
07.29.2010 Tortoise 2.0
Tortoise kicks off the series with a world premiere, concert-length commission featuring Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire and Jeff Parker along with Ed Wilkerson, Greg Ward, Nicole Mitchell, Jim Baker and Fred Lonberg-Holm. Unique in the world of contemporary music, the group is known for its boundless intellectual curiosity, unmistakable compositional voice and contradictory sound worlds.
08.05.2010 Mary Lou Williams at 100 featuring Bethany Pickens and Amina Claudine Myers
Bethany Pickens leads an all star band in a retrospective to honor jazz innovator, composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams, who arranged for Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Earl Hines, and mentored Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Thelonius Monk, among others. Amina Claudine Myers’ special commission salutes Williams, in honor of the jazz pioneer’s hundredth birthday. Participating as Music Director, Richard Wang, noted historian and Music Professor Emeritus at UOIC and project consultant Cecilia Smith from New York make certain that the celebration will engage the whole spectrum of Williams’ power.
08.12.2010 Toumani Diabate and the Chicago Transilience Ensemble
Internationally acclaimed Malian kora master Toumani Diabate, continues his collaboration with Chicago’s jazz community in a concert of original and newly commissioned material. Toumani Diabate joins the Chicago Transilience Ensemble led by Jeb Bishop and Josh Berman with Hamid Drake, Josh Abrams, Jeff Parker, Jason Adasiewicz, Nicole Mitchell and Nate Lepine for an evening of cross-cultural fertilization, improvisation and expanded musical frontiers.
08.19.2010 Django: A Celebration featuring Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan with Special Guests
Belgian-born Gypsy jazz guitarist, Jean “Django” Reinhardt revolutionized the way people think about the guitar and helped pioneer a hybrid form of jazz, known for its hot grooves. To mark his centennial birthday, Alfonso Ponticelli along with guests Ensemble Zaiti from France and Stephane Wrembel and Arturo Martinez from New York join Swing Gitan to tell Django’s musical story and remind us why his style and sound reverberate throughout the jazz world today. Also featuring Tony Ballog, Beau Sample, Jason Miller, Howard Levy, Gerald Dowd, Pat Mallinger, Steve Gibons, Nicolae Feraru, Juliano Milo and Larry Bowen.
08.26.2010 Latin Inferno: James Sanders Conjunto with Special Guests Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Papo Santiago and Fred Anderson
Steeped in the Afro-Cuban musical tradition, violinist James Sanders can be seen and heard across Chicago from symphonies to Latin clubs and everywhere in between. This night, his Latin Jazz band, Conjunto, featuring Steve Eisen, Jose Porcayo, Luis Rosario, Roel Trevino, Donald Neale, Jean-Christophe Leroy and Brett Benteler welcomes members of Cerqua Rivera Dance Company, vocalist Papo Santiago and special guest saxophonist Fred Anderson for an evening of fiery music making.
For more information about this performance, visit: http://www.chicagolatinjazz.com/http://www.chicagolatinjazz.com.
09.02.2010 Big Band Birthday Bash: Ahmad Jamal’s 80th with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra**
Time 7:30pm – 10:00pm
What better place to feature a pioneer of musical rhythm and space than in Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion? A seminal pianist with strong Chicago ties; Ahmad Jamal’s impact on jazz spans a good portion of his eighty years. Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago Jazz Orchestra renews its engagement with Jamal and his trio for a big band birthday bash in the Park.
!Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival
The 2010 !Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival will take place in Millenium Park on September 17th and 18th.
This Festival is scheduled and present by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events.
Friday, September 17
Los Barrios (south promenade)
Julio Cortez y la Explosion de la Cumbia 12:00p.m.-1:15p.m.
(TBA ): 1:45p.m.-3:00p.m.
Mario Alberto y su Mariachi (Mariachi): 3:30p.m.-4:45p.m.
DJ Caveman (Latin/Brazilian house music): 5:15p.m.-6:30p.m.
Salon de Baile (north promenade)
Juan Rivera y Los Pichardos (Son Calentano): 12:30p.m.-1:10p.m.
Son Del Viento (Son Jarocho): 1:25p.m.-2:05p.m.
Chicago Sones Collective (Son): 2:15p.m.-2:55p.m.
Quetzal (Son Jarocho/Rock/R&B): 3:10p.m.-3:50p.m.
Mexican Institute of Sound (DJ/Salsa): 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m.
En Vivo (cloud gate)
Chinelos (Traditional dancing): 12:00p.m.-2:00p.m.
Nuestro Tambo (Afro-Puerto Rican): 2:30p.m.-4:00p.m.
Banda Portillos 4:30p.m.-6:00p.m.
Community Celebration (Fandango): 5:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
Pritzker Band Shell
Mariachi Vive (Mariachi): 4:00p.m.-4:50p.m.
Don Tetto (rock): 5:00p.m.-6:00p.m.
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (Mariachi): 6:10p.m.-7:20p.m.
Cristian Castro (Pop): 7:30p.m.-6:30p.m.
Saturday, September 18
Los Barrios (south promenade)
Banda Franco (Banda): 12:00p.m.-1:15p.m.
(TBA): 1:45p.m.-3:00p.m.
Banda Real (Banda): 3:30p.m.-4:45p.m.
Eljuri: 5:15p.m.-6:30p.m.
Salon de Baile (north promenade)
Sones de Mexico (Son): 12:30p.m.-1:45p.m.
Son Mundanza (Son Jarocho): 2:15p.m.-3:00p.m.
Fandanguero (Son Jarocho & Son Cubano): 3:15p.m.-4:00p.m.
Cumbia Tokeson (Cumbia/Rock/Son): 4:15p.m.-5:00p.m.
Pajaros del Alba (Son Jarocho): 5:15p.m.-6:00p.m.
El Caobo and Aguzate (DJ Jam/Salsa Dance Party): 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m.
En Vivo (cloud gate)
Tamborazo Montenegro (Tamborazo): 12:00p.m.-2:00p.m.
Ngoma Alegre (Afro-Colombian): 2:30p.m.-4:00p.m.
Swing Brasileiro (Brazilian Samba & Batucada): 4:30p.m.-6:00p.m.
Community Celebration (Fandango): 5:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
Pritzker Band Shell
Sones de Mexico (Son): 3:00p.m.-4:10p.m.
Orchestra Broadway: 4:20p.m.-5:30p.m.
Carolina La O y su Orchestra (Tropical): 5:40p.m.-7:00p.m.
Mexican Institute of Sound (DJ/Salsa): 7:10p.m.-8:30p.m.
Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.
Chicago Jazz Festival
The 2010 Chicago Jazz Festival will take place from September 2nd to the 5th in Grant Park.
Thursday, September 2
Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion
12:00 – 12:50 Umbrella Music: Bridging Improvised Music and Dance
1:05 – 1:55 Jodie Christian Quintet
2:10 – 3:00 The MIYUMI Project Big Band: “Trans-Rooted” featuring JASC Tsukasa Taiko
3:15 – 4:00 Jim Wagner’s All Stars featuring Willie Pickens, Ari Brown, Jimmy Ellis, Robert Shy, Frank Russell, Corey Wilkes and Maggie Brown
Friday, September 3
Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph
Randolph Café
12:00 – 1:00 Hector Silveira Septet
1:30 – 2:30 The Grilly Brothers Sextet
Claudia Cassidy Theater
12:15 – 1:15 James Dapogny: “Art of the Solo”
1:45 – 2:45 AACM Experimental Ensemble
Preston Bradley Hall
12:30 – 1:30 Tomeka Reid’s Hear In Now Trio
2:00 – 3:00 Jim Cooper’s Mallet Madness featuring Kathy Kelly and Carl Leukaufe
Millennium Park – Jay Pritzker Pavilion
4:00 – 4:50 Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble and Noteworthy
5:00 – 5:50 James Dapogny
6:00 – 6:55 Mike LeDonne Trio with special guest Eric Alexander
7:10 – 8:10 Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Orchestra
8:30 – 9:30 Ramsey Lewis 75th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, September 4
Grant Park
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12:00 – 12:55 Douglas Ewart Nyahbingi Drum Choir
1:10 – 2:05 Paul Giallorenzo’s GitGo
2:20 – 3:15 Maggie Brown: “A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln”
3:30 – 4:30 Dana Hall Quintet with special gust Nicholas Payton
6:00 – 7:30 Corey Wilkes
8:00 – 9:00 Steve Cole
Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
12:00 – 12:30 Chi-Arts Jazz Combo
12:45 – 1:15 Jazz Ambassadors Combo
1:30 – 2:10 Kenwood Academy Jazz Ensemble
2:25 – 3:05 Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School Jazz Ensemble
3:20 – 3:50 Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble
4:05 – 4:50 Roosevelt University Jazz Ensemble
Jazz and Heritage Stage
12:30 – 1:30 West End Jazz Band
2:00 – 3:00 Cameron Pfiffner’s Marco Polo
3:30 – 4:30 Nicole Mitchell’s Sonic Projections
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 – 5:50 Chuchito Valdez Afro-Cuban Ensemble
6:00 – 6:55 Rene Marie “High Maintenance” Quartet
7:10 – 8:10 Charisma: “A Lee Morgan Tribute”
8:30 – 9:30 The Either/Orchestra with special guests Getachew Mekurya and Teshome Mitiku
Sunday, September 5
Grant Park
Jazz on Jackson Stage
12:00 – 12:55 Paulinho Garcia Quintet
1:10 – 2:05 Nicole Mitchell‘s Black Earth Ensemble
2:20 – 3:15 Brad Goode Quartet
3:30 – 4:30 Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band
6:00 – 7:30 Harlan Jefferson
8:00 – 9:00 Norman Brown
Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Stage
12:00 – 12:30 Northside College Prep Jazz Combo
12:45 – 1:15 Whitney Young Magnet High School Jazz Combo
1:30 – 2:10 Lakeview High School Jazz Ensemble
2:25 – 3:05 John Hersey High School Jazz Ensemble
3:30 – 4:05 University of Chicago Jazz X-Tet
Jazz and Heritage Stage
12:30 – 1:30 Bethany Pickens Trio
2:00 – 3:00 NOMO
3:30 – 4:30 Saalik Ziyad’s 5 After 7 Project
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 – 6:00 Brad Mehldau Trio
6:15 – 7:05 Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls
7:20 – 8:15 Henry Threadgill’s Zooid
8:30 – 9:30 Kurt Elling Quintet with special guest Ernie Watts
This Festival is scheduled and present by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events.
Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.
Celtic Fest Chicago
The Celtic Fest Chicago will take place in Millennium Park next summer with CEOL ‘S CRAIC! (Gaelic for music and good times!) Presented by the City of Chicago and FlyNovaScotia.com, Celtic Fest Chicago is FREE to the public and runs from 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. The festival brings world renowned artists to Chicago to celebrate the culture of the seven ancient Celtic nations with performers from Ireland; Brittany, France; Galicia, Spain; Scotland; the Isle of Man; Cornwall; Wales; plus the United States and Canada.
Interested in performing in this festival? See the How to Apply to Perform at the 2010 MOSE Music Festivals page at ExploreChicago.org.
