Here’s the 2019 free concert lineup at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park

Chicago is a city that really comes to life during the summer. A big part of the summer fun comes in the form of free concerts and festivals that are open to the public.

Chicago’s annual free concerts at Pritzker Pavilion – including both the Grant Park Music Festival and Millennium Park Summer Music Series – kick off on June 12. But there are free concerts before the official kickoff, including the annual Chicago Blues Festival June 7 to 9.

The free concert series – which takes place at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion – is in its 85th year. Here is a list of every free concert at Pritzker Pavilion between May and September.

May

May 31-June 1: Chicago Gospel Music Festival

June

June 7-9: Chicago Blues Festival

June 12 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival opening night – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Benjamin Beilman, Violin)

June 13 (6:30 p.m. Thursday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Mt. Joy | Rayland Baxter

June 14 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – Beethoven Symphony No. 8 (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Kareem Roustom, Composer-in-Residence)

June 15 (7:30 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – Beethoven Symphony No. 8 (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Kareem Roustom, Composer-in-Residence)

June 17 (6:30 p.m. Monday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles | Liniker e os Caramelows

June 19 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Inon Barnatan, Piano)

June 20 (6:30 p.m. Thursday): Yo-Yo Ma — The Complete Bach Cello Suites

June 21 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – Brahms Violin Concerto (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Stacy Garrop, Composer-In-Residence; Augustin Hadelich, Violin)

June 22 (7:30 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – Brahms Violin Concerto (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Stacy Garrop, Composer-In-Residence; Augustin Hadelich, Violin)

June 24 (6:30 p.m. Monday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Chucho Valdes & Jazz Batá | Fareed Haque + Casseus

June 26 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – A Night in Vienna: Emperor Waltzes and More (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor)

June 27 (6:30 p.m. Thursday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Flora Cash | SUSTO

June 28 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – Beethoven “Missa Solemnis” (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Maeve Höglund, Soprano; Siena Licht Miller, Mezzo-Soprano; Andrew Owens, Tenor; Michael Sumuel, Bass)

June 30 (4-9 p.m. Sunday): Chicago Mariachi Festival

July

July 1 (6:30 p.m. Monday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Car Seat Headrest | Naked Giants

July 4 (6:30 p.m. Thursday): Grant Park Music Festival – Independence Day Salute (Grant Park Orchestra; Christopher Bell, Conductor; Mary Stolper, Flute; John Orduna, Baritone)

July 5 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – Gershwin Piano Concerto (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Jeffrey Kahane, Piano; Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano; Holland Andrews, Vocalist; Holcombe Waller, Vocalist; Gabriel Kahane, Vocalist And Composer-In-Residence)

July 6 (7:30 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – Gershwin Piano Concerto (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Jeffrey Kahane, Piano; Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano; Holland Andrews, Vocalist; Holcombe Waller, Vocalist; Gabriel Kahane, Vocalist And Composer-In-Residence)

July 8 (6:30 p.m. Monday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Brent Cobb | Lydia Loveless

July 10 (8 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – Classic Movie Night: “The Wizard of Oz” (Grant Park Orchestra; Norman Huynh, Conductor)

July 12 (8 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – The Envelope Please: A Tribute to Broadway and Hollywood’s Best (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Larry Loh, Conductor; Susan Egan, Vocalist; Doug LaBrecque, Vocalist; Madison Claire Parks, Vocalist)

July 13 (8 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – The Envelope Please: A Tribute to Broadway and Hollywood’s Best (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Larry Loh, Conductor; Susan Egan, Vocalist; Doug LaBrecque, Vocalist; Madison Claire Parks, Vocalist)

July 17 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – Ravel “Mother Goose” (Grant Park Orchestra; Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor; Yolonda Kondonassis, Harp)

July 19 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 (Grant Park Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, Conductor; Stephen Hough, Piano)

July 20 (7:30 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 (Grant Park Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, Conductor; Stephen Hough, Piano)

July 22 (6:30 p.m. Monday): Chicago Jazz Philharmoic – Chicago Immigrant Stories Part II: Finale

July 24 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – Tchaikovsky “Swan Lake” (Grant Park Orchestra; Christian Macelaru, Conductor; Edgar Moreau, Cello)

July 25 (6:30 p.m. Thursday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Los Amigos Invisibles | Natalie Prass

July 26 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – Dvořák Symphony No. 7 (Grant Park Orchestra; David Danzmayr, Conductor; Anthony McGill, Clarinet; Demarre McGill, Flute)

July 27 (7:30 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – Dvořák Symphony No. 7 (Grant Park Orchestra; David Danzmayr, Conductor; Anthony McGill, Clarinet; Demarre McGill, Flute)

July 29 (6:30 p.m. Monday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Rev. Sekou | Cha Wa

July 31 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – Copland “Rodeo” (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Conrad Tao, Piano)

August

Aug. 5 (6:30 p.m. Monday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Love Love Love – Chicago Celebrates the Music of Donny Hathaway

Aug. 7 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – Mambo Kings: Hot Latin Nights (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Mambo Kings)

Aug. 9 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – “A Mass Of Life”: A Celebration of The Human Spirit (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Melody Moore, Soprano; Ewa Plonka, Mezzo-Soprano; Andrew Staples, Tenor; Nathan Berg, Bass-Baritone)

Aug. 10 (7:30 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – “A Mass Of Life”: A Celebration of The Human Spirit (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Melody Moore, Soprano; Ewa Plonka, Mezzo-Soprano; Andrew Staples, Tenor; Nathan Berg, Bass-Baritone)

Aug. 12 (6:15 p.m. Monday): Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert at Millennium Park

Aug. 15 (6:30 p.m. Thursday): Millennium Park Summer Music Series – Jupiter & Okwess | Noura Mint Seymali

Aug. 14 (6:30 p.m. Wednesday): Grant Park Music Festival – Flight of The Bumblebee (Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor)

Aug. 16 (6:30 p.m. Friday): Grant Park Music Festival – Mahler “Resurrection Symphony” (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Amanda Majeski, Soprano; J’Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano)

Aug. 17 (7:30 p.m. Saturday): Grant Park Music Festival – Mahler “Resurrection Symphony” (Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Amanda Majeski, Soprano; J’Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano)

Aug. 27 (6 p.m. Tuesday): México en el Corazón 2019

Aug. 29-Sept. 1: Chicago Jazz Festival

September

Sept. 6 (7 p.m. Friday): Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park

Sept. 21 (11 a.m. Saturday): YAS! Fest