What better way to soak up the remaining weeks of summer than enjoying some music outside? Lucky for you, there are lots of outdoor concerts happening in Chicago this August. Here’s the roundup.
Millennium Park
Idina Menzel – August 16
Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert – August 17
Grant Park Orchestra – August 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22
World Class Jazz – every Thursday August 6-27
Soldier Field
One Direction – August 23
Wrigley Field
Billy Joel – August 27
Foo Fighters & Cheap Trick – August 29
Ravinia
Diana Krall – August 9
3 Doors Down & Collective Soul – August 17
Sugar Ray with Better than Ezra, Uncle Kracker & Eve 6 – August 18
NEEDTOBREATHE & Switchfoot – August 19
Seth MacFarlane & the Ravinia Festival Orchestra – August 21
Chicago – August 22-23
ZZ Top – August 27
Little Big Town – August 28
Santana – August 29-30
Alan Jackson – August 31
Northerly Island
Jim Gaffigan – August 6
The Smashing Pumpkins & Marilyn Manson – August 7
Yes & Toto – August 16
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Tim McGraw with Billy Currington & Chase Bryant – August 8
Nicki Minaj – August 9
Sublime with Rome & Rebellion – August 20
Lady Antebellum with Hunter Hayes & Sam Hunt – August 22
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