June 26 – Aug. 7, 2025
Free admission • Millennium Park

The Millennium Park Summer Music Series offers free outdoor concerts in downtown Chicago, showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging musicians in a spectacular setting.

This beloved series features artists from across genres, including R&B, house, disco, jazz, pop, country, alternative, and world music.

Millennium Park Summer Music Series schedule

The free music series features a wide variety of music from local, national, and international artists at the iconic Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Check out the full 2025 schedule and music lineup:

  • Thursday, June 26: Thee Sacred Souls, Renaldo Domino and The Heavy Sounds, DJ Nosha Luv
  • Monday, June 30: Sudan Archives, Lido Pimienta, DJ Roxyo Sounds
  • Monday, July 7: Fred Wesley and the New JBs, Bumpus, DJ Ayana Contreras
  • Monday, July 14: Monsieur Periné, Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan, DJ Mwelwa
  • Thursday, July 17: Digable Planets, Mother Nature, DJ All The Way Kay
  • Monday, July 21: Novos Baianos, Joe Bataan, DJ Rudy de Anda
  • Thursday, July 24: Steel Pulse, Paul Beaubrun, DJ Papa G
  • Monday, July 28: Horsegirl, Lala Lala, CHIRP DJs
  • Monday, Aug. 4: Orchestra Resavoir, Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few, DJs Sonny Daze & King Hippo
  • Thursday, Aug. 7: Ten City – GRAMMY Legacies and Looking Ahead, Caramelo Haze – GRAMMY Legacies and Looking Ahead, DJ Emmaculate

Looking for more free things to do this summer? Check out the Millennium Park Summer Film Series.

Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion
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About the Millennium Park Summer Music Series

Come see your favorite artists or discover someone new at the annual Millennium Park Summer Music Series. Concert-goers can grab a seat beneath the soaring Pritzker Pavilion and watch the surrounding skyline light up around you as dusk falls on the city.

These popular events are part of the wide range of free festivals, concerts, film screenings, and more in Chicago’s Millennium Park all summer long.

Yemi Alade performs at the Pritzker Pavilion as part of the Millennium Park Summer Music Series in Chicago's Loop
Millennium Park Summer Music Series; photo by Patrick L. Pyszka, City of Chicago

Concert-goers can enjoy views of the soaring Pritzker Pavilion overhead and the surrounding city skyline that lights up around you as dusk falls.

All seats within the Pavilion’s seating bowl and space on the Great Lawn are free and first come, first served. Arrive early to snag a spot! Guests can bring their own food and beverages to the events, so pack a picnic and make a night out of it. Blankets and chairs are welcome on the grass.

Millennium Park FAQs

What accessibility amenities are available at Millennium Park concerts?
Every aspect of Millennium Park has been designed to be accessible and inclusive to all patrons. That includes:

  • American Sign Language interpretation is available for all concerts at Jay Pritzker Pavilion
  • Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs are available at all Millennium Park events from the Patron Service Tent
  • Accessible seating (with companion seats) is available throughout the Jay Pritzker Pavilion seating bowl

Learn more about accessibility in Millennium Park.

Can I bring a folding chair and blanket?
Yes, chairs and blankets are welcome on the Great Lawn. Folding chairs are not allowed in the seating area of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

May I bring a picnic basket?
Yes! Millennium Park is the perfect place for a picnic and a night of music and dining al fresco. However, in order to ensure that events are enjoyable for all attendees and to protect the lawn from wear and tear, please respect the following rules of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion: tents, oversized umbrellas, oversized blankets or plastic tarps, helium balloons, oversized flags, signs/banners, barbecue grills, open flame candles, or staking of any kind are not allowed on the Great Lawn area.

May I buy beer or wine in the park? How about food?
Refreshments, including food, beer and wine, are available for purchase from the concessions tent located to the east of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. In addition, concessions can be purchased throughout the Park, including from Millennium Hall, a multi-restaurant concept that includes Napolita Pizzeria, Double Clutch Brewing Company, and Casa Bonita.

Alcohol may only be consumed in the seating area and the Great Lawn during the concerts. Alcohol sales in the Millennium Park concession tent end one half-hour prior to the end of the concert.

Millennium Park Summer Film Series
Millennium Park Summer event series

What is the rain policy?
Concerts and performances in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion are held rain or shine, unless there are severe weather warnings and/or the threat of lightning in the area. The Pavilion seats are not protected from the elements. The Great Lawn has a high-tech design with underlying layers of sand and gravel that allows water to drain quickly.

May I bring my dog along?
Animals are not permitted in Millennium Park, unless they are service animals.

Please note: Schedule is subject to change. For the latest on Millennium Park Summer MusicSeriesand all Millennium Park events, visit millenniumpark.org.