Ravinia Festival releases full 2025 lineup

HIGHLAND PARK - Ravinia Festival has announced its highly anticipated music lineup for the 2025 season.

As the oldest outdoor music festival in North America, Ravinia aims to captivate audiences with its diverse array of performances. The 2025 lineup includes performances by Cynthia Erivo, Maren Morris, Kygo, The Roots, James Taylor and His All-Star Band, Nas, Train, Juanes and even Morgan Freeman.

Tickets for the summer season will go on sale to the public April 24, with early access for Ravinia donors beginning March 18.

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Ravinia June Concerts

June 6: An Evening with Heart
June 7: Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe, featuring Queen!
June 8: The Mohan Sisters starring Neeti, Shakti, and Mukti Mohan
June 10: Premieres of winning works from the seventh Steans Institute Bridges Competition at Bennett Gordon Hall
June 11: Pianist Angela Hewitt
June 12: The Allman Betts Band and The Record Company
June 13: Counting Crows with special guest The Gaslight Anthem
June 14: Elena Moon Park & Friends
June 14: Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ with Abraham Alexander
June 15: Kurt Elling featuring Peter Erskine
June 17: Fellows of the Steans Institute Jazz Program
June 18: The Black Crowes
June 19: James Taylor and His All-Star Band with special guest Tiny Habits
June 20: David Foster and Chris Botti featuring Katharine McPhee
June 21: Tony Siqi Yun
June 21: Dispatch and John Butler with special guest Donavon Frankenreiter
June 22: Isidore Quartet
June 22: Diana Krall with a special guest performance by Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play Jazz Mentors & Scholars
June 25: The Juilliard Quartet with the Isidore Quartet
June 26: Lindsey Stirling with Chicago Philharmonic
June 27: The Roots
June 28: Opera for the Young
June 28: Al Green
June 29: "Weird Al" Yankovic with special guest Puddles Pity Party

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Ravinia July Concerts

July 1: Brass from the Past
July 2: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program Master Class with pianist Jeffrey Kahane
July 2: Nas with Chicago Philharmonic
July 3: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program
July 5: Chicago with special guest Stevie McVie
July 6: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program
July 6: Kygo with special guest Victoria Nadine
July 8: Dan Tyminski Band
July 9: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program open rehearsal
July 9: Chucho Valdés, Paquito D’Rivera & Arturo Sandoval: Irakere 50 featuring Emilio Frías
July 10: The Reset: An Immersive Sound Experience with Davin Youngs
July 11: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program
July 11: 89th CSO Opening Night: Carlos Simon’s Amen, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
July 12: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program
July 12: Gershwin’s Concerto in F, Montgomery’s Strum, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 Jean-Yves Thibaudet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 13: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 15: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program

Ravinia Festival celebrates over a century of musical excellence

Concert season is almost here and we have a exclusive sneak peak of Ravinia's jam-packed summer schedule.

July 15: Juanes
July 16: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program Master Class with cellist Jens Peter Maintz
July 17: Ronnie Baker Brooks
July 18: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program curated by and featuring faculty violinist David Grimal
July 18: Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
July 19: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program
July 19: Laura Doherty & the Heartbeats
July 19: Classic Albums Live performs The Eagles’ Hotel California
July 20: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program: premiere of work commissioned from Joel Thompson
July 20: Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony Himari and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 22: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: All the Good Times—The Farewell Tour with special guest Brit Taylor
July 23: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program curated by and featuring faculty violist Ettore Causa
July 23: Beck with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 24: Fellows of the Steans Institute Piano & Strings Program
July 25: Breaking Barriers Festival Vadim Karpinos, Ed Harrison and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 26: Breaking Barriers Festival: Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and guests perform chamber works
July 26: Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms with special guest Spin Doctors
July 27: Mendelssohn’s "Italian" Symphony Stephen Williamson and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 29: Spafford
July 30: Ana María Martínez with pianist Kevin Murphy
July 31: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program Master Class with soprano Ana María Martínez
July 31: Lang Lang performs The Disney Book with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Ravinia August Concerts

August 1: Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
August 2: Train with special guest Edwin McCain
August 3: Tchaikovsky Spectacular featuring the 1812 Overture with cannons Zlatomir Fung with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
August 6: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Phantom Island Tour with conductor and music director Sarah Hicks and Chicago Philharmonic
August 7: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program
August 7: Earth, Wind & Fire
August 8: Dan Tepfer: Natural Machines
August 9: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program curated by former Ravinia Music Director James Conlon and dramaturg Cori Ellison
August 9: Laurie Berkner
August 9: Debussy La mer, Wagner Tannhäuser Overture, Bruch’s First Violin Concerto Ray Chen with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
August 10: A Night of Mozart Garrick Ohlsson and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
August 12: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program Master Class with James Conlon
August 12: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
August 13: Apollo’s Fire: Fencing Match - dueling double concertos
August 14: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program
August 14: VOCES8
August 15: Cynthia Erivo with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
August 16: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program curated and hosted by lieder scholar and pianist Graham Johnson

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August 16: Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
August 16: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
August 17: Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1 Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
August 19: Lincoln Trio
August 20: Henhouse Prowlers with special guest Almond & Olive
August 21: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program
August 21: Lenny Kravitz
August 22: Maren Morris
August 23: Fellows of the Steans Institute Singers Program curated and hosted by arranger and pianist Lee Musiker
August 23 & 24: John Legend celebrates the 20th anniversary of Get Lifted
August 24: Haymarket Opera performs Handel’s Alcina
August 26: Plínio Fernandes
August 27: UB40 with Buena Vista Orchestra
August 28: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Sing-Along
August 29: Marvel Studios’ Infinity Saga Concert Experience with Chicago Philharmonic
August 30: Magic Piano & The Chopin Shorts
August 30: Ray LaMontagne
August 31: The ninth annual Fiesta Ravinia La Original Banda El Limón, Como La Flor: The Ultimate Selena Experience Tribute, additional headliner to be announced in late April