The iconic Ravinia Festival announced its summer 2018 lineup of performers on Wednesday, and there's no shortage of talent taking the stage in Highland Park this year.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Ravinia's website. The full concert schedule is as follows –
June 1 6:30p Los Lobos | Los Lonely Boys | Ozomatli
June 2 8:30p Diana Ross
June 3 7:00p Loverboy | Survivor
June 7 7:30p Stephen Marley | Matisyahu
June 7 7:30p Concert Dance Inc.
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June 8 7:30p ladimir Feltsman: Schumann Arabeske; Chopin Ballade 4 & mazurkas
June 8 7:30p Concert Dance Inc.
June 9 4:45p Live From Here with Chris Thile live national broadcast
June 9 8:30p RSMI Jazz Bridges Composition Competition winners
June 10 7:30p Anita Baker
June 12 6:30p John Fogerty | ZZ Top: “Blues and Bayous” tour
June 13 7:00p Flying Karamazov Brothers
June 15 6:00p RSMI Jazz Grandstand
June 15 7:30p Jackson Browne
June 16 6:00p Lincoln Trio
June 16 8:00p Alison Krauss
June 19 8:00p Seal
June 20 7:30p Juilliard Quartet: Bartok Quartet 5; Dvorak Quartet 11
June 21 7:30p Well-Strung: “The Singing String Quartet”
June 22 8:00p Jill Scott
June 23 11:00a Los Luzeros de Rioverde
June 23 8:00p Roger Daltrey: Tommy with The Who band members & Ravinia Festival Orchestra
June 24 7:00p Janis Ian
June 25 8:00p Roger Daltrey: Tommy with The Who band members & Ravinia Festival Orchestra
June 26 7:30p Apollo’s Fire: “A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse”
June 28 7:30p Miriam Fried & FriendsL Schubert String Quintet; Mozart Piano Quartet 1
June 29 8:00p Bryan Adams
June 30 11:00a Vy Higginsen’s Sing Harlem Choir
July 2 6:30p Snarky Puppy | Damien Escobar | Jacob Collier
July 3 7:30p Ksenija Sidorova: “Russian Accordion”
July 8 7:00p Buddy Guy | Jonny Lang
July 9 6:00p RSMI Piano & Strings: Brahms & more
July 10 7:30p Evanescence | Lindsey Stirling – Live with orchestra
July 11 7:30p Zukerman Trio: Brahms First Viola and Cello Sonatas
July 12 8:00p CSO / Marin Alsop / Joshua Bell: Bernstein’s last NY Phil tour revisited – Bernstein Candide Overturn & Serenade; Tchaikovsky Symphony 6
July 13 8:30p Alan Cumming: “Legal Immigrant”
July 14 7:30p CSO+Chorus: Bernstein’s “Ode to Freedom” – Beethoven Symphony
July 15 5:00p CSO: “Sunday in the Park with Audra McDonald” – Gala Benefi t Evening
July 16 6:00p RSMI Piano & Strings: Timo Andres premiere
July 17 7:30p Emerson Quartet: “Shostakovich and the Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy” –starring David Strathairn as Shostakovich and Jay O. Sanders as Stalin
July 18 8:00p CSO / Gustavo Dudamel / Yuja Wang: Beethoven Piano Concerto 1 & Symphony 9
July 19 6:00p RSMI Piano & Strings: Brahms & more
July 22 5:00p CSO: “Tchaikovsky Spectacular” – Violin Concerto & 1812 Overture with cannons
July 23 6:00p Misha & Cipa Dichter: 50th anniversary of Misha Dichter’s Ravinia debut
July 23 7:30p Leon Fleisher: 90th birthday celebration – Bach, Brahms & Kirchner; Ravel La Valse with Katherine Jacobson Fleisher
July 24 6:00p Misha Dichter / Argus Quartet: Shostakovich & Dvorak piano quintets
July 24 8:00p CSO / Marin Alsop: Bernstein Favorites – Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; Copland Appalachian Spring; Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
July 25 7:30p Ray Chen / Julio Elizalde: Beethoven & Saint-Saens First Violin Sonatas
July 26 7:30p Jorge Federico Osorio: Bach, Franck & Debussy preludes; Latin dances and scenes by Albeniz, Ponce & Castro
July 27 9:00p “Late Night with Leonard Bernstein” – hosted by Jamie Bernstein
July 28 11:00a “A New Young People’s Concert” – narrated and developed by Jamie Bernstein; Peoria Symphony / George Stelluto / vocal, violin, clarinet & piano soloists
July 28 7:30p CSO / Marin Alsop: Bernstein MASS featuring Chicago Children’s Chorus, Vocality, Paulo Szot & a cast of hundreds, directed by Kevin Newbury
July 29 6:30p “Lost '80s Live”: A Flock of Seagulls | Wang Chung | Naked Eyes | Men Without Hats | Farrington and Mann | Animotion | Dramarama | Nu Shooz | Gene Loves Jezebel
July 30 7:30p Takács Quartet: Dvorak Quartet 10; Dohnanyi Quartet 2
July 31 7:30p Chanticleer: “Then and There, Here and Now”
Aug.1 8:00p CSO live with film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Aug.2 8:00p CSO live with film: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aug.3 8:00p Whoopi Goldberg [18+]
Aug.4 11:00a Laurie Berkner
Aug.4 8:00p CSO / Vasily Petrenko / Simon Trpčeski: Beethoven Symphony 5; Strauss Don Juan; Grieg Piano Concerto
Aug.5 8:00p David Foster & Friends
Aug. 6 7:30p Angélique Kidjo’s Remain in Light | Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Aug.7 7:30p Thomas Hampson / Luca Pisaroni / Kevin Murphy: “No Tenors Allowed”
Aug.8 6:00p RSMI Singers
Aug.8 7:30p Bonnie Koloc | Howard Levy
Aug.9 8:00p CSO / James Conlon / Garrick Ohlsson: Mozart Piano Concerto 20; Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite; Strauss Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Suite
Aug.10 7:30p Nadine Sierra / Michael Fabiano / Kevin Murphy: Bernstein & Friends
Aug.11 7:30p CSO / James Conlon / Nadine Sierra / Matthew Polenzani: Italian opera favorites – Rossini overtures; Donizetti arias from Lucia di Lammermoor
Aug.12 7:30p Steve Martin and Martin Short with The Steep Canyon Rangers and Jeff Babko: “An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life”
Aug.13 6:00p RSMI Singers: Classic Spanish canciónes
Aug.14 8:00p Michael Feinstein & Kristin Chenoweth
Aug.15 8:00p CSO live with film: Vertigo
Aug.16 7:30p Frederica von Stade / Laurie Rubin
Aug.17 8:00p Earth, Wind & Fire
Aug.18 noon Opera for the Young: Rusalka, A Mermaid’s Tale
Aug.18 7:30p CSO / Marin Alsop / Igor Levit: Shostakovich Symphony 5; Ravel Concerto
Aug.19 5:00p CSO / Marin Alsop / Frederica von Stade: Composer/Conductor Titans – Mahler Symphony 1; Bernstein “Jeremiah” Symphony
Aug.20 7:30p Miloš Karadaglić: Classical guitar favorites from Bach to Brazil to The Beatles
Aug.21 6:00p Jonathan Biss: Beethoven sonata cycle, part 6 of 7 – “Hammerklavier,” 6, 10, 18
Aug.21 8:00p Joshua Bell revisits Oscar-winning The Red Violin score live with the R-rated film
Aug.22 6:00p Jonathan Biss: Beethoven sonata cycle, part 7 of 7 – “Pathétique,” 22, 26, 32
Aug.22 7:30p Cake | Ben Folds
Aug.23 6:00p Dominic Cheli: Carl Vine Piano Sonata 1
Aug.23 7:00p Sugarland: “Still the Same” tour | Frankie Ballard | Lindsay Ell
Aug.24 6:00p Timo Andres / David Kaplan: Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff for two pianos
Aug.24 7:00p The Beach Boys | The Righteous Brothers
Aug.25 6:00p Pacifica Quartet: Mendelssohn Quartet 3; Bartok Quartet 4
Aug.25 7:00p Jason Mraz: “Good Vibes” tour | Brett Dennen
Aug.26 6:00p Aaron Pilsan: Schubert “Wanderer” Fantasy; Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante; Beethoven Sonata 12; Szymanowski Metopes
Aug.26 7:00p Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue: “Voodoo Threauxdown” | Galactic | Preservation Hall Jazz Band | New Breed Brass Band | Walter “Wolfman” Washington | Cyril Neville | Kermit Ruffins
Aug. 27 7:30p Dawn Upshaw / Gilbert Kalish / Sō Percussion: George Crumb Winds of Destiny; New work by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw
Aug. 28 6:00p Christopher Park: Schumann Concerto Without Orchestra & Phantasiebilder
Aug. 28 7:30p Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
Aug. 30 7:30p John Hiatt & The Goners ft. Sonny Landreth: 30th anniversary of Slow Turning
Aug. 31 7:00p Culture Club | The B-52s | Thompson Twins
Sept. 1 6:00p Lucy Schaufer / Huw Watkins: “The Class of 1938” – US premiere of new work by John Corigliano; songs and piano works from other composers turning 80
Sept. 1 7:00p Culture Club | The B-52s | Thompson Twins
Sept. 2 6:30p O.A.R.: “Just Like Paradise” tour | Matt Nathanson
Sept. 3 7:30p Jethro Tull by Ian Anderson: 50th anniversary tour
Sept. 4 6:00p Federico Colli (US debut): Beethoven “Appassionata”; Scarlatti sonatas; Mozart Gluck Variations & D-minor Fantasy
Sept. 4 7:30p Sir James Galway
Sept. 5 7:30p Peter Serkin: Schumann Forest Scenes; Mozart Sonatas K310 & K570
Sept. 6 8:00p 50 Cent
Sept. 7 8:00p Yes ft. Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman
Sept. 8 5p/7p Broadway star Melissa Errico
Sept. 8 8:30p Tony Bennett | Antonia Bennett
Sept. 11 6:00p Drew Petersen: Beethoven and Barber sonatas; Chopin Ballade 4 & waltzes
Sept. 11 7:30p Lara Downes / Theo Bleckmann: “In Our Time” – Bernstein & Ellington songs
Sept. 12 6:00p Lara Downes: “For Lenny” – Bernstein piano salutes to friends, family & mentors; Bernstein piano salutes from John Corigliano, Stephen Schwartz & more
Sept. 12 7:30p Conspirare: Considering Matthew Shepard – Chicago premiere of the groundbreaking oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson
Sept. 13 8:00p Los Angeles Master Chorale: The Tears of Saint Peter, staged by Peter Sellars
Sept. 14 8:00p Gipsy Kings
Sept. 15 11:00a The Performer’s School: Annie Jr.
Sept. 15 1:30p The Performer’s School: Annie Jr.
Sept. 15 4:00p The Performer’s School: Annie Jr.
Sept. 15 7:30p Johnny Rivers | Jimmy Webb
Sept. 16 11:00a The Performer’s School: Annie Jr.
Sept. 16 1:30p The Performer’s School: Annie Jr.
Sept. 16 4:00p The Performer’s School: Annie Jr.
Sept. 16 1:00p FIESTA RAVINIA Daylong Mexican Independence Festival featuring comedian Joey Villagomez and Galli Lucha Libre wrestling
Sept. 16 5:00p Los Tigres del Norte | Mariachi Flor de Toloache
