Ravinia 2022 Season Lineup Released, Over 100 Concerts Scheduled

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — A full season of shows is scheduled this summer at Ravinia Festival for the first time since 2019.

Organizers on Thursday released the lineups for more than 100 concerts (see below) planned for the festival's four venues from May 20 to Sept. 18.

“Ravinia is the premier music destination each summer for listeners of all generations,” said Jeffrey Haydon, president and chief executive officer of the Ravinia Festival Association, in a statement announcing the 2022 lineup.

Fifty artists are due to make their Ravinia debuts this year, including Pitbull, Erykah Badu, The Black Crowes, Grace Potter and Ziggy Marley. Among the popular musical acts set to return and Sting, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt.

“We have a robust lineup of more than 100 events ranging from global music, jazz, country, and hip-hop, to indie rock, pop, family shows, and of course, classical, featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in residence. We also have chamber music and recitals, films with live scores, our annual celebration of Mexican music and culture, reggae, and American Songbook—truly something for everyone,” Haydon added.

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More performances at the outdoor Carousel stage, which was introduced during the 2021 season, will be announced later in the spring. Organizers plan to offer more casual concerts and opening acts on the stage on the north lawn.

During performances on the main stage, all seats in the Pavilion are reserved, with premium areas of the south lawn available for groups of up to two, four or six, featuring a dedicated screen showing the stage. Tickets to the north lawn will be sold as general admission, with a slightly reduced capacity.

Festival organizers previously announced plans for the first annual Breaking Barriers festival, a three-day event curated by Chief Conductor Marin Alsop that celebrates diverse artists and leaders at the vanguard of classical music.

Prior to the festival, scheduled for the final weekend of July, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to perform two weeks of programs with Alsop conducting. From the start of August, guest conductors will lead the CSO in various programs, including semi-staged operas.

Related: Ravinia Chief Conductor Marin Alsop Extends Contract, Breaking Barriers Festival Announced

The festival's partnership with Metra will continue for a second year. All trains on the Union Pacific–North Line will honor tickets to performances as train fares to and from Ravinia Park on the day of the event. Patrons can display their e-ticket to the concert.

Tickets to all shows the public go on sale on May 4. Donors to the nonprofit association have early access to ticket requests, depending on their level of financial contribution. (Performances at the pavilion are indicated in bold.)

• May 20: Ruth Page Civic Ballet
• May 21: Ruth Page Civic Ballet and special guests Giordano Dance Chicago, Danceworks Chicago, Hedwig Dances, and Porchlight Music Theatre
• June 3: RSMI Bridges Competition Concert: Three jazz/classical fusion premieres
• June 10: RSMI Jazz Grandstand: Three combos play 15 fresh, original works
• June 15: Amos Lee with special guest Neal Francis
• June 16: Rodrigo y Gabriela
• June 17: Jackson Browne
• June 18: Chicago Sinfonietta / Jonathan Rush: Let Freedom Ring! Music from Florence Price and more Black composers
• June 18: Common with special guest Black Violin
• June 19: Legends of Jazz: Honoring Ramsey Lewis, featuring Kurt Elling, Marquis Hill, Lizz Wright, Bobby Lewis & the J.W. James A.M.E. Choir, members of Urban Knights
• June 21: Miriam Fried / Jonathan Biss: violin sonatas from Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók, Leoš Janáček, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• June 22: Matthew Whitaker Quintet
• June 23: Steve Miller Band with special guest Jimmie Vaughan
• June 24: Bluegrass Happening: Béla Fleck & My Bluegrass Heart, Sam Bush, and The Jerry Douglas Band
• June 25: Why Don’t We
• June 26: Trombone Shorty’s Voodoo Threauxdown with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Tank & the Bangas, Big Freedia, Cyril Neville (The Uptown Ruler) George Porter Jr. and Dumpstaphunk (playing the music of The Meters), and The Soul Rebels
• June 28: Emerson String Quartet: Samuel Barber Adagio plus Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert quartets
• June 29: "The Lion King" In Concert: complete film with the score played live
• June 30: Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael Reimagine The Beatles
• July 1: ABBA The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
• July 2: Dwight Yoakam and Old Crow Medicine Show
• July 3: Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles with the Chicago Philharmonic
• July 6: "The Goonies" In Concert: complete film with the score played live
• July 7: Sheryl Crow featuring special guest Keb’ Mo’ and Southern Avenue
• July 8: John Fogerty
• July 9 Michael Franti & Spearhead with special guest Arrested Development
• July 10: RSMI Faculty Chamber Players: Johannes Brahms Sextet No. 2 and music from Joseph Haydn, Anton Webern, and RSMI alum Jaakko Kuusisto
• July 10: Lyle Lovett & His Large Band and Chris Isaak
• July 12: The Black Crowes play Shake Your Money Maker and more hits
• July 14: Amjad Ali Khan Trio: Indian classical music virtuosos on the sarod
• July 15 CSO / Marin Alsop / Stewart Goodyear: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1
• July 16: Laurie Berkner
• July 16: CSO / Marin Alsop / Marcus Roberts Trio plays his Rhapsody in D; spirituals and Antonín Dvořák “New World” Symphony
• July 17: CSO / Marin Alsop: Pastoral and Alpine Symphonies
• July 19: Mames Babegenush: Scandi soundscapes meet klezmer verve
• July 20: Little Big Town
• July 21: Henhouse Prowlers
• July 22: CSO + Chorus / Marin Alsop / Yeree Suh / Matthias Goerne: Johannes Brahms A German Requiem
• July 23: Spider Saloff: Let’s Misbehave! The Life and Music of Cole Porter
• July 23: Poi Dog Pondering
• July 24: CSO / Marin Alsop / Leslie Odom Jr.: Tony and Grammy winner sings his signature Broadway, film, and original music
• July 26: Matthias Goerne / Alexandre Kantorow Schubertiade: Der Wanderer, Gesänge des Harfners, and a dozen more songs
• July 27: Bonnie Raitt Just Like That …
• July 28: Chanticleer Breaking Barriers: Women on the Podium Three-Day Festival
• July 29: CSO / Marin Alsop and Taki Alsop Fellows Anna Duczmal-Mróz, Laura Jackson, and Jeri Lynne Johnson: Jessie Montgomery Source Code; Michael Daugherty Time Machine for three conductors
• July 30: CSO + Chorus / Marin Alsop / Janai Brugger / Jaye Ladymore / Chicago Children’s Choir: Leonard Bernstein Kaddish Symphony
• July 31: Chicago Sinfonietta / Jeri Lynne Johnson: Jessie Montgomery Because, based on the book by Mo Willems and illustrated by Amber Ren
• July 31: esperanza spalding with special guest Monsieur Periné
• Aug. 3: CSO / Wayne Marshall: Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
• Aug. 4: Alexander Malofeev: Serge Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableaux, op. 33; Nikolai Medtner and Sergei Prokofiev sonatas
• Aug. 5: CSO / Carlos Miguel Prieto / Conrad Tao: Music from Mexican composers Gabriela Ortiz and José Pablo Moncayo; Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto
• Aug. 6: NYO Jazz with special guest Jazzmeia Horn
• Aug. 6: The Revivalists and Grace Potter
• Aug. 7: CSO: Yours, Stephen Sondheim, conceived/directed by Rob Lindley, conducted by Kevin Stites, featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Heather Headley, Alexandra Billings
• Aug. 10: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
• Aug. 11: CSO / James Conlon: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni starring Lucas Meachem and Rachel Willis-Sørensen
• Aug. 12: CSO / James Conlon: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La clemenza di Tito starring Matthew Polenzani and Guangqun Yu
• Aug. 13: CSO / James Conlon: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni starring Lucas Meachem and Rachel Willis-Sørensen
• Aug. 13: Dispatch and O.A.R. with special guest G. Love
• Aug. 14: CSO / James Conlon: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La clemenza di Tito starring Matthew Polenzani and Guangqun Yu
• Aug. 14: Ziggy Marley A Live Tribute to His Father with special guest Kazayah
• Aug. 16: Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
• Aug. 17: Emily D’Angelo / Kevin Murphy: Songs from her enargeia album and more
• Aug. 18: CSO / Peter Oundjian / Itzhak Perlman: Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
• Aug. 19: CSO / Steven Reineke Once Upon a Time: Alan Menken’s Broadway, featuring songs from Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and more
• Aug. 20: Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Band
• Aug. 20: A.R. Rahman: Oscar-winning composer plays his Bollywood songs and more
• Aug. 21: CSO / Emil de Cou / Inmo Yang: Tchaikovsky Spectacular featuring music from Mazeppa, Violin Concerto, and 1812 Overture with cannons
• Aug. 23: Bryan Wallick: Virtuosic Fugues, from Johann Sebastian Bach to MarcAndré Hamelin; Ludwig van Beethoven “Hammerklavier” Sonata
• Aug. 25: Pitbull Can’t Stop Us Now with special guest Iggy Azalea
• Aug. 26: Culture Club
• Aug. 27: Anthony de Mare Liaisons: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano
• Aug. 27: Sting My Songs with special guest Joe Sumner
• Aug. 28: NEXUS Chamber Music Dancing with the Shadow: Clarinet chamber works from Eleanor Alberga, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Béla Bartók
• Aug. 28: Sting My Songs with special guest Joe Sumner
• Aug. 29: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra / Vadim Gluzman: Francesco Geminiani La Follia Variations; Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons
• Sept. 1: Yacht Rock Revue
• Sept. 2: Emmylou Harris and
• Sept. 3: Geneva Lewis / Audrey Vardanega: Fazıl Say, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Robert Schumann sonatas; William Grant Still suite
• Sept. 3: Music of the Baroque / Dame Jane Glover / Garrick Ohlsson: George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg 3; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Jeunehomme” Concerto
• Sept. 4: Diana Ross with special guest Naturally 7
• Sept. 7: The Australian Pink Floyd Show All That’s to Come
• Sept. 8: Stevie Nicks
• Sept. 9: Too Many Zooz with special guest Grace Kelly
• Sept. 10: Inna Faliks Reimagine Beethoven and Ravel: Nine premieres of responses to Ludwig van Beethoven Bagatelles and Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
• Sept. 10: Stevie Nicks
• Sept. 11: Lincoln Trio: Music from Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin and Chicagoans Stacy Garrop and Shulamit Ran
• Sept. 11: Erykah Badu
• Sept. 13: The Knights / Eric Jacobsen The Kreutzer Project: Music inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata
• Sept. 16: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Evolution
• Sept. 17: Einav Yarden: Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite 2; Johannes Brahms and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach fantasies; Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata 30
• Sept. 17: Queen! featuring resident DJs Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, and Garrett David plus resident hosts Lucy Stoole, Nico, and JoJo Baby and more special guests
• Sept. 18: Fiesta Ravinia Daylong celebration of Mexican culture, featuring Kumbia Kings and Dos Santos, with family performances and activities throughout the park

More artist information and a ticket information is available online.

Note: In addition to the Bridges Competition and Jazz Program concerts in June, the piano and strings and the singers programs of the RSMI will give concerts during the summer, many with free admission. Piano and strings shows are planned July 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22 with singers set to perform Aug. 6, 7, 8, 11, 15 and 20, according to organizers.