Arts & Entertainment

Free Concerts at Cantigny

Here is the schedule of free concerts going on at Cantigny. Note that the only change in time is on Saturday, May 28, to 5 p.m. All other shows will be at 3 p.m.

Further, a genre breakdown: If you like patriotic music, skip (not far) to May 28 and 29 and Jul. 4; if you like country and/or bluegrass, look at Jun. 12 and Jul. 17; if you like 60's music and the Beatles, look at Jul. 3, Jul. 31 and Sep. 4 (Elvis); for big band, May 30 and Sep. 5; for jazz, Aug. 14 and 21.

  • 1st Infantry Division Band (patriotic music), Saturday, May 28, 5 pm at the First Division Museum
  • West Suburban Concert Band (patriotic), Sunday, May 29, 3 pm at the First Division Museum
  • Steve Cooper Orchestra (big band), Monday, May 30, 3 pm
  • Navy Band Great Lakes (brass quintet), Sunday, June 5, 3 pm
  • The Special Consensus (bluegrass), Sunday, June 12, 3 pm
  • Three Men in Kilts (Irish), Sunday, June 26, 3 pm
  • 1969 (60’s tribute), Sunday, July 3, 3 pm
  • Illinois Brass Band (patriotic), Monday, July 4, 3 pm at the First Division Museum Free parking on Independence Day!
  • West End Jazz Band (20’s and 30’s music), Sunday, July 10, 3 pm
  • The Hoyle Brothers (country), Sunday, July 17, 3 pm
  • Guitarra Azul (pop flamenco), Sunday, July 24, 3 pm
  • Britbeat (Beatles tribute), Sunday, July 31, 3 pm
  • Chicago Brass Band (swing), Sunday, August 7, 3 pm
  • U.S. Air Force Band (jazz ensemble), Sunday, August 14, 3 pm at the First Division Museum
  • Banjo Buddies Dixieland Band (jazz), Sunday, August 21, 3 pm
  • Pan Go Steel Band (steel drums), Sunday, August 28, 3 pm
  • Rick “Elvis” Saucedo (Elvis tribute), Sunday, September 4, 3 pm
  • Jim Guter’s Big Band (big band), Monday, September 5, 3 pm

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