The highly anticipated summer 2026 lineup for the popular Ravinia music festival in suburban Chicago has been announced, and this season features more than a dozen artists, including many big names, who have never performed at the venue before.
While some headliners have already been leaked in the lead-up to the announcement, the full lineup was released Thursday morning, featuring names like Paul Simon, Brandi Carlile, Ricky Martin, Chance the Rapper, Bonnie Raitt and more.
Ravinia starts its 2026 concert season in July, with indoor concerts getting underway in June. The popular music festival’s full season includes more than 100 concerts every summer and through September, organizers previously said.
This year will also feature an “updated and redesigned Hunter Pavilion,” according to organizers.
“The grand opening of the Hunter Pavilion marks a historic milestone for Ravinia,” President and CEO Jeffrey P. Haydon said in a statement. “It is particularly meaningful that this state-of-the-art venue will serve as the inaugural stage for our debut artists, including conductor Klaus Mäkelä, Ricky Martin, Miranda Lambert, Alabama Shakes, Rod Stewart, and many others. We are finding that the pavilion’s enhanced acoustics and sophisticated production capabilities are a powerful draw for world-class talent eager to perform in a venue that doesn’t just host music but creates an atmosphere that leaves both artists and audiences equally inspired.”
Tickets are set to go on sale beginning April 23 at Ravinia.org, though donors can request tickets as early as March 17.
Here’s the full schedule:
RAVINIA 2026 SCHEDULE
Artists making their Ravinia debut are marked with an asterisk (*).
JAZZ and BLUES
June 3 Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane* June 4 Stella Cole* June 6 & 7 Wildflowers: Kurt Elling with Fred Hersch July 14 Squirrel Nut Zippers July 15 Harry Connick Jr. August 12 Joe Bonamassa*POP, HIP-HOP, RAP, LATIN, and REGGAE
July 12 Billy Idol* July 28 Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band* with special guest The Docksiders* August 4 Magic City Hippies* August 8 Chance the Rapper* August 11 Brian McKnight & Gladys Knight August 20 Ricky Martin* August 27 Kool & The Gang* with special guest Morris Day & The Time* and ConFunkShun* September 5 Rod Stewart* with special guest Richard Marx September 13 10th Fiesta Ravinia: Los Tigres del Norte September 17 Ziggy Marley and Thievery Corporation* September 18 Tom JonesROCK, INDIE, COUNTRY, and FOLK
July 17 & 18 Paul Simon July 26 Emmylou Harris & Graham Nash July 29 The Kody Norris Show* August 15 moe.* and Umphrey’s McGee on the moe.mentUM Tour August 21 Alabama Shakes* with special guest Liam Kazar* August 22 Bonnie Raitt August 25 Deep Purple with special guest Kansas August 26 Brandi Carlile August 28 Alabama August 29 Ray LaMontagne* (Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour) with special guest The Weather Station* August 30 Miranda Lambert* September 6 Squeeze with special guest Adam Ant* September 12 Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas (Arcadia Tour) with special guest Theo Lawrence* September 19 Martina McBride*CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThe CSO’s annual six-week residency—July 11 through August 16 this season—includes programs led by Marin Alsop and distinguished guest conductors.
July 11 An international star as the youngest-ever Van Cliburn Competition winner, Yunchan Lim returns to join the CSO and Marin Alsop in adding gleams of Art Deco style to the Hunter Pavilion’s first concert with Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, brimming with Parisian jazz, Basque soulfulness, and American spirit. Lizzo*^ plays flute with CSO, sharing her spark for transforming lives with music. July 16 & 18 James Conlon returns to lead Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. Kathryn Lewek and Miles Mykkanen^ star with scene-stopping songs in German and action narrated in English. July 19 Gramophone’s Young Artist and Instrumentalist of the Year for 2025, María Dueñas*^ makes her CSO and Ravinia debuts joining Marin Alsop for Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Alsop also sets out the rustic tranquility of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, where storm music swirls and brightly passes with Midwestern energy and grace. July 23 Marshaling the profound energy of the CSO for Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, Marin Alsop leads a riveting search for meaning in a complex, rapidly changing world. July 24 Marin Alsop and Emmy-winning composer Laura Karpman co-curate spotlights on original orchestral music’s magic in screen storytelling. A 30-year veteran of prestige TV, documentary, game, and Marvel scores, Karpman demonstrates how music can guide the interpretation of a film scene, with performances by Alsop and the CSO. Together, they also focus on women composers—long under-represented on the screen. July 25 One of the most innovative artists in modern music, six-time Grammy winner St. Vincent^ offers audiences a kaleidoscope of sonic and visual exploration. In a limited, first-ever run of performances with orchestra, she joins the CSO alongside orchestrator/conductor Jules Buckley*^ to share a new dimension of favorites and deep cuts from her whole catalog, from Marry Me to All Born Screaming. July 31 Marin Alsop returns to Dvořák’s famous Ninth Symphony, which borrows themes of Indigenous and Black American music to depict the essence of our “New World” home. Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass, a Ravinia co-commission, has its Midwest premiere with the CSO, spreading gospel-music spirituality of thanks, loss, joy, and hope layered with Black Catholic tradition and classical-music liturgy. August 1 The “always thoughtful, lyrical, and lustrous” (Washington Post) pianist Emanuel Ax celebrates the 50th anniversary of his CSO debut by joining Marin Alsop and the orchestra on John Williams’s new concerto, each movement an homage to a jazz icon. Alsop wraps the all-American program in Rachmaninoff’s jazzy Symphonic Dances and John Adams’s driving Short Ride in a Fast Machine. August 2 Tony Award–winning orchestrator and conductor Ted Sperling mines more than 200 years of popular songs to share enchanting gems that center our country’s triumphs and challenges, featuring the CSO and vocalists Micaela Diamond*^, Bryonha Marie*^, and Noah Ricketts*^ gleaming like amber waves of grain on “Summertime,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” “Shenandoah,” “Over the Rainbow,” the hoedown from Copland’s Rodeo, and more standards and contemporary anthems. August 6 Hailed as “a rivetingly energetic presence” (New York Times), CSO Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä* leads the polar expedition of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with soloist Daniel Lozakovich*. August 7 Dedicated to sharing the renowned artistry of the CSO, Klaus Mäkelä reignites his history-launching debut with Stravinsky’s complete, storied score for The Firebird. August 13 One of history’s most versatile musicians, Quincy Jones amassed 30 Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Awards as the composer/producer behind iconic music like “Soul Bossa Nova,” “P.Y.T.,” and “Stuff Like That”; scores for The Wiz, The Italian Job, and The Color Purple; and the Thriller, Bad, and The Dude albums. Decade-long Jones collaborator Jules Buckley leads the CSO in a tribute to the groundbreaking catalogue of the Chicago-born artist. August 14 Polymathic conductor and producer Steve Hackman*^ coils together 150 years of musical pathos and tension in his fusion of Brahms’s First Symphony with the equally anxious tracks of Radiohead’s OK Computer, leading the CSO and three guest vocalists to confront both the 1876 fears of following up Beethoven and the 1997 fears of entering the internet age in seamless counterpoint. Note: Radiohead does not perform in this concert. August 16 The CSO’s 90th summer residency concludes with the nearly 50-year Ravinia tradition of an all-Tchaikovsky evening, including the triumphant exhilaration of the 1812 Overture punctuated with cannons for the finale. Solti Conducting Award winner Earl Lee^ returns with the irresistible Romeo & Juliet love theme and the Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, and Stella Chen brings “brilliant command” (The Strad) to the Violin Concerto.FAMILY PROGRAMMING and FILMRavinia offers a variety of programs for all ages, including a series of performances specially presented for young children and families. For more information about the Kids Concert Series, which has special ticketing for children and their family members, visit Ravinia.org/KidsConcerts. To learn more about pre-concert activities and events at select Kids Concerts and Sunday CSO concerts, visit Ravinia.org/KidsLawn.
August 1 Laurie Berkner August 8 Black Moon Trio: “The Great Lakes”: A companion to Barb Rosenstock and illustrator Jamey Christoph’s picture book The Great Lakes, Black Moon Trio’s concert is a family-friendly journey through the scientific wonder of our five freshwater jewels, offering an approachable way to gain appreciation for their role in sustaining nature and culture. (SKC) August 15 Okee Dokee Brothers (CSL) August 22 Divi Roxx Kids (CSL) August 23 Grease Sing-Along August 29 JAM Orchestra*: Dr. Seuss Goes to the Opera: JAM Orchestra gives a joyful introduction to opera, featuring professional opera singers in an interactive performance of the complete Green Eggs and Ham and Gertrude McFuzz Dr. Seuss stories paired with playful music to enchant all ages.(MT)Hence then, the article about ravinia s full 2026 summer lineup announced see the schedule was published today ( ) and is available on NBC Chicago ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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