CPL is partnering with the Ravinia Festival to offer the Words and Music Program in 2025. This program offers adults with a valid Adult Chicago Public Library card access to free lawn admission tickets to 12 classical music concerts this summer at Ravinia. Attendees with these tickets can ride the Metra’s Union Pacific North Line to Ravinia for free.
Visit any CPL location to pick up tickets. If you're an adult CPL cardholder, you can pick up a maximum of two Words and Music lawn passes per day. Tickets may not be reserved in advance.
Distribution starts Wednesday July 2nd.
Concerts by Date
- Fri, July 11 @ 7:30 PM - CSO + Marin Alsop with Bruce Liu 89th CSO Residency Opening Night
- Sat, July 12 @ 7:30 PM - CSO + Marin Alsop with Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- Fri, July 18 @ 7:30 PM - CSO + Marin Alsop: Mahler 2
- Sun, July 20 @ 5:00 PM - One Score, One Chicago: CSO + Marin Alsop with Himari
- Fri, July 25 @ 8:00 PM - Chef Sheherazade: CSO + Marin Alsop & Molly Yeh
- Sun, July 27 @ 5:00 PM - CSO + Marin Alsop with Stephen Williamson
- Thu, July 31 @ 7:00 PM - Lang Lang’s The Disney Book
- Fri, Aug 1 @ 7:30 PM - Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience
- Sat, Aug 9 @ 7:30 PM - CSO + Lidiya Yankovskaya with Ray Chen
- Sun, Aug 10 @ 5:00 PM - CSO + Louis Langree with Garick Ohlsson
- Sat, Aug 16 @ 7:30 PM - CSO + Peter Oundjian with Nobuyuki Tsujii
- Sun, Aug 17 @ 5:00 PM - CSO + David Robertson with Sheku Kanner-Mason