TASTE OF CHICAGO: In addition to all that food, the Taste of Chicago offers free musical performances on several stages in Grant Park: the Funtime Stage (Jackson and Columbus), the Summertime Beer Garden (Jackson and Columbus), the Taste Stage (Michigan and Congress), and the Petrillo Music Shell (Jackson and Columbus). The first weekend’s entertainment includes the Chicago Country Music Festival. For information call 312-744-3370.
FRIDAY
SUMMERTIME BEER GARDEN
4:00 Mr. Myers
SATURDAY
FUNTIME STAGE
11:30 Wade Dooley
12:30 Second Baptist Church Cherub Choir
4:30 Sears Associates Gospel Choir
5:30 Sears Local Ethnic Music Showcase
SUMMERTIME BEER GARDEN
2:00 Handsome Family
3:00 Pinetop Seven
4:00 Dolly Varden
SUNDAY
FUNTIME STAGE
4:30 Holy Cross Marimba Ensemble
5:30 Sears Local Ethnic Music Showcase
SUMMERTIME BEER GARDEN
2:00 Winston Damon
3:00 Dave Ramont
4:00 Jimmy Burns
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Men of Essence
1:45 Cool Beans
3:00 New Joy Community Singers
4:15 New Invaders
5:30 Vance Kelly
6:45 Big Swing
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
3:00 Smokey Robinson
MONDAY
FUNTIME STAGE
11:30
& 1:30 Chris McKool
3:30
& 5:30 Dinner Dogs
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Jimmy’s Bavarians
1:45 Whiskey Bent
3:00 Grand Avenue Big Band
4:15 Jimmy Damon
5:30 Barry Newman & His Memories of Gold
6:45 Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
5:30 “A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” with the City Lights Orchestra conducted by Rich Daniels
TUESDAY
FUNTIME STAGE
1:30
& 4:30 Dave Rudolf
3:30 Special Music by Special People
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Moore & Broaders
1:45 My Scarlet Life
3:00 Ray Silkman Band
4:15 Gypsi Fari
5:30 Latin Jazztet
6:45 Little Smokey Smothers
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
6:00 Joe Walsh
Paul Rodgers
WEDNESDAY
FUNTIME STAGE
5:30 Growing Seeds
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Montgomery Street
1:45 Rewired
3:00 The Buzz
4:15 Sterio
5:30 Tommy McCracken
6:45 Off Broadway
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
6:00 Chaka Khan
THURSDAY
FUNTIME STAGE
11:30 Robert Taylor Drum Corps
& Dance Group
1:30
& 4:30 Gigi Harris & the Happiness Club
SUMMERTIME BEER GARDEN
4:00 Barry Winograd Trio
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Fat Nut
1:45 Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames
3:00 Crawdaddy
4:15 Peking Turtle
5:30 Etcetera
6:45 Judah aka
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
6:00 Doobie Brothers
Lonnie Brooks
Chris Knight
FRIDAY, JULY 3
FUNTIME STAGE
11:30 Kathleen Gibson’s Cookie Crumb Club
1:30 Jessica Carlton
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Sae Smouve
1:45 Wilding
3:00 Dave Uhrich
4:15 Reginald T. McCants
5:30 Od Tapo Imi
6:45 Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
7:30 Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
SATURDAY, JULY 4
FUNTIME STAGE
11:30 Kaitlin Corrie
12:30
& 3:30 Leslie Zak
5:30 Sears Local Ethnic Music Showcase
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Active Soul
1:45 Workin’ Class
3:00 Jan James
4:15 Children of the Knight
5:30 Michael Ross Quartet
6:45 Chicago Catz
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
3:00 BoDeans
Sonia Dada
Todd Snider
SUNDAY, JULY 5
FUNTIME STAGE
11:30
& 1:30 Nelson Gill
4:30 Fantasia Juvenil
5:30 Sears Local Ethnic Music Showcase
TASTE STAGE
12:30 Chicago Brass Quintet
1:45 Generations
3:00 Anne DeLangis
4:15 Vanessa Ford
5:30 Lynne Jordan & the Shivers
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
3:00 Kenny Loggins
Kathleen Wilhoite