September, 2025

Chicago Live! at Navy Pier

21sep3:30 PM4:00 PMEvent Type Chamber Concert,FREE,Free ConcertChicago Live! at Navy PierNavy Pier - East Stage, 600 E. Grand Avenue Event Organized ByChicago Philharmonic3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tickets Link

FREE EVENT! LEARN MORE

Event Details

Chicago Philharmonic will proudly participate in the 2025
Chicago LIVE! Free Festival

Sunday, September 21 | 3:30 PM
Navy Pier East Stage

Jeff Yang Violin
Helen Kim Lee Violin
Ben Weber Viola
Jean Hatmaker Cello

Chicago LIVE! returns to Navy Pier with more than 100 performances across five stages, including a chamber set by the Chicago Philharmonic String Quartet. Enjoy this free weekend of music, dance, theater, and fireworks – no ticket required.

★2025 FESTIVAL LINEUP ★

★ 333 (Three Thirty Three) ★ About Face Theatre ★ Actors Gymnasium ★ Aerial Dance Chicago ★ AIRMW – Shubukai ★ Anthony Rapp ★ Ayodele Drum & Dance ★ Ballet Folklorico Sones Mexicanos ★ Black Bear Combo ★ Cabinet of Curiosity ★ Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre ★ ChiArts ★ Chicago Blues SuperSession ★ Chicago Children’s Theatre ★ Chicago Dance Crash ★ Chicago Fringe Opera ★ Chicago Magic Lounge ★ Chicago Movement Collective ★ Chicago Repertory Ballet ★ Chicago Samba ★ Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★ CMDC & Hiplet Next ★ Culture Shock Chicago ★ DanceWorks Chicago ★ Dee Alexander ★ Deeply Rooted Dance Theater ★ DETOX ★ DJ Readerz ★ Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater ★ Erik and Jessie and Everyone You Know ★ Fiddlerock! ★ Forward Momentum ★ Giordano Dance Chicago ★ Gwydion Theatre Company ★ Honey West ★ House of DOV with Family Junket ★ Joanna Connor ★ Joel Hall Dancers ★ John Vincent & Ryan Dempster ★ K.I.M. ★ Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts ★ Kokandy Productions ★ Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago ★ Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra ★ Lakeview Orchestra ★ Lazy Susan Theatre Company ★ Liquid Soul ★ Little Fire Artist Collective ★ Lookingglass Theatre Company ★ M.A.D.D. Rhythms ★ The Margaret Murphy Jazz Band ★ Meghan Murphy “Big Red” ★ Meher Dance Company ★ Melody Angel ★ Mimi Marks ★ Mucca Pazza ★ Muntu Dance Theatre ★ Music Theater Works ★ Nicholas Tremulis and the Prodigals ★ Nova Zaii ★ Old Town School of Folk Music ★ Opera Cowgirls ★ PARA.MAR Dance Theatre ★ Porchlight Music Theatre ★ Puerto Rican Arts Alliance ★ Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ★ Rob Lindley Presents ★ Samba Bamba ★ Sandra Delgado Experience ★ Second City ★ Soul Children of Chicago ★ South Chicago Dance Theatre ★ Svet ★ The Black Ensemble Theater ★ The Chicago Philharmonic ★ The Happiness Club ★ The JuJu Exchange ★ The Seldoms ★ Tomeka Reid & Junius Paul Duo ★ Trifecta Dance Collective ★ Trinity Irish Dance Company ★ Universal Togetherness Band ★ Victor Garcia ★ Visceral Dance ★ Windy City Jazz Electric ★ and More ★

More About Chicago Philharmonic

The Chicago Philharmonic is re-imagining the orchestra concert experience through culturally diverse, genre-bending programs breaking barriers of exclusion in orchestral music. With nearly 200 musician members, diverse and trailblazing leadership, and a deeply collaborative artistic model, we are one of the most versatile, innovative, and ambitious orchestras in the country.

The Chicago Philharmonic presents 30+ concerts annually and year-round, featuring diverse musicians and drawing new-to-the-symphony audiences. Our 2025-2026 partners include Artist in Residence Njioma Chinyere Grevious, Disney Concerts, Chicago composers Damien Geter and Stacy Garrop, Marta Aznavoorian, Sleeping At Last, Cedille Records, The Joffrey Ballet, The Auditorium, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, and Ravinia Festival.

The Chicago Philharmonic Society was created by Lyric Opera principal musicians in 1989. Today, we are a crucial part of Chicago’s music ecosystem and an incubator of national talent, creating thousands of jobs for 425 musicians annually and making Chicago a viable home for talented freelance musicians. As Executive Director, Crain’s Business 40 Under 40 awardee and APAP “Spark of Change” winner Terell Johnson has led the orchestra as a force for inclusion with a series of increasingly high-profile events, including the 2024 Lollapalooza debut as the first professional orchestra to perform at the festival to a global audience of 100,000+ live and on Hulu.

Our audiences are 200,000+ strong, and our community engagement programs reach 6,000 students and participants annually. The Chicago Philharmonic proudly collaborates with the greatest artists of our time, in every genre. Past collaborations have included English National Ballet, Laufey, Nas, Lindsey Stirling, Justin Hurwitz, Kishi Bashi, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Joshua Bell, Tank and the Bangas, William Basinski, the American Ballet Theatre, Lollapalooza Festival, Ryan Speedo Green, and more.