Friday, May 13, 2016

Time To Think About 2016 Outdoor Concerts

Ah, summer in Chicago - a lovely time (a boy can dream, right)!  What's even better?  A lovely Chicago summer night plus some amazing music.

The good peeps at Thrillist recently listed out all of the outdoor concerts (currently) slated for our summer.  It doesn't include Lola or Taste of Chicago Music Lineup, but it does include venues like Wrigley Field, Ravina and such.

For us Sloopsters, we've simplified down to venues in the Sloop (or very very close).

MAY
  • MAY 27 Fri Beyoncé The Formation World Tour - Soldier Field 
  • MAY 28 Sat Beyoncé The Formation World Tour - Soldier Field 

JUNE
  • JUNE 2 Thurs Chris Stapleton Kentucky comes to Chicago - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion 
  • JUNE 3 Fri Taste of Chaos Tour w/ Dashboard Confessional, Taking - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JUNE 6 Mon Blonde Redhead w/ Ryley Walker - Millennium Park 
  • BEST FREE SHOW:  JUNE 9 Thurs Lee Fields & the Expressions - Millennium Park  
  • JUNE 11 Sat Steely Dan w/ Steve Winwood - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion 
  • JUNE 13 Mon Rodrigo Amarante - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 15 Wed Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 16 Thurs Nneka Nigerian - Millennium Park 
  • JUNE 17 Fri Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 18 Sat Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • BEST CHANCE FOR A CHUCKLE:  JUNE 19 Sun Flight of the Conchords - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 20 Mon DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of a Nation - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 22 Wed Storm Large w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 23 Thurs Maceo Parker Funky! - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 23 Thurs Bad Company & Joe Walsh - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JUNE 24 Fri Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • JUNE 25 Sat Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 27 Mon Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JUNE 29 Wed Juho Pohjonen w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park

JULY
  • MOST INTERESTING STADIUM SHOW:  JULY 1 Fri Guns N’ Roses - Soldier Field
  • JULY 1 Fri Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • JULY 2 Sat Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JULY 2 Sat Modest Mouse w/ Brand New - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JULY 4 Mon National Youth Choir of Scotland w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • JULY 6 Wed Grant Park Orchestra (live soundtrack to silent film City Lights) - Millennium Park
  • JULY 8 Fri 311 w/ Matisyahu - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JULY 8 Fri Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • JULY 9 Sat Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • JULY 11 Mon Femi Kuti + the Positive Force w/ ProbCause - Millennium Park
  • JULY 13 Wed Rachel Barton Pine w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JULY 14 Thurs Azymuth w/ Sidewalk Chalk - Millennium Park
  • JULY 15 Fri Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • JULY 16 Sat Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JULY 16 Sat Gregg Allman w/ Peter Frampton, Blackberry Smoke, and Eddy Clearwater - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JULY 17 Sun Sublime w/ Rome, Dirty Heads, and Tribal Seeds - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JULY 18 Mon King Sunny Adé - Millennium Park
  • JULY 19 Tues Heart w/ Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • BEST CHANCE TO ROCK:  JULY 20 Wed AWOLNATION w/ Death From Above 1979 - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JULY 20 Wed Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JULY 21 Thurs Bryan Adams - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion 
  • JULY 21 Thurs Heritage Blues Orchestra Millennium Park
  • JULY 22 Fri Marin Alsop w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JULY 23 Sat Marin Alsop w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • JULY 23 Sat Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour - Soldier Field 
  • JULY 24 Sun Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour - Soldier Field 
  • JULY 24 Sun Grant Park Orchestra - Columbus Park Refectory
  • JULY 25 Mon The Jones Family Singers - Millennium Park
  • JULY 26 Tues Goo Goo Dolls w/ Collective Soul - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • JULY 27 Wed Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • JULY 31 Sun Dirk Quinn Band - Navy Pier 

AUGUST
  • AUG 1 Mon José González w/ Tall Heights - Millennium Park
  • AUG 3 Wed Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • AUG 4 Thurs Sinkane - Millennium Park
  • AUG 5 Fri Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • AUG 6 Sat Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • AUG 6 Sat Ray LaMontagne - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • AUG 9 Tues Josh Groban w/ Sarah McLachlan - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • AUG 10 Wed Christian Poltéra w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • AUG 11 Thurs Mbongwana Star - Millennium Park
  • AUG 12 Fri Kirill Gerstein w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • AUG 13 Sat Kirill Gerstein w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • AUG 16 Tues Carnival of Madness w/ Shinedown, Halestorm, and Black Stone Cherry - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
  • AUG 17 Wed Christian Tetzlaff w/ Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • AUG 18 Thurs Elephant Revival The quintet - Millennium Park  
  • AUG 19 Fri Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park
  • AUG 20 Sat Grant Park Orchestra - Millennium Park 
  • MOST ANTICIPATED:  AUG 21 Sun Wilco - Millennium Park 
  • AUG 24 Wed Counting Crows & Rob Thomas  - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion 
  • AUG 25 Thurs Homme - Millennium Park

SEPTEMBER
  • SEPT 7 Wed Andrew Bird - Millennium Park

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