THE LARGEST FREE PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE MIDWEST!!!
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Chicago Live! | September 21 & 22, 2024
Navy Pier’s free two-day Chicago Live! performing arts festival returns for the fourth year on September 21-22.
It’s the Largest Free Performing Arts Festival in the Midwest!
Celebrating Chicago’s vibrant arts and cultural community, more than 110 artists and organizations will perform in back-to-back performances, Pier-wide, across five stages.
Don’t miss this year’s headline performer Jeff Tweedy in a rare solo acoustic set on
Saturday, September 21 at 8PM on the Lake Stage at Polk Bros Park.
Saturday
12:00 – 12:30: Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
12:00 – 12:30: The Happiness Club
12:00 – 12:30: Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago
12:30 – 1:00: Meher Dance Company
12:30 – 1:00: Tickled Pink: Mancini at 100*
12:30 – 1:00: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
1:00 – 1:30: Para.Mar Dance Theatre
1:00 – 1:30: Matter Dance Company*
1:00 – 1:30: Kuumba Lynx*
1:30 – 2:00: Forward Momentum
1:30 – 2:00: Little Fire Artist Collective*
1:30 – 2:00: Muntu Dance Theatre
2:00 – 2:30: DanceWorks Chicago
2:00 – 2:30: Victor Garcia
2:00 – 2:30: Too Much Molly
2:30 – 3:00: Ballet Folklorico Xochitl*
2:30 – 3:00: Porchlight Music Theatre
2:30 – 3:00: Ginger Minj*
3:00 – 3:30: Yin He Dance
3:00 – 3:30: House of DOV*
3:00 – 4:00: DJ Michael Serafini*
3:30 – 4:00: Chicago Dance Crash
3:30 – 4:00: The Black Ensemble Theater
4:00 – 4:30: Dajae*
4:00 – 4:30: Chicago Sinfonietta
4:00 – 4:30: Chicago Human Rhythm Project
4:30 – 5:30: DJ Psycho Bitch*
4:30 – 5:00: Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
4:30 – 5:00: Soul Children of Chicago
5:30 – 6:00: Linda Clifford*
5:00 – 5:30: Chicago Repertory Ballet
5:00 – 5:30: About Face Theatre
6:00 – 7:00: DJ Ralphi Rosario*
5:30 – 6:00: Red Clay Dance Company
5:30 – 6:00: Dee Alexander
7:00 – 7:30: Andrea Love*
6:00 – 6:30: Giordano Dance Chicago
6:00 – 6:30: The Second City
7:30 – 9:00: DJ Lady D*
6:30 – 7:00: South Chicago Dance Theatre
6:30 – 7:00: Otherworld Theatre Company*
7:00 – 7:30: Culture Shock Chicago
7:00 – 7:30: Boom Crack! Dance Company*
7:30 – 8:00: Visceral Dance Chicago
7:30 – 8:00: Oliv Blu*
8:00 – 8:30: Trinity Irish Dance Company
8:00 – 9:00: Jeff Tweedy*
8:30 – 9:00: Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater
Chicago Sound Stage (Beer Garden)
West Stage
South Dock Parade
12:00 – 1:30: Drag City*
2:00 – 4:00: DJ Readerz
12:00 – 1:00: Chicago Samba
1:30 – 2:30: 8Matik Records*
6:00 – 8:00: DJ Readerz
2:30 – 4:00: Delmark Records*
4:00 – 5:30: The Numero Group*
5:30 – 7:00: Galapagos4*
7:00 – 9:00: Jesse de la Pena’s Blue Groove Lounge*
Sunday
12:00 – 12:30: Shubukai*
12:00 – 12:30: Chicago Shakespeare Theater
12:00 – 12:30: Chicago Children’s Theatre
12:30 – 1:00: Chicago Philharmonic
12:30 – 1:00: The Seldoms
12:30 – 1:00: Blue Man Group
1:00 – 1:30: Hedwig Dances*
1:00 – 1:30: Calculated Discomfort*
1:00 – 1:30: Fiddlerock!*
1:30 – 2:00: Winifred Haun & Dancers*
1:30 – 2:00: Aerial Dance Chicago
1:30 – 2:00: Movement Revolution Dance Crew*
2:00 – 2:30: Joel Hall Dancers
2:00 – 2:30: Teatro ZinZanni*
2:00 – 3:00: DJ Derrick Carter*
2:30 – 3:00: Joffrey Ballet
2:30 – 3:00: Game Changers
3:00 – 3:30: Shawn Christopher*
3:00 – 3:30: Hiplet Ballerinas
3:00 – 3:30: Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
3:30 – 4:30: DJ Ron Carroll*
3:30 – 4:00: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
3:30 – 4:00: Kokandy Productions
4:30 – 5:00: Suzanne Palmer*
4:00 – 4:30: Lucky Plush Productions*
4:00 – 4:30: Chicago Fringe Opera
5:00 – 6:00: DJ Ca$h Era*
4:30 – 5:00: Ballet Folklorico de Chicago*
4:30 – 5:00: Felicia Fields*
5:00 – 5:30: Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre*
5:00 – 5:30: Tellin’ Tales Theatre*
5:30 – 6:00: Momenta Dance Company
5:30 – 6:00: Liquid Soul*
Chicago Sound Stage (Beer Garden)
West Stage
12:00 – 1:30: Eric Williams & Silver Room Productions*
12:00 – 6:00: DJ Readerz
1:30 – 3:00: Alligator Records*
3:00 – 4:30: The O’My’s and Friends
4:30 – 6:00: Closed Sessions*
