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Lake Stage Summer Concert Series

This summer, experience the debut of the Lake Stage Summer Concert Series at Navy Pier in Polk Bros Park, featuring a summer-long lineup of free, live performances on Chicago’s lakefront.

Enjoy talent from the Old Town School of Folk Music, WBEZ, Navy Band Great Lakes Wind Ensemble, Jazz Institute of Chicago, and the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance’s Noche Caribeña—bringing folk, jazz, Caribbean rhythms, and more to the lakefront stage all season long.

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