The past few weeks have been marked by some terrific performances here at Ravinia! On our lawn, we’ve seen some impressive picnic spreads, great 4th of July themed parties, life celebrations, plenty of Cornell-heads, Durannies, and so many more! We also welcomed the Chicago Symphony Orchestra back as part of its 80th summer residency anniversary. In Part 2 of our “Season So Far” blog series, we’ll show you a sampling of what’s been happening in our gorgeous park this month.
Some friends got together to have a girls' night out—just like the one Ravinia will be holding on July 30 during our showing of Titanic Live!
Two of our fans were married just before Duran Duran took the stage. Congratulations to Richard and Kristine!
And another couple celebrated their fifth anniversary at the park!
Alisa Weilerstein enjoyed her time playing with the CSO:
Thank you @RaviniaFestival & amazing @chicagosymphony & Sir Andrew #Davis for a wonderful evening of music making! pic.twitter.com/xXA4wI7zmU
— Alisa Weilerstein (@AWeilerstein) July 18, 2016
Fans got to see artists up close:
Pokémon were sought after and supplies gathered:
Just walked around #Ravinia & made out like a bandit ;) pic.twitter.com/7HxzkWyF0D
— Roger Badesch (@TeacherRB) July 19, 2016
Some awesome American-themed celebrations happened:
Some impressive picnic spreads were spotted:
My loving wife made this with her loving hands #ravinia #RaviniaFestival pic.twitter.com/vIJFwnWPcv
— Joe Funk (@FunkMaster2015) July 10, 2016
And we saw tons of people having a great time, as always (even in the rain)!
My face hurts from smiling and singing along all night. #duranlive #raviniafestival
— Melanie A.M. Wilson (@melabonbon) July 9, 2016
All in all, it's been a great few weeks and we're looking forward to many more!