Get ready to experience the best of Ravinia’s 2023 season with these curated playlists! From the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to ’90s acts and movie nights featuring Jurassic Park and Encanto, this year’s lineup has something for everyone. Our handpicked rundowns hit high notes from a variety of genres, including jazz, classical, rock, and pop. Whether you’re a longtime Ravinia regular or a newcomer to the festival, these playlists are the perfect way to get pumped for the 2023 season.
Power Chords
Turn up the volume and get ready to experience the power of rock with this playlist packed full of classic hits and modern rock jams from some of the greatest artists of all time. From the soulful sounds of Counting Crows to the electrifying guitar solos of Santana, this collection will take every shred of self-control not to air-band out to.
Pop Perfection
Dance along to upbeat tracks from Charlie Puth and Train, feel the passion in Natalia Lafourcade’s vocals, and get lost in the storytelling of Carrie Underwood’s country-pop tunes. This playlist also features the soulful swagger of Lawrence and the powerful call of Ms. Lauryn Hill. Whether you’re looking to get the party started or slip into a solid groove, this panoply of pop has got you covered.
Symphonic Serenade
Experience the momentous, timely energy of classical music with the sounds and artists of the 2023 season! Every track has a name worth digging deeper on—whether a composer, soloist, ensemble, or conductor—especially to carry the themes of our Second Annual Breaking Barriers Festival through the summer and beyond. There’s fanfare from Aaron Copland and whimsical romp from Augusta Read Thomas, breakthrough Margaret Bonds and the welcome of John Williams. This is music that stokes your senses with a song and flashes emotions with a flourish of brass.
Southern Comfort
Getting out to touch grass never sounded better than with this soundtrack of country and roots’ best, from the powerhouse songwriting of Carrie Underwood and Brandi Carlile to the playful pick-up of bluegrass legends Béla Fleck and The Special Consensus. Here, too, the stories are being written and told before our eyes and ears with the multitudinous musical layers of Miko Marks and larger-than-life hooks of Parmalee.
Jazz Jukebox
The box can hardly be more soundly juked than with this lineup of jazz and blues artists. Every meaning of slick applies whether sampling the guitar style of George Benson or the innovative sound-universe of Jacob Collier. Smooth sits equally well around the soaring vocals of Kurt Elling and the sultry musings of Melody Gardot. But if spice is good by you, there’s also the Rebirth Brass Band bringing the flavor of the bayou.