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Summer 2026 Pops Concert
Free one-hour concert
Rain date: Thursday, August 13, 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Optima Lumina
Bring the family to enjoy a wonderful evening of music by the lakefront. This free concert, 7:00 p.m. Aug. 12, 2026, at the Wallace Bowl in Gillson Park, Wilmette, is an all-American program to celebrate the founding of the U.S. 250 years ago. It features works pertinent to the anniversary by exclusively American composers. Bring a picnic to enjoy and your own chairs or you can sit on the semi-circular stone and grass seats.
Program
- Gould
- American Salute
- Karen LeFrak
- American Promise
- Illinois Premiere!
- (Tim Rhoze Narrator)
- Rodgers
- "Carousel Waltz"
- Ives
- Variations on America
- Anderson
- The Typewriter
- (Brian Kabat, Typewriter)
- Florence Price
- “Nimble Feet” from Dances In the Canebrakes
- Copland
- Lincoln Portrait
- (Tim Rhoze, Narrator)
- Williams
- "Main Title" from Star Wars
Wallace Bowl at Gillson Park, Wilmette
225 Sheridan Rd, Wilmette, IL 60091
Parking Map (Free parking after 6:30 p.m. for this event)
This project is partially supported by a grant from the Evanston Arts Council, a city agency supported by the City of Evanston, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Evanston Symphony Orchestra, music director Lawrence Eckerling rehearsal The Typewriter, Anderson Evanston Symphony Orchestra
Evanston Symphony Orchestra, music director Lawrence Eckerling rehearsal The Typewriter, Anderson Soloist Brian Kabat, typewriter Performance will be at Summer Pops concert, Wallace Bowl, Gillson Park, Wilmette