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Summer 2024 Pops Concert
Free one-hour concert in Gillson Park!
Rain date: Friday, August 16, 7:00 p.m.
(Rain date is at Gillson Park if weather is good; at ETHS Auditorium if raining or still wet.)
Sponsored by Optima Verdana
Program
- Schifrin
- Theme from Mission: Impossible
- J. Strauss Jr.
- On the Beautiful Blue Danube
- Lloyd Webber
- Phantom of the Opera Medley
- Tchaikovsky
- Capriccio Italien
- Anderson
- Fiddle Faddle
- Murphy
- A Fifth of Beethoven
- Williams
- Raiders March (from Raiders of the Lost Ark)
- Sousa
- Semper Fidelis
Family friendly. Something for everyone.
We will be partnering with Baker Demonstration School, which will provide fun child activities before and during the concert, including an instrument petting zoo.
Bring a picnic to enjoy and your own chairs or you can sit on the semi-circular stone and grass seats.
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.
Activities for children provided by Baker Demonstration School
Parking
Free Parking in the gate-controlled beach parking lot has been secured for ESO Concert attendees after 6:00 p.m. on the day of the concert only. Accessibility/Handicapped spaces are also in this lot. Before 6:00 p.m. a season pass or a $17 daily fee is required.
In addition there is street parking available. However, Middle Drive has been reserved for ESO performers only.
Food
The Fat Shallot concession stand (adjacent to the beach, at the back of the Wallace Bowl) will be open until 7:00 p.m. on the day of the concert with great food available for purchase. Menu is available here