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Summer 2026 Pops Concert

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Lakeside Pops Concert
Celebrating American Composers

Free one-hour concert

Rain date: Thursday, August 13, 7:00 p.m.

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.

 

Sponsored by Optima Lumina
Optima Lumina

Program

  • Gould
  • American Salute

Tim Rhoze, Narrator

  • 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

 

 

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.

Illinois Arts Council      

 

Wallace Bowl at Gillson Park, Wilmette

225 Sheridan Rd, Wilmette, IL 60091

Parking Map (Free parking after 6:30 p.m. for this event)