Ravinia Pavilion is located at Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park, Illinois. With a short trip on either a Train or car from Chicago, the Ravinia has long been a favorite of the area for outdoor summer concerts. It is an open-air pavilion hosting the annual residence Orchestra Symphony as well as a wide variety of the greatest rock, pop, blues, jazz, and country musicians today. The Pavilion has a seating capacity of 3,250 people at a time. It was first opened to the public in 1904 by electric railway operators A.C. Frost and George A. Ball. Currently, it has unknown ownership and operator. The architecture of the Pavilion was designed by SOM (Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill).
It is popular as part of Ravinia Park, where the summer Ravinia Festival happens every year for three months. It went through several years of abandonment. The forest fire utterly devastated the amphitheater. Therefore, it has been under constant renovations since 1949, which include acoustics, lighting, and rigging upgrades, in addition to infrastructure modifications.
The first-ever music played at the park was “Won’t you please come home” by Bill Bailey. It also hosted the most successful educational events, “Steam Institute for Young Artists” in 1988. Currently, it is the center of Orchestra concert events and many other musical concerts along with stage performances. Notable events include the Summer Residence of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Famous artists who performed here include Tina Turner, Judy Collins, Peggy Lee, and Miler Davis.
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