Looking for something to do?
Living between Chicago and Milwaukee offers a lot of regional choices. Click on any of the links below to visit other local area ensembles, fine arts and performing arts venues (or explore volunteer opportunities!).
The Waukegan Band Foundation provides this resource as a service to our regional guest community.
(Please contact us at [email protected] should you discover any internet "dead links.")
Living between Chicago and Milwaukee offers a lot of regional choices. Click on any of the links below to visit other local area ensembles, fine arts and performing arts venues (or explore volunteer opportunities!).
The Waukegan Band Foundation provides this resource as a service to our regional guest community.
(Please contact us at [email protected] should you discover any internet "dead links.")
Our Musical Colleagues
Arlington Heights Community Concert Band
Bill's Little Big Band
Brass Band of Central Illinois
Bowen Park Theatre and Opera Company
Bravo Waukegan (an advocacy group creating future musicians)
Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band
Carthage College Music Ensembles
Center Stage in Lake Forest
Chicago Brass Band
Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Crystal Lake Community Band
Dandelion Gallery
Deerfield Community Concert Band
Deer Path Art League
DeKalb Municipal Band
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Fox Valley Concert Band
Friends of the Waukegan Library, Summer Courtyard Concerts
Gurnee Viking Park Summer Thursday Night Concerts
Hartland Community Band
Highland Park Pops Big Band
Highland Park Strings
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois Brass Band
Jazz Wave Big Band
Karcher Artspace Lofts,
including Sidecar Studios
Kenosha Pops Concert Band
Kenosha Symphony Orchestra
Kishwaukee Concert Band
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Knightwind Ensemble
Lake County Art League
Lake County Community Concert Association
Lake County Forest Preserve Independence Grove Summer Concerts
Lake County Swedish Glee Club
Lake County Symphony Orchestra
Lake Forest Civic Orchestra
Lake Forest Symphony
Lakes Area Community Band
Lakes Area Swing Band
Lakeshore Symphonic Band
Libertyville Village Band
Milwaukee Festival Brass
Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Navy Band Great Lakes
Northbrook Symphony
Northshore Concert Band
(See their listing of Community Bands across Chicagoland & Illinois here)
North Suburban Wind Ensemble
Northeastern Illinois University Concerts and Events
Northwest Suburban Community Concert Association
Prairie Brass Band
Racine Concert Band
Racine Symphony Orchestra
Round Lake Area Community Band
Shout Section Big Band
University of Wisconsin Parkside Music Performances
Urban Edge
Waukegan Arts Council
(*** See especially their embedded local arts Calendar of Events! ***)
Waukegan Arts District
Waukegan Concert Chorus
Waukegan Main Street
(Have you visited ArtWauk at 20 venues, the third Saturday of the month??)
Waukegan Park District Cultural Arts
Waukegan Symphony Orchestra
Wheaton Municipal Band
Area Performing Arts Venues
Genesee Theatre
Gorton Community Center
Harbor's Edge (seasonal at the Great Lake, Waukegan Harbor)
James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts (at the College of Lake County in Grayslake)
Jazz Showcase, Chicago
Ravinia Festival
South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
Stiner Pavilion Festival Grounds
Three Brothers Theater
Woodstock Opera House
...And, don't forget local live music events at
Family Piano
Green Town Tavern
Arlington Heights Community Concert Band
Bill's Little Big Band
Brass Band of Central Illinois
Bowen Park Theatre and Opera Company
Bravo Waukegan (an advocacy group creating future musicians)
Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band
Carthage College Music Ensembles
Center Stage in Lake Forest
Chicago Brass Band
Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Crystal Lake Community Band
Dandelion Gallery
Deerfield Community Concert Band
Deer Path Art League
DeKalb Municipal Band
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Fox Valley Concert Band
Friends of the Waukegan Library, Summer Courtyard Concerts
Gurnee Viking Park Summer Thursday Night Concerts
Hartland Community Band
Highland Park Pops Big Band
Highland Park Strings
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois Brass Band
Jazz Wave Big Band
Karcher Artspace Lofts,
including Sidecar Studios
Kenosha Pops Concert Band
Kenosha Symphony Orchestra
Kishwaukee Concert Band
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Knightwind Ensemble
Lake County Art League
Lake County Community Concert Association
Lake County Forest Preserve Independence Grove Summer Concerts
Lake County Swedish Glee Club
Lake County Symphony Orchestra
Lake Forest Civic Orchestra
Lake Forest Symphony
Lakes Area Community Band
Lakes Area Swing Band
Lakeshore Symphonic Band
Libertyville Village Band
Milwaukee Festival Brass
Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Navy Band Great Lakes
Northbrook Symphony
Northshore Concert Band
(See their listing of Community Bands across Chicagoland & Illinois here)
North Suburban Wind Ensemble
Northeastern Illinois University Concerts and Events
Northwest Suburban Community Concert Association
Prairie Brass Band
Racine Concert Band
Racine Symphony Orchestra
Round Lake Area Community Band
Shout Section Big Band
University of Wisconsin Parkside Music Performances
Urban Edge
Waukegan Arts Council
(*** See especially their embedded local arts Calendar of Events! ***)
Waukegan Arts District
Waukegan Concert Chorus
Waukegan Main Street
(Have you visited ArtWauk at 20 venues, the third Saturday of the month??)
Waukegan Park District Cultural Arts
Waukegan Symphony Orchestra
Wheaton Municipal Band
Area Performing Arts Venues
Genesee Theatre
Gorton Community Center
Harbor's Edge (seasonal at the Great Lake, Waukegan Harbor)
James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts (at the College of Lake County in Grayslake)
Jazz Showcase, Chicago
Ravinia Festival
South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
Stiner Pavilion Festival Grounds
Three Brothers Theater
Woodstock Opera House
...And, don't forget local live music events at
Family Piano
Green Town Tavern
