Music
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Six stages of music and tales: Fox Valley’s folk fest celebrates its 50th yearSep 01, 2026 7:14 pm - The Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary Sept. 6-7 at Wheeler Park in Geneva, featuring over 20 national and international acts across six stages, including folk music performances, and storytelling sessions.
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Italy concert tour uplifts St. Charles Singers before 42nd seasonSep 01, 2026 7:05 pm - The St. Charles Singers recently returned from 12 days in Italy where they performed seven concerts in historic churches including St. Peter’s in the Vatican. On Oct. 3-4, the ensemble, led by founder Jeff Hunt, opens its 42nd year with the season’s theme, “North American Mosaic,” celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.
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Big names, big fun: Schaumburg Septemberfest returns Sept. 5-7Sep 01, 2026 3:43 pm - The 55th annual Schaumburg Septemberfest will take place Saturday through Monday, Sept. 5-7. Main Stage entertainment includes Cheap Foreign Cars and Night Ranger Saturday, White Lion and Warrant Sunday, and Krysten Knievel and Max Weinberg’s Jukebox Monday.
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New Philharmonic opens 50th year with ‘Musica Italiana’ featuring opera, film scoresSep 01, 2026 1:24 am - New Philharmonic opens its 50th anniversary season with "Musica Italiana Dolce" concerts on Sept. 26-27 featuring Italian-inspired orchestral works, operatic pieces, and film themes conducted by Kirk Muspratt.
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Things to do Sept. 4-10: Lake in the Hills Summer Sunset Festival, Naperville Jaycees’ Last Fling, Buffalo Grove Days and moreAug 31, 2026 4:16 pm - Mark your calendar for Lake in the Hills Summer Sunset Festival, Naperville Jaycees’ Last Fling, Buffalo Grove Days and more.
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Concerts Sept. 4-10: Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, Garth Brooks and moreAug 31, 2026 2:58 pm - Upcoming concerts include Snoop Dogg at Ravinia Festival, Wu-Tang Clan at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Garth Brooks at the Allstate Arena and more.
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Best bets: Paula Poundstone at Crystal Lake’s Raue Center; Cheap Trick in AuroraAug 31, 2026 2:00 pm - Tickets are still available for Paula Poundstone’s Raue Center show; Cheap Trick headlines RiverEdge Park; free museum admission this weekend for Bank of America cardholders.
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Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church hosts ‘Thirty Years of Praise’ concert Sept. 27Aug 26, 2026 2:04 pm - Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights will host "Thirty Years of Praise: A Festival of Hymns" on Sunday, Sept. 27, celebrating 30 years since their Gabriel Kney Pipe Organ installation.
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World Doctors Orchestra to perform benefit concert at North Central College Sept. 11Aug 26, 2026 12:51 pm - The World Doctors Orchestra will perform at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall on Sept. 11, featuring works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Copland, Price, and Rachmaninoff.Concert proceeds will support Chi-Care and UI Health's Community Outreach Intervention Projects, two Chicago nonprofits providing food and medical care to those in need.
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Schaumburg’s 55th annual Septemberfest also celebrates village’s 70th anniversaryAug 25, 2026 2:19 pm - This year’s Septemberfest over Labor Day weekend in Schaumburg will be an extra special one for a number of reasons. Not only is it the 55th staging of the festival itself, but it will be the village’s largest celebration of its 70th anniversary and accompany the final stages of construction on the new village hall at the heart of the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Campus.