The big news about this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival is that it’s movin’ on up—that is, it’s heading several blocks north from Grant Park to Millennium Park. The switch has required some logistical wizardry, since the new grounds are smaller than the fest’s longtime digs—the Millennium Park layout locates its four stages closer together, which could easily mean more sound bleed (a problem that plagued some of the smaller stages even in Grant Park). The organizers seem confident they’ve addressed this potential problem, though, and Millennium Park offers some big upsides: it’ll be quicker to walk from stage to stage, and Pritzker Pavilion trounces the Petrillo Music Shell when it comes to sight lines and sound quality.
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Thu 8/29, noon-9 PM, Chicago Cultural Center, Roosevelt University, and Millennium Park
Fri 8/30, 2-10 PM, Millennium Park
Sat 8/31, 12:30-10 PM, Chicago Cultural Center and Millennium Park
Sun 9/1, 11:30 AM-10 PM, Millennium Park
all ages free
