Petrillo Music Shell Concerts

Taste of Chicago Concert Tickets can be purchased at the festival ticket booths located at Jackson and Columbus

When: July 11 – 15, 2012 • Chicago, IL • Grant Park • 11am – 9pm

Taste of Chicago is the nation’s premier outdoor food festival showcasing the diversity of Chicago’s dining community. The delicious array of food served at Taste of Chicago is complemented by music and exciting activities for the entire family. Every summer since 1980, Chicago’s beautiful Grant Park on the city’s magnificent lakefront has been home to the world’s largest food festival.

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Restaurants

Menu items will include such varieties as

Tortilla Encrusted Tiliapia Taco from Carbon, Jolloff Rice with Sauteed Goat from

Vee-Vee’s African Cuisine and Deep Fried Chinese Bread from Lao Sze Chuan.

Pop-Up Restaurants

15 restaurants will participate as Pop-Up restaurants at the 2012 Taste of Chicago.

Petrillo Music Shell Concerts

The Taste lineup includes indie-rock band

Death Cab for Cutie and legendary

music icon Chaka Khan (above).

Bud Light Stage

The Bud Light Stage will feature the Waco Brothers (above), Mucca Pazza, Robbie Fulks, Las Guitarras de Espana, The 92sand more.

* All information, courtesy of: www.explorechicago.org

Taste of Chicago Concerts presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events – Petrillo Music Shell

Jennifer Hudson, Death Cab for Cutie, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Chaka Khan, or Dierks Bentley Concert – From $25

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Jennifer Hudson, with guest Luke James, on Wednesday, July 11, at 5:30 p.m.
Death Cab for Cutie, with guest Calexico, on Thursday, July 12, at 5:30 p.m.
Michael Franti & Spearhead and Fitz & The Tantrums, on Friday, July 13, at 5:30 p.m.
Chaka Khan, with guest Raphael Saadiq, on Saturday, July 14, at 5:30 p.m.
Dierks Bentley with guest Lindi Ortega, on Sunday, July 15, at 3:30 p.m.

Taste of Chicago

One of the Windy City’s greatest traditions, more beloved than debating the best pizzeria or hurling blame at Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, is the annual Taste of Chicago extravaganza. Since debuting in 1980, foodies and music fans have followed their noses and ears to the gorgeous lakefront of Grant Park to feast upon a smorgasbord of fine arts and culinary activities. Throughout five days, families savor the comestible craftworks of legendary Chicago chefs and devour five-star menu items without making advanced reservations or adding “Celebrity” to their IDs with magic marker. A staple of Taste of Chicago is the diverse roster of all-star musical acts at the Petrillo Music Shell, where fans put food-fuel to use as they dance, tap their feet, and rhythmically chew to a worldly sampling of sound.