Also, the Mayor's Office of Special Events has worked with sponsoring radio stations to bring several big names to the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park as part of the annual Taste of Chicago festival. Fugees veteran turned acclaimed solo artist Lauryn Hill kicks things off on June 24, and Latin rock giant Carlos Santana performs with openers Los Lonely Boys on July 2.

Other Taste of Chicago acts include LeAnn Rimes and Aaron Tippin (June 25), Clint Black and Julie Roberts (June 26), disco diva Donna Summer (June 28), the Gap Band and Morris Day and the Time (June 29), Lynyrd Skynyrd and Creedence Clearwater Revisited (June 30), Stevie Winwood and Dr. John (July 1) and John Hiatt and the North Mississippi All-Stars at the festival-ending concert on July 4.