Saturday, June 02, 2007

Box Office Opening Day 2007

Box Office Opening Day always brings a sense of excitement and anticipation for summer and for the festival gates to open. This year was another big hit!


It was a beautiful day on Saturday and the crowds came out in droves to take advantage of special ticket offers for one day only.

Ravinia President/CEO Welz Kauffman joined Lisa Flynn and Steve Robinson, Senior Vice President for Radio, both of 98.7 WMFT, for a live broadcast from the steps of the Martin Theatre and highlighted sounds from the upcoming season. A number of lucky listeners won tickets to various concerts.


Pavilion seats for West Side Story are sold out on June 8. Only lawn tickets remain for that day.

However, pavilion seats are still available for the dress rehearsal on June 7. Get your tickets now in order to avoid disappointment. Tickets are completely sold out for the 8 p.m. performance of Splashdance on September 5.

Only limited tickets remain to the 5 p.m. performance the same day.

Seats for the following shows have sold out. Only lawn tickets remain!
June 8 West Side Story
June 16 Prairie Home Companion
June 27 Mormon Tabernacle Choir
August 31 Tony Bennett

A few last minute concerts have been added to the schedule, which include:

June 7 West Side Story Dress Rehearsal
June 25 Indigo Girls w/ Special Guest Brandi Carlile
July 1 Free Celebration of Summer Alice Peacock Just added
July 19 Most Happy Fella Open Dress Rehearsal
August 10 Fiona Apple, Special Guest of Nickel Creek
August 16 Windham Hill Summer Solstice w/ jim Brickman, Wel Ackerman,
Tracy Silverman, Samite, and David Cullen
August 23 El Gran Combo w/ Special Guest NG2
September 8 Creedence Clearwater Revisited w/ Special Guests The Mauds
September 15 Emmylou Harris w/ Special Guest Sam Bush

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