Ravinia and Your Library: Request Free Lawn Passes

Update – all tickets have been distributed. We are thrilled about the great response from our community.
Your Library has a limited number of Ravinia Lawn Passes available to give to River Forest Public Library cardholders. Provided through Ravinia Festival’s Words & Music outreach program 2023.
If you are interested in receiving a set of lawn passes, here’s what you need to know.
- These e-tickets are available to River Forest Public Library cardholders on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Valid only on the date printed, may only be used on the evening of the performance, may not be exchanged, and cannot be sold.
How to request tickets
Complete this form. Patrons are permitted one submission per household.
- If available: two e-tickets will be sent to the email used to complete the form (typically within 48 hours of submission).
- If not available: you will not hear back from Ravinia or the library.
Lawn passes are being offered for the following shows:
Wed, Jun 28 @ 7:30 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
Brahms Variations and Beethoven Late Sonatas
Thu, Jun 29 @ 7:30 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
The Three Faces of Beethoven
Sat, Jul 15 @ 7:30 PM – 2 Lawn Passes
Tchaikovsky and Chicago Skyline with Marin Alsop and the CSO
Miriam Fried Plays the Brahms Concerto
Wed, Jul 19 @ 8:00 PM – 2 Lawn Passes
Meet the Mahlers: Gustav’s Fifth and Alma’s Songs with the CSO
2x Grammy Winner Sasha Cooke Returns to Ravinia!
Fri, Jul 21 @ 8:00 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
Gabriela Montero Plays Her Latin Concerto with the CSO
Music from Gabriela Ortiz and Roxanna Panufnik Led by Marin Alsop and Valentina Peleggi
(Part of the Breaking Barriers Festival)
Thu, Jul 27 @ 7:30 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
Bach Fugues to Nordic Fiddle Music
Sat, Aug 5 @ 7:30 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
Powerful Thirds: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff with Marin Alsop and the CSO
Youngest-Ever Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Reprises His Winning Performance
Wed, Aug 9 @ 8:00 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
Jonathon Heyward Leads Rachmaninoff and Tania León with the CSO
Benjamin Beilman Plays Bruch
Thu, Aug 10 @ 8:00 PM – 2 Lawn Passes left
Heirloom: Jeffrey Kahane Plays Gabriel Kahane with the CSO
Teddy Abrams Conducts Prokofiev 5 and TJ Cole’s Megalopolis
Tue, Aug 15 @ 7:30 PM – 2 Lawn Passes left
Soprano Ailyn Pérez and Pianist Kevin Murphy
A Homecoming Solo Concert with the Lyric and Met Opera Star
Thu, Aug 17 @ 8:00 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
Alisa Weilerstein Plays the Elgar Concerto with the CSO
Joshua Weilerstein Conducts Shostakovich 5 and Still’s Poem for Orchestra
Tue, Sep 5 @ 7:30 PM – 4 Lawn Passes
Handel’s Water Music and James Ehnes with Music of the Baroque
Mozart’s Third Concerto and Bach’s First Brandenburg
Fri, Sep 8 @ 7:30 PM – 2 Lawn Passes
Childs/Reid/Wilson Combo with Kurt Elling
RSMI Jazz Directors Form a Quintet with Sara Caswell and Christian Euman