Music On The Mag Mile: 2 Free Concerts Being Held Thursday On Famed Shopping Strip

The concerts are free and will be in outdoor plazas.

7:39 AM CDT on Aug 5, 2021

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CHICAGO — Two free concerts will be held Thursday on the Mag Mile.

The Jack Macklin Quartet will perform 4-6 p.m. at 875 N. Michigan Ave.’s Garden Plaza. Then, artists from Mandala South Asian Performing Arts will give an Indonesian gamelan performance 5-7 p.m. at Pioneer Court, 401 N. Michigan Ave.

The concerts are part of the Magnificent Mile Association’s Meet Me on the Mile series.

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