'Music Without Borders' At Chicago's Millenium Park

Music Without Borders is a global music festival that's coming to Chicago this summer and this year will give denizens of the windy city a chance to hear some exciting Latin music. The price is right (free), the venue is Millenium Park, Chicago's award-winning center for art, music, architecture and landscape design.

This year's festival include some dynamite acts that span the gamut from Spain's Catalonian music through Gustavo Santaolalla's Bajofondo Tango Club. I'm going to give you the entire schedule (even non-Latin events) because you might want to catch them all.

Thursday, June 19:
Miquel Gil and the Arab Orchestra of Barcelona/Maria del Mar Bonet.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
~ Sonic feast of Catalonian culture showcasing the range of the region's delights

Thursday, June 26:
The Bachata Roja Concert: Unsung Heroes, Rediscovered Icons, with Mayra Andrade.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, FREE - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
~ Dominican acoustic bachata legends joined by a rising bachatero and a Cape Verdean songstress

Saturday, June 28:
Orchestra Baobab.
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM, FREE - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
~ An iconic Senegalese band mixing Afro-Cuban, Portuguese Creole, Congolese rumba, highlife, calypso, and traditional Senegalese styles

Thursday, July 10:
Sudanese Music and Dance Festival.
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
~ A Sudanese sampler of regional superstars performing in a gesture of peace and hope for a united Sudan

Thursday, July 17:
Pitchfork Music Festival Preview Night.
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
~ A Music Without Borders/Pitchfork Festival co-presentation featuring an evening filled with an eclectic sampling of music from around the globe

Wednesday, Aug. 27:
Bajofondo Tango Club, with Fernando Otero.
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, FREE - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
~ An electronic tango project lead by Gustavo Santaolalla, showcasing the past, present, and future of Argentine tango

* Photo Bajofondo Tango Club courtesy Alex Vanhee