Chicago’s Grant Park is just minutes from our front door! We are a great Grant Park Hotel as were just a short 10 minute fun ride on Chicago’s Metra Train. The Metra Train stop is located just two blocks south west from The Ramada Lakeshore Chicago Hotel. You can save $25.00 - $35.00 a day in parking fees by staying at the Ramada Chicago Hyde Park. You can also enjoy the convenience of the Metra Train and enjoy Grant Park, Millennium Park and even Navy Pier for the cost of a very inexpensive train ride that lets you off at the edge of the park. Where you can enjoy all that it and Chicago has to offer.

Proudly referred to as Chicago's "front yard," Grant Park is among the city's loveliest and most prominent parks. It is home to three world-class museums -- the Art Institute, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Shedd Aquarium. The Park also offers great Walking / Bicycle trails, Tennis Courts, Softball and Baseball Diamonds and of course Millennium Park at the North end of Grant Park. Grant Park's centerpiece is the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain, built in 1927 which is one of the most photographed Fountains in the world and it will take your breath away as a centerpiece in front of the city with “Big Shoulders”

Chicago Events That You Can Enjoy! Chicago Gospel Fest
Location: Millennium Park
N. Michigan Ave. & E. Randolph St.
Chicago Blues Festival
Location: Grant Park
Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Dr.
Taste of Chicago

Mark Your Calendar for The Midwest's Largest Food Festival
Each day more than 70 local restaurateurs offer a delicious combination of ethnic items, family favorites, exotic and Chicago specialties feeding more than 3 million people in Grant Park, in downtown Chicago. Entertainment is also provided every day by a variety of musical performances on multiple stages. See the official web site linked below for a complete list of the entertainment options.

• Admission to the Taste of Chicago is FREE!
• The Taste of Chicago opens at 11:00 a.m. & closes at 9:00 p.m.
• July 3rd & 4th the event closes at 9:30 p.m.
• On the final day, July 5th, Taste of Chicago closes at 6 p.m.
• The Taste is presented by Chicago’s Mayor’s Office of Special Events.

Grant Park Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY ON OPENING NIGHT
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor;
Stephen Hough, Piano.
BERNSTEIN ON THE WATERFRONT
5:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; John Horton Murray, Tenor; Denis Sedov, Bass; Chicago Children’s Choir.
LENIGMA VARIATIONS
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; James Ehnes, Violin.
FROM 1909: BURNHAM’S PLAN AND RACHMANINOFF’S 3rd
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Jon Kimura Parker, Piano; Jonita Lattimore, Soprano; Bryan Griffin, Tenor
FROM 1909: BURNHAM’S PLAN AND RACHMANINOFF’S 3rd
7:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Jon Kimura Parker, Piano; Jonita Lattimore, Soprano; Bryan Griffin, Tenor.
MARIACHI FROM MEXICO
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor.
GALA 75TH SEASON CONCERT
8:00 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor.
BRUCKNER’s 4th
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Hans Graf, Conductor.
BRUCKNER’S 4th
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; James Ehnes, Violin.
FROM 1909: BURNHAM’S PLAN AND RACHMANINOFF’S 3rd
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor; Christopher Bell, Chorus Director; Jon Kimura Parker, Piano; Jonita Lattimore, Soprano; Bryan Griffin, Tenor
Grant Park Film Festival
Weekly: Every Tuesday at Sunset Location: Butler Field in Grant Park Lake Shore Dr. & Monroe Dr.
DANCES AND FAIRYTALES
8:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Gilbert Varga, Conductor.
KHACHATURIAN’S SPARTACUS
6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Kirill Karabits, Conductor; Karen Gomyo, Violin.
DANCES AND FAIRYTALES
7:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Gilbert Varga, Conductor.
Venetian Night
The Lakefront at Lake Shore Drive and Congress Parkway, Chicago, | 312-744-3315 Approximately 35 boats will be decorated with lights and props as they sail along beautiful Lake Michigan, between the Shedd Aquarium at Roosevelt Road and the Chicago Yacht Club at Monroe Street.
Opera Hits on Venetian Night
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra Concert http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/index.html.
SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 1
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Pietari Inkinen, Conductor.
THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
6:30 p.m. Saturday, August 1 at 7:30 p.m.
MENDELSSOHN & HAYDN
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar; Conductor; Ingrid Fliter, Piano.
Lollapalooza 2009 Chicago : Grant Park
www.lollapalooza.com/
ITALIAN VARIATIONS
6:30 p.m. Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, Conductor.
BEETHOVEN’S 9th
6:30 p.m. Saturday, August 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Latin Music Festival
Grant Park, Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Dr., Chicago, | 312-744-3315
This vibrant event showcases local, national and international talent in the various Latin music genres that include salsa, reggaeton, mariachi, norteña, Spanish pop
ymás.
Chicago Jazz Festival
Grant Park, Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Dr., Chicago, | 312-744-3315
Chicago’s longest running lakefront music festival celebrates the city's rich Jazz heritage and showcases the diverse talent of local, national and international musicians.
Celtic Fest Chicago
Grant Park, Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Dr., Chicago, | 312-744-3315
This festival highlights different Celtic instruments and features a dance performance stage and an interactive tent where the general public and
learn how to Celtic dance.