Photo: Todd Hieggelke

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Sunday In the Park with Lyric
(Pritzker Pavilion)
Lyric launches the fall arts season with a preview of their own, featuring Enrique Mazzola conducting the Lyric Opera Orchestra and a special appearance by Lyric Unlimited’s artist-in-residence Karen Slack. Another chance to enjoy an evening at Pritzker Pavilion before the summer ends.
August 25

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Built to Spill
(Metro)
Thirty years after the release of Built to Spill’s landmark record, “There’s Nothing Wrong with Love,” frontman Doug Martsch’s Boise, Idaho is now a pandemic-era boomtown. Return to a simpler, lower-gloss time by seeing the outfit perform their 1994 album in its entirety.
August 22–August 23

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Laufey with the Chicago Philharmonic at Lollapalooza
(Grant Park)
International phenomenon meets local phenomenon: Laufey, the Icelandic singer who’s “taken the jazz world by storm,” is joined by the Chicago Philharmonic for a performance that’s certain to bring a patina of old-world sophistication to the festival.
August 2

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The Dillinger Escape Plan
(The Salt Shed)
The Dillinger Escape Plan plays a special reunion set to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of their debut album, “Calculating Infinity.” The lineup features original singer Dimitri Minakakis, who says, “performing these songs in the city where John Dillinger met his demise and became known as one of the world’s most notorious criminals and escape artists feels sort of poetic.” Bring a friend with a strong constitution.
August 24

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NEXUS Chamber Music Festival
(Guarneri Hall/Winnetka Congregational Church)
Guarneri Hall’s ensemble-in-residence, NEXUS Chamber Music, puts on a weeklong festival that begins with a candlelit performance that “will explore the surrealist nature of the poems and stories in traditional art song,” featuring soprano Kristina Bachrach with music by Brahms, Berg, Chausson and Augusta Read Thomas.
August 19–23