Grant Park

CTL-E-2137 · Venue · other · 1844–

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Downtown Chicago lakefront park (319 acres) that has hosted the Chicago Blues Festival (at the Petrillo Music Shell and festival stages) and the Chicago Gospel Music Festival since the 1980s; the Blues Festival moved to adjacent Millennium Park in 2017.

The record

Also known as: Grant Park, Chicago

Notes

RELP52 supporting entity (2026-10-06): created to ground held_at edges for CTL-E-0618 and CTL-E-0615. Provisional pending a primary (Chicago Park District) source.

Referenced by

Barack Obama Elected President — held at → this record
Chicago Blues Festival — held at → this record
Chicago Gospel Music Festival — held at → this record
Chicago Jazz Festival — held at → this record
South Side community festivals (overview) — held at → this record

Sources

Wikipedia — Chicago Blues Festival

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