{"id":4343,"date":"2022-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:03:31","slug":"chicago-an-original-contribution-to-the-music-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/blog-en\/chicago-an-original-contribution-to-the-music-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago: that&#8217;s original American music!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the <strong>United States<\/strong>\u2026looking for live entertainment all summer long? Then <strong>Chicago<\/strong> is just the right place for you! 99% free events, outdoor festivals and concerts immersed in nature, placed in magnificent parks or even in landmark historic venues, Chicago&#8217;s festivals are absolutely must-see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, Chicago is still recognized as one of the best cities in the world for <strong>jazz music<\/strong>, <strong>blues and gospel<\/strong> as well! For instance, the <strong>Blues Festival and the Gospel Festival <\/strong>promote these music styles while, at the <strong>Grant Park Music Festival<\/strong>, people can attend classical music concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, the <strong>Chicago Jazz Festival<\/strong> is the most popular creative event, promoting awareness and appreciation of all types of jazz with free live music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the suburbia, the <strong>Ravinia Festival<\/strong> presents a variety of international music and genres, from <strong>rock to pop, jazz to classical.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year in September, the <strong>World Music Festival<\/strong>, which previously hosted musicians from more than 80 countries attracting about 650.000 spectators, has been reaffirming its historic relevance since 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, culture and education have been promoted to preserve all jazz styles. Originally introduced to America by the slave trade, Chicago jazz evolved with Afro-Americans introducing European vocals, instruments and folk songs, creating a new sound like the afrobeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, adults and children can join dance performances, cultural and artistic activities too. There are plenty of events not to be missed in Chicago this summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re in the United States\u2026looking for live entertainment all summer long? Then Chicago is just the right place for you! 99% free events, outdoor festivals and concerts immersed in nature, placed in magnificent parks or even in landmark historic venues, Chicago&#8217;s festivals are absolutely must-see! First of all, Chicago is still recognized as one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4343"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11486,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions\/11486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ribo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}