{"id":699429,"date":"2026-04-02T10:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/699429\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:47:18","slug":"lucy-dacus-to-play-millennium-park-with-chicago-philharmonic-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/699429\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Dacus To Play Millennium Park With Chicago Philharmonic In July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOWNTOWN \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/lucy-dacus\/53911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Grammy-award-winning singer<\/a> Lucy Dacus is performing at Millennium Park this July with the Chicago Philharmonic.<\/p>\n<p>Dacus announced the show Tuesday on her social media pages. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axs.com\/events\/1389763\/lucy-dacus-with-the-chicago-philharmonic-at-millennium-park-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Presale for the July 19 show started on Wednesday, with regular ticket sales to start Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re letting this guy sing with the @chicagophilharmonic at Millennium Park! My mom is from Illinois, so I\u2019ve been visiting this exact place since I can remember. Also my aunt will be on oboe for this :\u2019) really cool,\u201d Dacus wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2023\/08\/15\/ratboys-celebrate-new-album-the-window-with-2-hometown-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Chicago rock band Ratboys<\/a> will open for Dacus, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Dacus is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. She\u2019s also a member of the Grammy-winning trio Boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dacus\u2019 recently announced 2026 tour is centered around her 2025 album\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/lucy-dacus-forever-is-a-feeling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Forever Is a Feeling<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/lucy-dacus-plots-2026-north-american-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according to Pitchfork.<\/a> She\u2019s set to play at numerous venues across the country, including theaters and music festivals, from May through July.<\/p>\n<p>Ratboys, which just kicked off a national tour in February, has grown their fan base exponentially. In 2020, the band played at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highroadtouring.com\/how-a-bernie-sanders-shout-out-the-post-country-boom-chris-wallas-know-how-primed-ratboys-for-their-biggest-album-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">campaign rally for Bernie Sanders<\/a> and previously toured with and opened for bands like Wilco, The Decemberists and others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2026\/02\/11\/ratboys-support-chicago-immigrant-groups-with-beat-kitchen-benefit-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ratboys performed for a sold-out crowd at Beat Kitchen in February<\/a> to celebrate the release of their new album \u201cSingin\u2019 to an Empty Chair\u201d and to raise funds for local immigrant communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the Block Club Chicago podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN \u2014 Grammy-award-winning singer Lucy Dacus is performing at Millennium Park this July with the Chicago Philharmonic. 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