Summer Mondays In The Park: Edible Audio Picnic

By Johnny Loftus in Arts & Entertainment on May 5, 2009 6:30PM

Unlike Navy Pier, which functions happily as a tourist magnet, Millennium Park welcomes as many real live Chicagoans to its green spaces and promenades as it does out-of-towners. It's as much ours as it is the visitors', a gathering place for everyone, and it doesn't need a Bubba Gump Shrimp outlet to entice. And while the imminent opening of the Art Institute's Modern Wing at its south end is certainly the biggest park news, the lineup for summer 2009's Edible Audible Picnic series sounds pretty awesome, too. Get ready to grab a sack lunch and check out some jams under Frank Ghery's trellis.

Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Millennium Park, the Edible Audible Picnic will feature free noontime music and sound art performances on Mondays from June 15 through August 24. The series kicks off with Chicago's own Pit Er Pat, with highlights throughout the summer including Black Moth Super Rainbow on June 29, Reggae Dub Sound Clash with DJ Papa G on July 20 -- nothing like the rolling grooves of dub to put a different spin on your Monday lunch -- and one man live mixer extraordinaire Daedelus on August 10. The full schedule is after the jump.

All shows start at noon.

Monday, June 15
Pit Er Pat

Monday, June 22
Soul / Funk Record Party with DJs Rob Sevier and Courtland Green

Monday, June 29
Black Moth Super Rainbow

Monday, July 6
Experimental Sound Studio presents audio art pieces by local, national, and international artists.

Monday, July 20
Reggae Dub Sound Clash with DJ Papa G

Monday, July 27
Chicago Hip-Hop and It Don’t Stop...The Movement Continues with All Natural, Primeridian, Ang 13, Urbanized Music, Pugs Atomz, FM Supreme, AquaMoon, Kuumba Lynx, The Opus, GQ Tha Teacha, DJ Man-O-Wax and Stick & Move Dance Crew.

Monday, August 3
Third Coast International Audio Festival

Monday, August 10
Daedelus

Monday, August 17
Emily Wells

Monday, August 24
Dark Party / Caural and K-Kruz