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  • CEA Summer Social - Music in the Park

    • 07/24/2025
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Millennium Park 201 E. Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60601
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    CEA will be hosting a social event at Millennium Park, where the City will be hosting one of its summertime free concert series. Come join CEA for an evening of networking and music!

    We will provide non-alcoholic beverages; feel free to bring your own snacks or other preferred beverages (BYOB) and a chair or blanket. 

    We will plan to gather on the east side of the lawn, about half way back on the grass. See the map below (meeting at the orange arrow). 



    This event will be canceled if there is inclement weather, we will notify by 12 pm if there is a chance of inclement weather. 


    Artists Performing on 7/24 are:

    Steel Pulse
    Paul Beaubrum
    DJ Papa G


    City of Chicago event page: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park9.html
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