Free Concert Series — Concert 10 of 10 · SERIES FINALE
Saturday, August 22, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMRiis Park · Behind the Field House · 6100 W. Fullerton Ave., ChicagoFREE · All Ages · Open to the Public
Ten Saturdays. Ten nights of world-class music. One neighborhood. And it all ends — in the best possible way — right here.
The Levitt VIBE Chicago Free Concert Series closes out its 2026 season in grand fashion, sending summer off the way it deserves: with brass, thunder, dancing, and the full power of Mexican regional music filling the open air at Riis Park. Two acts. One stage. The whole neighborhood invited. No tickets. No cover. Just come and celebrate.
This is the one you’ll be talking about in September.
🎺 Banda La Enkantadora
Chicago’s own brass powerhouse has been turning celebrations into unforgettable nights since the year 2000 — and a quarter century in, they haven’t slowed down for a single beat. Banda La Enkantadora was born right here in the city of winds, built by 16 musicians whose shared hunger to connect with audiences and leave a mark on their community became the engine that has driven the band ever since.
With multiple album productions — including Será Cuando Me Muera, 100% Ranchero, and their most recent release Mi Fantasía (2024) — and a catalog that spans cumbia, ranchera, and the full spectrum of regional Mexican sound, La Enkantadora brings the complete experience: the soaring brass, the rolling tuba groove, the voices that reach the back of any crowd. They are a fixture at Chicago’s biggest Mexican community celebrations, and they bring that same hometown energy and pride to the Riis Park stage for what promises to be a triumphant series finale.
🪗 Los Gallos
If Banda La Enkantadora brings the brass, Los Gallos bring the roots. Chicago’s premier Mexi-Americana band has spent years doing something genuinely rare: building a sound that refuses to choose sides. Fronted by guitarist and accordionist Ric Salazar alongside vihuela/jarana player Enrique Fajardo and a tight rhythm section, Los Gallos weave cumbia, norteño, Tex-Mex, and bolero into a seamless conversation with country, rock, and blues — music that honors the full inheritance of Mexican and Mexican-American culture without apology or compromise.
Hailed by the Old Town School of Folk Music as Chicago’s premier Tex-Mex/Americana roots band and featured on Bloodshot Records’ celebrated Chicago roots compilation, Los Gallos play for the dancers and the listeners equally — their sound warm and road-worn, their groove impossible to resist. On the last night of the Levitt VIBE summer, they are the perfect closing chapter: music with memory in it, played by people who mean every note.
🎉 Thank You, Belmont Cragin.
Ten free concerts. Ten Saturday evenings together under the open sky. This series has been possible because of this community — the families who showed up week after week, the neighbors who spread the word, the local organizations who believed in this vision from the start. The Levitt VIBE Chicago Free Concert Series will return. Tonight, we celebrate.
🚌 Getting Here by Public Transit
Easiest route: Take the CTA Red, Brown, or Purple Line to the Fullerton Station, then board the #74 Fullerton Bus heading west. Ride it to N. Narragansett Ave. (6400 W.) — you’ll be steps from the park entrance on Fullerton. The bus runs frequently on Saturday evenings.
Prefer to navigate on your own? Use the CTA Trip Planner at transitchicago.com or Google Maps — enter 6100 W. Fullerton Ave. as your destination.
🅿️ Free street parking is also available in the surrounding neighborhood.
🌟 About the Levitt Foundation
The Levitt VIBE Chicago Music Series is made possible through the generous support of the Levitt Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to building community through the power of free, live music. By activating underused public spaces across the country, the Levitt Foundation creates welcoming, inclusive destinations where people of all ages and backgrounds can connect through shared cultural experiences. Levitt VIBE — Vibrant, Inclusive Beats for Everyone — brings that mission directly to neighborhoods like Belmont Cragin, putting world-class performances where they belong: in the heart of the community. Learn more at levitt.org.
Presented by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago in partnership with the Chicago Park District.
FREE. Outdoors. Open to All. See you all summer. 🌿🎺
