🥁 THEY PLAYED THE SUPER BOWL. NOW THEY’RE PLAYING YOUR PARK. FREE.
Levitt VIBE Chicago Free Concert Series — Concert 9 of 10
Saturday, August 15, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Riis Park · Behind the Field House · 6100 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago FREE · All Ages · Open to the Public
One concert left after tonight. Make this one a memory.
The Levitt VIBE Chicago Free Concert Series welcomes one of the most talked-about acts to emerge from the biggest stage in American sports — a group that took Puerto Rico’s most beloved folk tradition to over 100 million viewers and made the whole world feel the pandero. They played Super Bowl LX. Tonight, they play Riis Park. And tonight is free.
🥁 Plenazo Tribe
In February 2026, Plenazo Tribe stood on the Super Bowl LX halftime stage alongside Bad Bunny — and in doing so, carried the ancient pulse of Puerto Rican plena to the largest live audience in American television history. It was a moment that musician Gabriel J. Montes, one of the group’s members, described in the aftermath simply and powerfully: “La plena es de Puerto Rico y viene de Puerto Rico, pero ya después del Super Bowl es del mundo entero y para el mundo entero.” Plena is from Puerto Rico and comes from Puerto Rico — but after the Super Bowl, it belongs to the whole world.
Founded in Los Angeles in 2023, Plenazo Tribe is living proof of that truth. Their members come from Puerto Rico, Argentina, Ecuador, Cuba, France, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States — a diaspora ensemble that has made one of the Caribbean’s oldest and most joyful musical traditions into a genuinely global phenomenon. Rooted in the pandero frame drums, call-and-response vocals, and irresistible communal rhythms that gave Puerto Rico’s working-class neighborhoods their soundtrack for centuries, Plenazo Tribe doesn’t just preserve plena — they reimagine it for the present moment, weaving in contemporary production, dance, and movement without ever losing the soul of what it is.
This is music built to bring people together. It was built in the barrios of Puerto Rico. It rang out at the Super Bowl. And this Saturday evening, it belongs to Belmont Cragin.
No tickets. No cover. Just show up and feel it.
📅 The Series — One More Saturday
This is Concert 9 of 10. Levitt VIBE Chicago closes out the summer on August 22, 2026 — one final Saturday of free music, right here at Riis Park. Don’t miss the finale.
🚌 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. One more Saturday after this. 🌿🥁
