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Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/23/2025
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Hessel Park
Categories
SINFONIA DA CAMERA TO PERFORM SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD AT HESSEL PARK
The free, all-ages event will feature live music, food trucks, and more
The promoters of PYGMALION and Champaign Park District are proud to announce THE ILLIAC, in Hessel Park in the heart of Champaign, Illinois on Saturday, August 23rd from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. The performance celebrates a conclusion to summer and a welcoming to the fall semester in Champaign-Urbana.
Returning for its second iteration, The ILLIAC features Sinfonia da Camera, the in-residence professional chamber orchestra at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, alongside The Marching Illini, the Nation’s Premier College Marching Band, the dynamic and genre-defying sextet The Soul Syndicate, and tango orquesta Bandoneon Massacre. All community members are invited to enjoy this free performance, under the summer evening sky in historic Hessel Park. Bring a picnic, or purchase food onsite from food trucks, and beer and wine will be available as well.
Schedule:
3pm – Gates Open
3:30p – The Marching Illini
5pm – Bandoneon Massacre
6:30pm – The Soul Syndicate
8pm – Sinfonia da Camera
More information can be found at theilliac.com.
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