World Music Festival Chicago — Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music

A tradition in India, the all-night classical concerts are rarely held publicly in the United States. Visitors have the rare opportunity to hear the ragas (traditional scales or modes) as they were meant to be played during the early morning and late night hours, under the Tiffany stained glass dome of Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center. Schedule: 6–7:15pm Josh Feinberg, Kunal Gunjal and Amit Kavthekar 7:45–9pm Akshara Music Ensemble 9:30–10:45pm Jay Gandhi and Nitin Mitta 11:15pm–12:30am Prasanna, Bala Skandan and Samyuktha Sreeram 1–2:30am Nandkishor Muley and Ambi Subramaniam with Mahesh Krishnamurthy and Raj Deshmukh 3–4:30am Roopa Mahadevan, Rajna Swaminathan and Arun Ramamurthy 4:45–6am Samarth Nagarkar with Amit Kavthekar and Ramchandra Joshi 6:15–8am Saraswathi Ranganathan with GS Rajan and Ganapathi Ranganathan