Southern Illinois Music Festival

Melody, Melody, Beautiful Melody! That’s what the 19th annual Southern Illinois Music Festival will provide this Spring. The 2023 Festival, with the theme of “Hidden Gems,” under the artistic direction of SIU School of Music Professor Edward Benyas. Professional singers and instrumentalists from across the United States and Europe converge in Southern Illinois to perform orchestral and chamber music, opera, jazz and educational programs, along with select SIU faculty and students. The Festival promotes our region’s reputation for cultural activity on a national scale. Symphony magazine listed it as the only professional music festival in Illinois south of I-80, AAA magazine described it as a Midwest Travel Treasure, and the Chicago Tribune cited it as one of 24 top summer activities (musical and otherwise) in an eight-state region.

Schedule:

Chamber Music at Harold Jones Fine Arts Center in Cairo (Free)
Debussy and Florence Price String Quartets