RE·VER·BER·ATE 2024

RE·VER·BER·ATE is a FREE multidisciplinary CPS arts festival featuring 100+ schools, 250+ performances, and 35+ workshops for students led by professional artists! The festival takes place downtown Chicago from May 1st to May 4th, 2024! Register for workshops and pick performances to view here!

Free Workshops include: Jewelry Making, Song Writing, Shadow Puppets, Creating Terrariums, Improv, Audition Prep, Painting, Hip Hop, Video Game Music, Devising Theatre, and more!

Now in its second year, this four-day event is open for all CPS students and their families to participate in and visit throughout the first week of May. The event will provide students in grades PreK - 12th with exhibition and performance opportunities, as well as free workshops in music, theatre, visual arts, and dance, and college, high school and career fairs throughout the various locations of the festival.

Partnering with The Chicago Cultural Center, the Design Museum of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Art on theMART, and Jones College Prep, RE•VER•BER•ATE serves as a testament to what can happen when our students, teachers, and arts professionals of Chicago come together to create a truly unique event for our most eager learners and performers. We can’t wait to see you there!

What is the schedule?

How did you select who will perform?

RE•VER•BER•ATE seeks to offer a platform to as many student soloists, artists, and ensembles as possible over the course of the festival days. When curating the festival from all the submissions received, the RE•VER•BER•ATE team of DAE staff and Arts teacher leaders, work purposefully ensure a final set list that fully represents the breadth and depth of the arts across Chicago Public Schools, including artistic discipline, experience level, geography, cultural diversity, and instrumentation. We strongly encouraged submissions that represent the lived experiences of students and educators across Chicago.

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