Water Music on the Beach 2025

Sunday, September 28 at 1PM celebration with drinks and snacks while Firat Edam teaches volunteers to play the aeolian harp.

2PM aeolian harp performance on our new green roof! At the beach Corey Douglas Smith plays the harmonium.

2:15PM Procession from 6018 N Kenmore Ave to Lane Beach, 5915 N Sheridan Rd.

Join us for our annual series of live performances highlighting Chicago’s proximity to Lake Michigan. Compositions and scores reflect, react to, or personify the sounds of water!

We will begin at 6018North with Aeolian harps by Firat Erdim leading a procession to the beach! At the beach, we experience work by Simon Anderson, Circles and Ciphers (RWE Neptune, Pressure Baby R, Marko Stat$, Z Saj), Dan Galat and Caroline Jesalva, Marcus Gipson (DJ Mr.CEO), Joseph Ravens, William Jason Raynovich, Corey Douglas Smith, Anaiet Soul, and Julian Wang’s My Little Realities (with Graham Nelson, Ben Zucker, and Evan Kopca).

Volunteer to help bring Field Harp to life at the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial: SHIFT through participation in public rehearsals. No musical training required—just curiosity and a willingness to participate. We need 9-18 volunteers; please fill out this form to sign up.

Field Harp is created and led by artist and educator Firat Erdim, Associate Professor of Architecture at Iowa State University. Thanks to the Chicago Architecture Biennial for their support of this partner program. Thanks also to the support of Dan Kuruna and Justine Jentes.

 

Water Music on the Beach is a partner program with the Chicago Architecture Biennial. This program is partially supported by funding from Dan Kuruna and Justine Jentes along with a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. 6018North projects are partially supported by a Gen Ops Plus Grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, IL Humanities, Terra Foundation for American Art, and individual donations. 6018North is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of culture and the arts in Chicago.

Water Music on the Beach events in past 10 years have featured performances by Josh Abrams, Alejandro T. Acierto, Madeleine Aguilar, Lisa Alvarado, Gwyneth Anderson, Simon Anderson, Arthur Black, Rich Blackson, Janet Bean, Whitney Bradshaw and OUTCRY participants, EdBrass Brasil, Jim Bosing, Shane Calvin, Marie Casimir, Jeff Chan, Jonathan Chen, Diane Christiansen, Matthew Hale Clark, Tyler Damon, Meg Duguid, Ryan Dunn, Coco Elysses, Alexandria Eregbu, Rob Frye, Ben Lamar Gay, Carol Genetti, Helen Gillet, Anton Hatwich, Anni Holm, Emerson Hunton, Elaine Lemieux, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jamie Kempkers, Quin Kirchner, Katinka Kleijn, Kofi the Kyd, Lia Kohl, Jeff Kowalkowski, Damon Locks, Norman W. Long, Lou Mallozzi, Jesse Malmed, Steve Marquette, Alexander Massa, AJ McClenon, Meida McNeal, Jasmine Mendoza, Nick Meryhew, Zach Moore, Alex and Ricky Munguia-Mueller, Aurora Nealand, Trevor Nicholas and the Senn High School Choir, Sakai Parker, William Jason Raynovich, Frank Rosaly, Harlen Rosen, Moises Salazar, Carlos Salazar Lermont, Brian Sandstrom, Hannah Santistevan, Fred Sasaki with Pearl and Rose, Ella Schultz, Sam Scranton, James Singleton, Corey Douglas Smith, Jess Smoot, Akeem Soyen, Isaiah Spencer, Marko Stats, Matt Stevenson, Mai Sugimoto, Paul Thibodeaux, Angie Tillges, Trellyo, Dylan–Thomas–Wyatt Walsh, Anna Martine Whitehead, Sadie Woods, Sara Zalek, Aaron Zarzutzki, Michael Zerang, with group performances by a.pe.ri.od.ic, Balas and Wax, Baywatch, Benelux, Chicago Phonographers, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, The Green Brothers, In the Spirit with Paula Hooper, Move Me Soul, Rebirth Poetry Ensemble, Suburban Piano Quartet, and Symbiosis Arts with costumes by Alex McDermott. Presenting art organizations from the series have included Boulevard Dreamers, Comfort Station, Djaspora Productions, Homeroom, and Roman Susan Art Foundation.

Past Press

Art Design Chicago “6018North, Trash to Treasure,” October 25, 2023 by Kaitlin Rikala (pdf)

WBEZ “A weird, wonderful beachfront variety show pays tribute to Chicago culture,” June 23, 2022 by Isabella DeLeo (pdf)

Chicago Reader “Edgewater arts nonprofit 6018North hosts a free community variety show on the beach,” June 21, 2022 by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil (pdf)

WBEZ “Guide to the best free things to do this summer,” June 9, 2022 by Isabella DeLeo (pdf)