Arts & Culture

A not-for-profit visual arts organization for over 50 years, The Art Center (TAC) provides an arts education to Highland Park and surrounding areas as a thriving Arts Education and Exhibition Center, as well as a hub for culture and community.

Visit The Art Center at 1957 Sheridan Rd.

Laughlin Gallery is a female owned & operated art gallery featuring up-and-coming contemporary artists and a slate of exciting events.

Visit Laughlin Gallery at 1900 Sheridan Rd.

Ravinia®, North America's oldest music festival, stands today as its most musically diverse, presenting over 140 different events throughout the summer.

The 36-acre park is nestled in a gently wooded area that makes it an enchanting place to experience music. Guests can bring their own picnics or eat at one of the park restaurants.

The Bitter Jester Foundation for the Arts produces live music and theatrical productions of new and classic works as well as other forms of literary, performing, media, audio, and visual arts.

BJFA works with youth, specifically teens, to help build their confidence and experiences through art, especially music performance and original composition.

Highland Park Players provides an accessible, hands-on theatre for the city of Highland Park. It is our mission to educate and entertain our community by providing area residents the opportunity to attend and to participate in a superior theatre experience as well as offer an outlet for the talents of area residents that would provide the unique pleasures of live theatre for family, friends, and the community as a whole.

Highland Park Strings provides community concerts free of charge where families, friends and North Shore neighbors can gather for an afternoon of musical enjoyment at the highest level. This unique policy of free admission is made possible by the Park District of Highland Park, the Highland Park Community Foundation, the Negaunee Foundation and the generosity of other supportive foundations and individual donors.

Uptown Music Theater of Highland Park is a not-for-profit, non-equity theater company that produces superb musical theater. Their core mission is to create enriching, inspiring, and entertaining theater of the highest quality that is accessible for the community.