WBEZ Annual Celebration: Your City, Your Story

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Event details

Date/Time Wed, Oct 20 @ 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM
Location Attend online:
YouTube Live
Admission Free

Event description


Our virtual celebration will begin with a cocktail demonstration and toast to everyone who makes Chicago Public Media run, including you! Join us for a celebration of independent journalism, featuring songs by Vocalo favorites, innovative editorial initiatives from the WBEZ newsroom, and special moments with many of our public media colleagues around the country. Produced in partnership with Windy City Indie.

Musical guests include Chicago standout Ric Wilson with an original session just for the event, powerhouse singer-songwriter Sarah Marie Young, and the multi-disciplinary Sir the Baptist, who will be performing brand new music!

Special appearances by Michel Martin (All Things Considered), Peter Sagal (Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!), Sam Sanders (It’s Been A Minute), Scott Simon (Weekend Edition SaturdayUp First), Glynn Washington (Snap Judgement) and Jenn White (1A).

Funds raised through this event provide critical support for Chicago Public Media, home of WBEZ and Vocalo, and Chicago’s source for world-class local reporting, dynamic programming and vital community connections.

DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT: Thanks to the generosity of a two CPM board members, your gift TODAY, October 20th will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $50,000, for 24 hours. To donate towards the match, visit: wbez.org/gala.

Program Schedule

6:45pm: Preshow with Vocalo’s Bekoe

7:00pm: Virtual Program

2021 Amplifier Award Recipient

Kay McCurdy

Event Co-Chairs

Howard Conant, Jr. & Adrienne King

Presented by BMO Harris Bank