This is the time of year when you look around and think, I haven’t accomplished summer yet and now it’s on its way out. Time to get to some outdoor live music. Even as Lollapalooza wraps up in Grant Park, there are promising nights ahead at Ravinia Festival, on Northerly Island, at Wrigley. Below are 25 outdoor concerts and festivals around Chicago from now until mid-September. Autumn begins the Monday after Riot Fest.

Sold-out shows such as Oasis at Soldier Field aren’t on this list; all concerts listed here have standard tickets still available as of press time.

Cyndi Lauper: The longtime hitmaker’s last two big projects were a 12th studio album (“Detour“) and composing the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots,” which had its world premiere in Chicago in 2012. Laup

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