Upcoming Events at The Sanfilippo Foundation

MOONLIGHT SERENADE OF LOVE SONGS - Sanfilippo Valentine Day Virtual Concert

Make it a perfect evening for your Valentine in your own home, by streaming the Sanfilippo Valentine's Day Concert. For a minimum donation of $25.00 to the Sanfilippo Foundation, we'll send you the private link to an 88-minute Wurlitzer Concert with Organists Zach Frame and Nicholas Renkosik, and featuring an appearance by Midwest Dance Collective.

Watch it at your leisure on your smart TV, home computer, or laptop and share your love. View it anytime and as many times as you like from February thru March 31. Enjoy the music of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin, and other, romantic songwriters of the 20s - 50s on our Wurlitzer Theater Organ.

Filmed in 2021 during Covid, we offer this streaming concert again as a romantic evening of music and love for your special Valentine. When we released this concert back in 2021, we heard from many folks who not only viewed it, but enjoyed it with a romantic home dinner, or moved some of their furniture to dance with their love. It is a perfect surprise gift to give, too.

MUSIC & SONGWRITERS FEATURED IN THE VIDEO:

• Cheek to Cheek - Irving Berlin
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Irving Berlin
• It's Delovely - Cole Porter
• L-O-V-E - Bert Kaempfert & Milt Gabler
• Baseme Mucho - Consuelo Valazquez
• 10 Cents a Dance - Rugh Etting
• I'm in Love with A Wonderful Guy - Rogers & Hammerstein
• My Funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart
• Can't Help Falling in Love - Peretti, Creatore & Weiss Bess
• Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller & Mitchell Parish
• And Much More!

Click on the button below and make your donation ($25 minimum). A private YouTube link will be emailed to you to access the concert.

Introductory Tour - Various dates

March 31 at 1:30 pm
April 2 at 9:30 am
April 9 at 1:30 pm (SOLD OUT)
April 14 at 1:30 pm
April 28 at 1:30 pm
May 6 at 1:30 pm
May 12 at 1:30 pm
May 19 at 1:30 pm
May 21 at 9:30 am
May 28 at 1:30 pm
June 4 at 9:30 am

We get many requests for individual tickets for one of our 3-hour Docent-Guided Tours of the Collection. This tour includes 2 hours in the Sanfilippo Residence and one hour in the Carousel Pavilion with the Foundation Director as your tour guide.

Cost is $35 per guest. Limited tickets available; first come, first served. Tickets only available through The Sanfilippo Foundation Website. Come hear the story of the family and Collection, demonstrations of a variety of music machines, a mini-concert on the Mighty Wurlitzer and a the history of the items in the Carousel Pavilion. There's a reason many folks have taken this tour more than a few times! It's educational and highly entertaining.

After purchase, you will receive a confirmation email from Paypal, our credit card processor, as your receipt. We will send you a second email within a day with your ticket(s) and details to attend. We highly encourage carpooling if attending with family and friends.

Purchase your tickets today:

Advanced Guided Tour - May 21, 2026

This 3-hour guided tour would be for those who have previously taken the Introductory Tour (see below) and were looking to delve further into the variety of automatic music instrument in the Collection. This 3-hour Advanced Tour will be limited in guest numbers so that participants can have a closer, more intimate look at the interesting features of the music machines, and explore pieces not often shown on our regular tour. It would also include a visit inside the Theater Organ pipe chambers (you must be able to walk up 4 flights of stairs unassisted to see the pipe chambers), as well as a visit to the Carousel Pavilion.

Cost is $45 per guest. Limited tickets available; first come, first served. Tickets only available through The Sanfilippo Foundation Website.

After purchase, you will receive a confirmation email from Paypal, our credit card processor, as your receipt. We will send you a second email within a day with your ticket(s) and details to attend. We highly encourage carpooling if attending with family and friends.

Purchase your tickets today:

Summer Concert Information:

This year we are offering Subscription Series Tickets at $160 each - BUY EARLY, SELLOUTS ARE COMMON! - Purchasing a Subscription Series ticket guarantees you a seat at every concert and a $20 total discount off buying tickets individually.

Individual Concert Tickets are also available for $45 each, please look for the "BUY NOW" button under each concert.

Tickets will be available on the Sanfilippo Foundation Website through our secure PayPal credit card account. A PayPal account is NOT necessary to purchase tickets.

Your tickets will be emailed to you along with a map to the Sanfilippo Estate and details.

Purchase your full series subscription today:

Individual Summer Concerts - Our 2026 Musical Guest Artists:

May 23 - Memorial Day Celebration - Dave Wickerham and Soloist William Powers - Patriotic Songs from U.S. Wars

Songs from, about, or representative of the major wars from 1872 - 1972.

Touring from 1 pm - 2:30, Concert 2:30 - 4:00, Carousel Pavilion visit 4 - 5 pm.

Tickets are $45 each:

June 20 - Pianist Richard Glazier - Gershwin and More

Master Pianist Richard Glazier plays the 1927 Sanfilippo Knabe Concert Grand. Enjoy favorites and stories from an artist who studied with Ira Gershwin when he was young. This program includes the full rendition of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

Touring from 6 pm - 7:30 pm, Concert 7:30 pm - 9 pm, Carousel Pavilion visit 9 - 10 pm.

Tickets are $45 each:

July 18 - Celebration of the American Theater Organ Society with Organists Jelani Eddington, Donna Parker, Don Feely, and a special guest

In celebration of ATOS Summer Youth Adventure, we bring you several of the Instructors from the Youth Adventure who will have just spent a week with young organists teaching Theater Organ, program selection, what it is to be a working organist, and more. These seasoned, veteran organists will delight you with their variety and styles.

Touring 6 pm - 7:30 pm, Concert 7:30 pm - 9 pm, Carousel Pavilion visit 9 - 10 pm.

Tickets are $45 each:

August 15 - F.A.R. Out! with Organist Nathan Avakian, Zach Frame, and Nicholas Renkosik

Three solo organists, with drums, and piano trio performances. A Sanfilippo crowd favorite, these gentlemen continue to surprise us with every appearance. Past performances have included Stairway to Heaven, Uptown Funk, Bohemian Rhapsody. Come be amazed at what the theater organ can be!

Touring 6 pm - 7:30 pm, Concert 7:30 - 9 pm, Carousel Pavilion visit 9 - 10 pm.

Tickets are $45 each:

Various Dates - Guided tour of the new Perfume Passage at the Sanfilippo Estate

The Perfume Passage Foundation mission: Preserving the history, beauty, and artistry of perfume bottles, compacts, ephemera and related vanity items, the Perfume Passage Foundation seeks to educate and inspire visitors by illuminating the connection between perfume and the human experience.

Come visit the unique window displays and travel through time and history with our intimate, docent-guided tour through the world of perfume bottles, vanity items, ephemera and much more.

For information and tour tickets for all four galleries, please visit Perfume Passage Foundation

Return to this web page often for an update of our events open to the public. You can also join our E-Newsletter List (below) and be among the first to receive notice of all our events, and how to obtain tickets.

Visiting the Sanfilippo Estate

The Sanfilippo Estate is a private residence not open to the general public except through pre-arranged charity events and pre-arranged group tours of 40 or more guests, and a limited number of corporate events. Interested groups may contact the Foundation Director by email: director@sanfilippofoundation.org for more information. We do not offer the Estate for weddings, wedding related activities, nor children's parties.

Special Events (concerts, gala fundraisers) can be arranged for Charity Organizations and Corporate Groups. Email the Sanfilippo Foundation Director: director@sanfilippofoundation.org. Please include a contact phone number.

Tour Groups: 3-Hour, Docent-Guided Tours of the Sanfilippo Collection are available for groups of 40 or more. Send an email to: info@sanfilippofoundation.org. Please include the name of your group and a contact phone number.

Individuals looking to visit the Estate are encouraged to find a group (such as your local libraries, park districts, senior centers, etc.) who can put together the required minimum for one of our 3-hour Docent-Guided Tours and then have the organization contact the Foundation Director; or you can visit one of the websites of the charities holding events at the Estate (links provided) and obtain tickets to an event listed; or you can attend a Sanfilippo Foundation event -- all are updated regularly on this website. We also encourage individuals to sign up for our E-Newsletter. On occasion, we offer individual tickets to a guided tour to our E-Newsletter subscribers. Our preference for initial contact is by email.