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Whitaker Music Festival

July 23, 2025
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Missouri Botanical Garden > Cohen Amphitheater
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Enjoy free evening outdoor concert series featuring an eclectic and wide array of musical styles every Wednesday evening May 28–July 30. Picnicking is permitted after 5 p.m.; pack a picnic or purchase food and beverages on site. No pets, barbecue grills or smoking. Music begins at 7 p.m. Free admission after 5 p.m.; last entry at 8:15 p.m. Cohen Amphitheater lawn. Presented by the Whitaker Foundation.

Enter through the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Garden's entrance. All packages subject to inspection; please review the list of prohibited items below prior to arrival.

PROHIBITED ITEMS
  • Glass of any kind (including bottles and food containers)
  • Outside food or beverage prior to 5 p.m. on performance dates.
  • Weapons and firearms or fireworks of any kind
  • Grills or open flames
  • Pets (service animals are welcome)
  • Smoking, tobacco products and devices, or electronic smoking devices
  • Music (Bluetooth speakers, playing instruments, etc.)
  • Two-wheeled scooters (including "wheelie" shoes, skates, or skateboards)
  • Guests without shoes or shirts
  • Guests with clothing that may be taken as profane, vulgar, racist, sexist, or sexually suggestive
  • Balloons, open flames, sparklers
  • Large signage or banners
  • Flowers, flower petals, props, glitter, confetti, or candles
  • Tripods or monopods prohibited inside all buildings and conservatories
  • Sporting equipment (soccer balls, baseballs and gloves, footballs, hula hoops, frisbees, etc.)
  • Tents or structures

CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Food
Jumbo Grilled Hot Dog…$8
Loaded Nachos…chips, queso blanco, jalapeños, guacamole, sour cream, black olives and salsa…$10
Barbacoa Beef Nachos…loaded nachos plus Mexican pulled beef…$12
Street Tacos…Barbacoa beef, chipotle salsa, citrus slaw, cotija cheese in corn tortillas…$4 each

Beverages
Beer    8.00
Wine 10.00
Can Cocktail 12.00
Soda   3.00
Water 4.00

Cocktails
Strawberry Lemonade         6.00
w/Vodka                     12.00
Margarita                               12.00
Elderflower Gin Spritz         12.00
Aperol Spritz                         12.00
Water                                      4.00

Please note that portions of Garden grounds, including the Doris I. Schnuck Children's Garden, remain closed for the duration of Whitaker Music Festival evenings. Restrooms available at the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening (lower level), Brookings Exploration Center, Spink Pavilion, and Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center.

 

. Free after 5 p.m.