Missouri Botanical Garden: Events at MBG

Whitaker Music Festival
Wednesdays, June through August

Whitaker Music Festival

Birds singing in the warm, rose-scented evenings signal it’s time for the Whitaker Music Festival.

Now in its 18th year, the open-air festival presents ten weeks of free Wednesday evening concerts under the stars.

Visitors are welcome to bring their own picnic supper, baskets, or coolers. Picnic fare is also available for purchase on site, including brisket sandwiches, hot dogs, cheese and grape plates, sno-cones, chips, cookies, beer, wine, and soda.

See a complete list of all event policies, guidelines, and rules.

The festival is funded by the Whitaker Foundation, which supports St. Louis arts and parks to promote common heritage, celebrate diversity, and encourage vitality within the community.

Festival Hours and Admission
Music begins at 7:30 p.m.
Last entry at 9 p.m.
Free admission after 5 p.m.
The Children’s Garden remains open with free admission from 5 to 7 p.m.

Event Information
The Garden is a tobacco-free campus; smoking is not allowed anywhere, indoors or outside, and visitors will be asked to extinguish or discard tobacco items. Soliciting is not permitted. Please no pets or barbecue grills.

In case of rain
Updates will be posted here, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Parking
Additional, free parking is available in the lots located at Shaw and Vandeventer, two blocks west of the Garden.

Policies, Guidelines, and Rules

No admission past 9 p.m.
No staking or hanging of banners or flags or placement of signage or flyers.
Balloons may not be brought into the Garden.
No smoking devices anywhere on Garden campus including parking lots.
Standard size tables of 6 or 8 feet are prohibited (low camp style tables no higher than 2' are permitted).
Groups may not have "registration tables" of any type.
No grills or barbeque equipment.
No open flames.
No pets, service animals only.
Balls, bats, footballs, frisbees, etc. are prohibited.
Solicitation or distribution of materials of any kind are prohibited.
Guests are permitted to bring their own food and beverages as well as lawn chairs.
Mosquito spray is recommended.
No open flames or unattended flames.