The 2025 Peoria Bach Festival will take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church (located at 1420 W. Moss Ave. in Peoria) running from Sunday, June 1 through Friday, June 6. The Festival kicks off with an organ concert on Sunday at 4 pm. Daily concerts will begin at 12:05 pm running Monday through Friday. Then, the final Festival Concert will be held on Friday, June 6 at 7:30 pm with pre-concert lecture beginning at 6:45 pm. The concert will feature the Peoria Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra. This year’s program is a celebration of Bach’s rich legacy, featuring Orchestral Suite No. 1 and a stirring cello concerto by C.P.E. Bach, performed by Adrianna La Rosa Ransom. Guest soloists are Courtney Huffman Frye, soprano; Alison Meuth, mezzo-soprano; Trevor Mitchell, tenor; and Gerard Sundberg, bass. Andrew Bruhn of Illinois State University is this year’s guest conductor. Tickets for the Friday concert are $10 per person and all the other events of the Peoria Bach Festival 2025 are free. For information on all the events, visit www.peoriabachfestival.org
