The Whitaker Foundation is a private foundation in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Whitaker Foundation was begun by Mae Meissner Whitaker in memory of her husband Lyndon.

Whitaker Music Festival 2010 at the Missouri Botanical Garden
Wednesdays, 7:30-9 pm, June 2 through August 4, 2010 in the Missouri Botanical Garden

June 2 - Denise Thimes
June 9 - Trio Trés Bien
June 16 - Peter Martin
June 23 - Javier Mendoza
June 30 - Dawn and the Electro Funk Assembly
July 7 - Dogtown Allstars
July 14 - FolknBluesGrass
July 21 - Beyond Abbey Road
July 28 - Kevin Lucas Orchestra
August 4 - Gene Dobbs Bradford and the Blues Inquisition

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 and cancellation notices will broadcast on WSIE, 88.7 FM.
Parking
Additional, free parking is available in the lots located at Shaw and Vandeventer, two blocks west of the Garden.
Concert Info
2010 Artist Profiles and Event Photos
Media Room
View our online media page here.
Download 2010 Press Release

Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis
“Hamlet”
Performances at 8 pm nightly except Tuesdays and Saturday, June 5, May 26 through June 20, 2010 FREE in Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park.

Ivory Perry Park
Sunday June 27th 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mystic Voyage
Sunday July 25th 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Denise Thimes
Sunday August 22nd 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Kim Massie


Whitaker Urban Evening Series
June 10 Kim Massie
June 17 Samba Bom
June 24 A Tribute to Stevie Wonder & Prince by Charles Glenn
July 1 Arvell & Co.
July 8 Funky Butt Brass Band
July 15 Boogie Chyld’s Tribute to Michael Jackson