Wentz Concert Hall

Wentz Hall is an awesome venue here in Naperville. There isn’t a bad seat in the house! There’s always a nice variety of performances and the Chicago Sinfoneta (AMAZING) performs there regularly.

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Wentz Concert Hall is a beautiful venue with wonderful acoustics in a small and intimate theater. Even the lobby is warm and sunny with full windows spanning the entire front of the building. There is not a bad seat in the house. This venue is able to attract some top talent to perform here, and so the level of performances is the same as one would see in a large metropolitan area, but just less expensive for the tickets with closer seats, a win-​win situation all around.
The building is also home to a small art gallery that appears to be free and open to the public. I asked the employee sitting at the small desk about the exhibits and she told me that it rotates every 3 months.
Parking is free throughout the downtown area with street parking and plenty of room in the parking structures. Many top restaurants are also located within blocks. For those who resist the long travel time & fight through traffic to downtown Chicago, Wentz Concert Hall is a great low-​stress alternative!

This is one of the best venues I have been to for a concert. The acoustics are fantastic and there is not a bad seat in the house. We were in the next to last row and had great sight lines.
Tip: Arrive early in case parking garage is full. There is ample street parking but you might have to walk a couple of short blocks.

As a music lover, I’ve been to a fair number of venues in the Chicagoland area. Recently I saw Amy Grant at the Wentz Concert Hall (after seeing her a year ago at the Raue Center in Crystal Lake).
All in all it was a good experience… the venue is rather intimate (650 seats) but its almost (not quite) like a theater in the round… seats on both sides of the stage (although the seats in back of the stage were balcony level only) and the acoustics were great. Added bonus was the fact that parking was free (next door theres a parking garage) and downtown Naperville with the wide range of restaurants is a short walk away.
Nice way to spend an evening and if an artist that I enjoy is there, you can bet I’ll be back…

it is lovely — accessible — comfy — great venue for music. Right in downtown to eat and park. My only complaint is the air/​heating system comes from the floor. My feet have frozen there! I now dress for wentz with full shoes and socks…

Oh cmon. This is about as easy a 5-​star rating as you’ll find. The architecture is absolutely beautiful, and the concert hall sounds great. North Central College consistently schedules truly wonderful events there encompassing a wide range of types of music.
Last night I saw the DuPage Symphony perform Dvorak’s New World Symphony, and it was dreamy. The cherry on top… since it’s in the burbs, the cost is low low low. 30 bucks to see the symphony. Huzzah to that!
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Wentz Concert Hall has some top notch entertainment for the suburbs. A number of their concerts are also available in the city but are more expensive.
I’ve been fortunate enough to see the Chicago Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta here. The space is a lot more intimate than Symphony Center downtown. Free parking is also available nearby. I highly recommend checking out their lineup as they do have some quality acts.

Wentz Concert Hall, on the campus of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, opened in 2008 and was designed by the internationally acclaimed Chicago architectural firm of Loebl, Schlossman and Hackl, Inc. The 57,000-square foot facility offers spacious concert hall which can comfortably house a large symphony orchestra or be adapted for a small chamber ensemble by dynamically «tuning» the acoustics of the hall. Seating in the hall offers approximately 600 seats with unobstructed sight lines; terrace seating is also available.