Saturday Evening Festivities

On Saturday evening, October 4, we will hold our Cocktail Gala at the incomparable Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills. Our featured speakers will be collector and Honorary Event Chair Malcolm Pray and David Hobbs, the renowned racing driver and Formula 1 commentator. Click here for maps to all weekend events.

Place de la Musique, Barrington Hills

Grand entrance to Place de la Musique, Barrington Hills

The Sanfilippo Estate, called Place de la Musique, houses one of the world’s largest private music collections and includes music boxes, phonographs, antique gaming machines, nickelodeons, orchestrions, band organs, as well as a full-size carousel and steam engine, Tiffany art glass and lamps, Victorian advertising art, and classic cars. The home theatre can seat 400 and houses the largest theatre pipe organ ever built. At 80 ranks, it is nearly a third larger than the organ at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

There are eight operating steam engines in the lower level of the main house and over twenty in the Carousel Building, including the one that originally operated the 1890 French Salon Carousel. All of this equipment is on display, and much of it is operated to show how it functioned when it was new. There is also an 1881 Grant Steam Locomotive with restored caboose and 1890s Pullman passenger car.

The evening will also include a special “sneak peek” for charity at some of the Concours automobiles and new cars from some of our sponsors. Tickets for the gala are limited; call 847-381-4291 for more information.