VAN GHOST: A Summer Promise Webisode (Rothbury/Wicker Park Fest)
A compilation of Van Ghost live concert & interview footage from Summer 2009. Featuring clips from Rothbury Festival, Wicker Park Fest, and JBTV. Shot and Edited by Seriously Fierce Productions.
Saturday & Sunday
July 31-August 1, 2010
North Milwaukee Avenue
(between North Avenue and Wood Street)
Noon to 10pm both days
$5 donation at gates
The 27th annual fest features about 40 regional and local bands performing pop, blues, rock and soul music on five stages, plus more than 200 vendors offering food, beer, art and merch, plus a shady wine garden on Lill Street (with seating) and a kids’ carnival.
Funkadesi. Indian ragas and reggae w/ funk & latin spice
Delight your senses with rhythms that make you dance and rich flavors from around the world without leaving Chicago. The Rogers Park Business Alliance will host the 5th Annual “Celebrate Clark Street Festival” on Saturday, July 24 (1 to 11 PM) and Sunday, July 25 (1 to 10 PM), on Clark Street between Morse and Estes.
Logan Square
Milwaukee Avenue and Logan Boulevard
2600 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
Area shops and restaurants set up sidewalk sales and serve food along Milwaukee Avenue between California and Kimball Avenues.
The second annual fest also features arts and crafts, a trolley, a farmers market, visual and performing arts, Magic Hat beer and live music on three stages, including Jon Drake and the Shakes (Friday) the 1900s (Saturday) and Detholz! (Sunday).
River North
630 N. Kingsbury St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Neighborhood restaurants, galleries and shops set up in and around the park for this two-day bash. Also features live music and special activities for kids and pets. Get food and drink tickets for $1 each.
Also, at 4 p.m. Sunday, join local improv theater ComedySportz in an attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the most high fives in one hour.
Entertainment lineup:
Saturday
Noon: MER
1:30 p.m.: Pipe Dream
2:30 p.m.: Jesse White Tumbling Team
3 p.m.: Markit 8
4:30 p.m.: Jeffrey David Goldford
6 p.m.: Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press
8 p.m.: Sixteen Candles
Sunday
Noon: South Shore Drill Team
12:30 p.m.: Little Miss Ann
1:45 p.m.: Becky Likes Tigers
3 p.m.: This Must Be The Band
4 p.m.: Comedy Sportz
4:45 p.m.: Mathien
6 p.m.: Mike & Joe
Explore nearly 90 gardens from noon-5:30 p.m. daily in the historic Sheffield neighborhood. The 42nd annual event also features guided tours, live music from Cowboy Mouth (Saturday) and Rusted Root (Sunday) and kids’ activities, while vendors sell ribs, noodles, beer and other fest fare.
Tours:Free, hourling guided architectural tours depart at 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday; guided garden tours are available at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tours depart from fthe info booth on the lawn of the St. Vincent de Paul Church.
Music lineup
Saturday
12:30 p.m.: Train Company
2 p.m.: Chris Buerhle
3:30 p.m.: Eric Furman and the Harpoons
6 p.m.: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
8 p.m.: Cowboy Mouth
Sunday
12:30 p.m.: School of Rock
2 p.m.: Big Sky String Band
3:30 p.m.: Hello Dave
6 p.m.: Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
8 p.m.: Rusted Root
Uptown
Lawrence Avenue and Broadway
4810 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
The second annual event moves from Union Park to Uptown and features people’s choice best ribs contest and other finger-lickin’ foods, plus arts, crafts and live music.
Music lineup:
Friday
5:45 p.m.: Stellar Road
8 p.m.: Tonic
Saturday
12:15 p.m.: Model Stranger
2 p.m.: Canasta
3:30 p.m.: Jon Drake & The Shakes
5 p.m.: The Lifeline
6:30 p.m.: Dick Holliday & the Bamboo Gang
8:30 p.m.: Sister Hazel
Sunday
12:30 p.m.: Radio Live
2:45 p.m.: Catfight
5 p.m.: 7th Heaven
7:15 p.m.: Cornmeal
The Irish American Heritage Center celebrates its Silver Anniversary with:
The Elders
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul
The Tossers
SCYTHIAN
The Makem & Spain Brothers
The Prodigals
The Kreellers
The Mickey Finns
Kevin Flynn and the Avondale Ramblers
The Larkin and Moran Brothers
The Sandcarvers
The Academy of Irish Music, The Chancey Brothers, Cu Roi, Steve Davern &
The Escape Artists, The Dooley Brothers, Dyed in the Wool, Finbarr Fagan’s Band, Joe Cullen and Teresa Shine, Chicago Celtic Pipe Band, The Irish Music School of Chicago, Kennedy’s Kitchen,
Mulligan Stew, Kevin Prendergast with Joe Cullen and Gerry Haughey , Joe McShane and the SilverBridge Band, Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band, The Matt Stedman Band,
Switchback, The Misericordia Heartbreakers, Gareth Woods with Sugarbeat,The Sheila Tully Academy of Irish Dance, The Foy School of Traditional Irish Dance, The Trinity Academy of Irish Dance, The O’Hare School of Irish Dance, The Mullane-Healy-O’Brien Irish Dance Academy, Shapeshifters Theatre, The Mulhern School of Irish Dance, Mike Houlihan, Tom Hughes, Mike Austin and more!
Come join in on four full days of unbelievably tasty, mouth-watering barbecue, and unstoppable entertainment on the lovely grounds of Sunset Park on July 8th through the 11, 2010 in Lake in the Hills. This family-oriented event will spotlight nationally renowned professional ribbers and rockin’ family entertainment. Not only will you experience some of the finest grillers and BBQers in the country but other favorites like funnel cakes, roasted corn, homemade lemonade, and so much more. After you have had your fill of food kick back and relax to enjoy the rockin’ sounds of some of the best bands from the Chicagoland area.
Another clip from the July 5, 2008, Fitzgerald’s American Music Festival with the Chicago Salty Dogs playing “Muskrat Ramble.” Kim Cusack, alto sax; Tom Bartlett, trombone; Mike Walbridge, helicon; Jack Kuncl, banjo; Jeremy Kahn, piano; Wayne Jones, drums. Visit Kim Cusack’s website at www.kimcusack.com
FitzGerald’s Night Club’s 30th American Music Festival, July 1 to 4, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. Doors open 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, at noon Saturday and Sunday. $30 at the door Thursday and Friday, $35 Saturday and Sunday, with $5 discount first hour each day; $5 for children 12 and younger, welcome until 9 p.m.; sole advance tickets are $100 four-day passes at TicketWeb.com or (866) 468-3401.
