Date: July 31-August 2, 2009
Cost:
What to expect: Three days of live music, gallery exhibitions and art events at multiple venues along Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square.
Why to go: There are a ton of reasons if you're into the arts, but we're most excited about the music lineup, which features the likes of Alla, CAVE, L'Orchestre Super Vitesse, Blah Blah Blah, Mass Shivers, Michael Columbia and more.
Additional info: Check out the full schedule on the website. A free trolley will be running up and down the avenue all weekend long.
The music schedule:
Friday, July 31
The Whistler Stage(at the Logan Square Centennial Monument — intersection of Milwaukee/Kedzie/Logan)
6 p.m.: The Megitza Quartet
8 p.m.: Jim Becker
10 p.m.: Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
After-party at The Whistler w/ TTTTotally Dudes ('90s pop & hip-hop)
Saturday, August 1
The Whistler Stage
noon: The Loneliest Monk
1 p.m.: Matt Ulery's Loom
2:30 p.m.: Bird Names
4 p.m.: L'Orchestre Super Vitesse
5:30 p.m.: The Chicago Cuatro Orchestra
7 p.m.: Judson Claiborne
8:30 p.m.: White Mystery
10 p.m.: Alla
after-party at The Whistler w/ The Gaucho and Alla (DJ set)
Crown Stage(intersection of Milwaukee/Kimball/Diversey)
noon: Mar Caribe
1 p.m.: Pedro y Su Renacimiento
2 p.m.: Box of Baby Birds
3 p.m.: Nicole Mitchell
4 p.m.: Son del Viento
6 p.m.: Robbie Hamilton
7 p.m.: Michael Columbia
8 p.m.: Mass Shivers
9 p.m.: Blah Blah Blah
The Spirit of the Square: A presentation of choral music from the Logan Square Area (at the Norwegian Lutheran Church, intersection of Milwaukee/Kedzie/Logan Blvd)
1 p.m.: St. John Berchmans Choir
2 p.m.: St. Luke's Choir
3 p.m.: Norwegian Lutheran Choir
4 p.m: My Damn Butterfly
5 p.m.: Blue Ribbon Glee Club
6 p.m.: New Community Covenant Church Choir
Sunday, August 2
The Whistler Stage
noon: Vaudeville Underground
1:30 p.m.: Baby Alright
2:30 p.m.: Eastern Blok
4 p.m.: Notes & Scratches
5:30 p.m.: The Golden Horse Ranch Band
7 p.m.: Mazes
8:30 p.m.: CAVE
after-party at The Whistler w/ DJ Plastic Crimewave
Crown Stage
noon: Alpha and the Princes of Futa
2 p.m.: Puerto Muerto
4 p.m.: VertiKal
5 p.m.: Algernon
6 p.m.: Cains & Abels
7 p.m.: In Tall Buildings
8 p.m.: Tomorrow Kings
9 p.m.: I Kong Kult