Date: June 19-21, 2009
Cost: $10 donation
Organizer: Jam Entertainment and Creative Services
What to expect: Top-flight music and high-class culinary delights, as restaurants in one of the city's hottest dining areas (the West Loop) offer dishes and demonstrations.
Why to go: The Hold Steady (Sunday), Tinted Windows (Saturday) and Dr. Dog (Friday) have been announced as headliners. For a street fest, that's as good as it gets.
Full lineup:
Friday
5:30 p.m.: Miles Nielsen
7 p.m.: These United States
8:30 p.m.: Dr. Dog
Saturday
3 p.m.: Dan and Leland
4:15 p.m.: Ultra Sonic Edukators
5:30 p.m.: The Posies
7:15 p.m.: Urge Overkill
9 p.m.: Tinted Windows
Sunday
2 p.m.: Baby Loves Disco
4:15 p.m.: Old Fake
5:30 p.m.: The Regal Standard
6:45 p.m.: The Ladies & Gentlemen
8 p.m.: The Hold Steady
Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein