LOGAN SQUARE — Porches, Bad Bad Hats and Catie Turner are among the musicians who will take the stages at this year’s Logan Square Arts Festival.
The popular Logan Square Arts Fest, back this year after skipping last year because of construction, announced its lineup Thursday. The fest will be June 26-28 at the Logan Square monument and expanded plaza space, 3150 W. Logan Blvd. It’ll be the 14th rendition of the event in 17 years.
The lineup includes 38 musical acts and performances, with Porches, a New York-based project of critically acclaimed songwriter and producer Aaron Maine, set to take the main stage June 26. Bad Bad Hats, the Minneapolis indie pop duo of Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge, will headline June 27, and “American Idol” alum Catie Turner is headlining June 28.
Other acts on the fest’s first day include Naydja Bruton’s Rhythm Ninjas, a drummer-led Chicago ensemble that’s popular in the city’s experimental and jazz-adjacent scene; Angel Davanport, a queer Chicago-based singer and rapper from Cabrini-Green who blends rap and R&B; and indie rock pair OK Cool.
Second-day supporting acts include a strong Chicago lineup featuring Accessory, the solo project of Dehd’s Jason Balla, who recently released his first album and is on tour; Abel, a Mexican-American Chicago singer-songwriter; and CRASHwolves. Five other local groups will also perform that day.
South Side rock band The Dead Bolts will take the stage on the fest’s third and final day, as will Sophia Cruz, voted the Reader’s Best Singer-Songwriter and Best R&B Artist of 2025. Avondale’s Billy Joel Jr., billed as the “next Chicago band you don’t know about” will also take the stage, as well as seven other acts.
“This year’s lineup captures everything that makes this festival so unique,” Geary Yonker, Board President of the Logan Square Arts Foundation, said in a statement. “Three nights of performances by artists making some of the most compelling music today — and Chicago bands that remind you why this city’s music scene is second to none — all coming together in one of Chicago’s most iconic green spaces, Logan Square.”
More information on the lineup and festival is online.
The festival is put on by The Logan Square Arts Foundation and is free to attend, with a $10 suggested donation at the gates.
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