{"id":80914,"date":"2025-07-21T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/80914\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:20:08","slug":"edgewater-music-fest-will-debut-in-chicago-this-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/80914\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgewater Music Fest will debut in Chicago this September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicagoans love a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/news\/chicagos-2025-festival-season-dates-have-just-been-announced-everything-you-need-to-know-030725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer music festival<\/a>: From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/music\/lollapalooza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lollapalooza<\/a>\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/music\/chicago-blues-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Blues Festival<\/a>\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/news\/pitchfork-music-festival-wont-return-to-chicago-in-2025-111124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pitchfork Music Festival<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/news\/chicago-jazz-fest-announces-headliners-for-summer-2025-050925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Jazz Festival<\/a>, there\u2019s no shortage of good tunes that entertain concertgoers. And now there\u2019s a new music celebration coming to Chicago\u2019s Edgewater neighborhood this summer.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewater.org\/edgewater-music-fest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Edgewater Music Fest<\/a>\u2014not to be confused with the Colorado-based festival of the same name\u2014will bring more than 35 live musical acts and 100 vendors to North Broadway, between Thorndale and Ardmore Avenues in Edgewater, on September 5\u20137 for a three-day festival unlike any other, especially for this part of the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/news\/chicagos-arc-music-festival-has-just-announced-its-2025-lineup-heres-whos-playing-031225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago\u2019s ARC Music Festival has just announced its 2025 lineup: Here\u2019s who\u2019s playing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Headliners include former Against Me! performer Laura Jane Grace, performing on Friday; Chicago\u2019s own, rapper Ric Wilson, lighting up the stage on Saturday; and groovy rockers Foxy Shazam, playing on Sunday. The rest of the weekend&#8217;s live bill includes Sludgeworth, Bev Rage &amp; The Drinks, Devon Kay &amp; The Solutions, Pinksqueeze, The Brokedowns, OK Cool and Uniflora, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdgewater has been craving a dynamic street festival for quite some time.\u00a0Not just the same copy-and-paste fest\u00a0we see in other places,\u201d said Garrett Karp, Executive Director of the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce to <a href=\"https:\/\/secretchicago.com\/edgewater-music-fest-chicago-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Secret Chicago<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to launch a\u00a0new music-centric experience\u00a0that feels edgy and exciting, features local food and drinks, and will bring tens of thousands of visitors and new economic investment into our business districts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Edgewater Music Fest runs from 5\u201310 pm on Friday and noon\u201310 pm on Saturday and Sunday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/news\/four-new-cta-stations-will-open-on-the-red-line-next-month-062525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTA Red Line<\/a> is your best transportation option as parking will be limited. The event is free; however, a $10 donation is suggested. And the fest is open to all ages, with a Kids&#8217; Zone activity area for the youngins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicagoans love a summer music festival: From Lollapalooza\u00a0to Chicago Blues Festival\u00a0to Pitchfork Music Festival to Chicago Jazz Festival,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[47738,960,5386,1818,975,47739],"class_list":{"0":"post-80914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-categories-music","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-news-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114891903681843073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}