Go West, Wicker Parkers! West Fest is this Weekend: July 7-8th
By chicago-pipeline at July 3, 2012 | 12:19 pm | Print
We take this firecracker-length break from our ‘staycation’ to report that West Fest is happening on Chicago Avenue, from Damen to Wood (map it), this Saturday, July 7th and Sunday, July 8th.
The fest, which drew over 50,000 people last year, runs from Noon to 10PM both days. Get psyched for live music on three stages, a Kid Fest, Pet Fest, and participation from neighborhood restaurants and retailers. Atlanta “flower punk” band Black Lips will headline on Saturday night, on the fest’s main music stage (booked by Empty Bottle Presents).
A $5 donation is requested for admittance to West Fest, to offset the costs of the event and to benefit local non-profits like the West Town Chamber of Commerce, the Opus Institute, and the Magi Cultural Arts Center. West Fest is locally planned and managed by the West Town Chamber of Commerce which is launching a West Town mobile app with a ‘hot deals’ feature – promoting top sales at area businesses – the same weekend as West Fest! Read more about this app on Racked.com or in the chamber’s latest e-newsletter.
Saturday, July 7th & Sunday, July 8th:
Photo via WTCC
Click here for the complete 2012 live music line up. Or see below.
Click here for complete Kid Fest stage line up. Or see below.
Kid Fest (on Wolcott Ave. between Chicago Ave. & Rice, Noon-6PM both days, map it) will feature pony rides and face painting for the little ones, plus arts and music programming for those hard to please tweens and teens. Older kids and all ages will enjoy the programming by The Opus Institute with live music, arts lessons, B-Boy Battle and music workshops presented by The Opus Institute, Maestro Chroma, Ground Lift Media and Chicago Tribe. Note: The Kid Fest stage is booked through to 10pm this year to keep the upper teens and under 21 year olds happy in their own secure “Youth” Fest area.
PUP Fest (in that big empty lot on Chicago Ave.) is dedicated exclusively to pet product vendors, canine bathing pools, and plenty of pet activities hosted by West Town’s own Doggy Style Pet Shop and Green Dog Inc. With a $5 donation, dogs can participate in an agility course, an additional obstacle course fun area (with mud pit!), dog “tattooing”, face painting and paw painting, paw cooling stations, raffles and spin-the-wheel prizes. With a $15 donation dogs can enjoy the Suds For Strays Charity Dog Wash. After getting all messy in the mud pit (but prior to getting tattooed), volunteers from the area rescue non-profits will be washing dogs all day. Each dog that gets washed will also receive a gift bag containing freebies and coupons.
This year’s weekend music line-up includes:
Main Stage: Saturday:
8:30 p.m. The Black Lips
7:00 pm Man or Astroman
5:30 pm Pet Lions
4:00 pm He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
2:30 pm Stagnant Pools
1:00 pm Summer Girlfriends
Main Stage: Sunday:
8:30 p.m. Mates of State
7:00 p.m. Crooked Fingers
5:30 pm Bad Veins
4:00 pm R Ring
2:30 pm Bestfriends
1:00 pm: Al Scorch
DJ Stage: Saturday:
3:00 – 4:00 Justin Reed
4:00 – 5:00 The ComeUps
5:00 – 6:00 Dark Wave Disco Djs
6:00 – 7:00 Zebo
7:00 – 8:30 Sinden
8:30 - 10 p.m. Flosstradamus
DJ Stage: Sunday
3:00 – 4:15 Steve Melvage
4:15 – 5:30 Samone Roberts
5:30 – 6:30 John BID Simmons
6:30 – 7:30 Jesse De La Pena
7:30 – 8:30 Diz
8:30 – 10 Derrick Carter
KID FEST STAGE: All Ages Show Until 10 pm!
Saturday: July 7th
12:00pm – DRUM CHURCH an xploration of the musicality of body and drum hosted by Pastor Play (Has only Appeared in Sedona AZ)
12:30-Dj little man
1:00pm-1:30pm: Kuumba Lynx performances
1:30pm-2:30pm: B-Boy Preliminaries
2:30pm-3:00pm: House Preliminaries
3:00pm-3:30pm: Luna Y Sol
3:30pm-4:00pm: B-Boy Quarter-finals
4:00pm-4:30pm: rvrs/standup comedy
4:30pm-5:00pm: House & B-Boy Semi-Finals
5:00pm-5:30pm: Crew Of Crazy Cats
5:30pm-6:00pm: House & B-Boy Finals
EVENING LINE UP Presented by Maestro Chroma Hosted by SkbRok
6:00pm-6:30pm: Mr. Tony
6:30pm-7:00pm DJ Ambideckstriks
7:00pm-7:30pm Void Pedal (Fieldwerk Recordings)
7:30pm-8:00pm Meat Number 5
8:00pm-8:30pm Zavala (Fieldwerk Recordings)
8:30pm-9:00pm The Opus
9:00pm-10:00pm Maker and Qwel (G4)
Sunday, July 8th
Performances between 12-6pm by
12:00-Electronic drum circle
12:30-RGB lounge-Ableton live competition winner performance.
1:00-Mook
1:30-Mr.k
2:00-Luna Y Sol (2 Piece, Harpist and Vocalist
2:30-Pseudo Slang
3:00-Matrameru
3:30-Kumba Lynx Performances
4:00-Mad Science
4:30-Comedy: Matt Chiaramonte
5:00-Crew of Crazy Cats (World/Jazz/Reggae)
EVENING LINE UP Presented by Ground Lift Media
5:00pm-5:50pm Crew of Crazy Cats
6:00pm-6:30pm Meaty Ogre (G4, Cherries Records)
6:30pm-7:00pm Vapor Eyes
7:00pm-7:30pm Abyss (PUSHBEATS)
7:30pm-8:00pm Elevation (PUSHBEATS)
8:00pm-8:30pm Morbidly-o-Beats
8:30pm-9:00pm Lagos (Radius & Leo123)
9:00pm-10:00pm Cutz on Cuts – PICTURED, photo by www.eyeshotcha.com
For more info on the fest, call 312-850-9390 or visit westfestchicago.com. For the latest band and dj announcements, like West Fest on Facebook at facebook.com/westfestchicago.
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