2022 Bucktown Arts Fest dates announced: Aug. 27-28
Details to come.
2021 information
Bucktown Arts Fest Aug 24-25
Where: 2200 N Oakley, across from Holstein Park
When: August 24-25, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Admission: Free. All proceeds from the Fest go to fund, develop and support arts education programming at Holstein Park and in the Bucktown/Wicker Park neighborhoods.
The Bucktown Arts Fest is a non-profit, all volunteer-run, neighborhood celebration of the arts with no corporate sponsorship.
More than 30,000 visitors attend annually for art, music, dance, poetry, craft beer, sangria, food trucks and kid fun.
The Bucktown Arts Fest’s music stages feature musicians who live in and perform around Bucktown and its surrounding neighborhoods. The music lineup offers a range of musical styles from blues to bluegrass, jazz to indie rock.
Main Stage
Saturday, August 25
1:00 p.m. – Bill MacKay
2:15 p.m. – To be announced
3:30 p.m. – The Flying Nowakowski Brothers
4:45 p.m. – Lay Chickie
6:00 p.m. – The Menards
Sunday, August 26
1 p.m. – The Arts of Life Band
2:15 p.m. – The Frizz
3:30 p.m – Jamie Wagner Band
4:45 p.m – Peter Joly Group
6:00 p.m – Rich Krueger Band
New Jazz Roots Stage
Saturday, August 24, 2019
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Urban Horizons
2:30 – 3:30 pm – Clausen/Cruz Quartet
The Clausen/Cruz Quartet is Sarah Clausen on alto saxophone, Ben Cruz on guitar, Katie Ernst on bass, and Emerson Hunton on drums.
4:00 – 5:00 pm – Emily Kuhn Quartet
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Winchester Sound
Sunday, August 25, 2019
11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Jones College Prep
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Lane Tech Jazz Combo
2:30 – 3:30 pm – Rum Velvet
4:00 – 5:00 pm – Herbsaint
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Snaketime: The Music of Moondog
