August 18th, 2025

Edgewater Music Fest Lineup By Day

Plan your big weekend

Edgewater Music Fest 2025 Lineup By Day

Hopefully this helps you plan your big weekend in Edgewater.

Full daily stage schedules coming soon. Thanks for your patience!

Also an awesome food lineup to be announced shortly, with some local restaurants making their street fest debut!

We can't wait to rock out with you on Broadway between Thorndale & Ardmore the weekend of SEP 5-7.

Edgewater Music Fest Hours:

FRI 9/5 - 5pm-10pm

SAT 9/6 - Noon-10pm

SUN 9/7 - Noon-10pm

Suggested $10 gate donation supports Edgewater Music Fest, Edgewater Chamber of Commerce, and our official not-for-profit partner Care for Real.

This week's featured EMF artists

PINKSQUEEZE

Get ready to dance with PINKSQUEEZE at Edgewater Music Fest on Friday, Sep 5! This queer femme indie rock four-piece brings bubblegum energy and community care to the stage. Think sleepover vibes with a killer soundtrack!

DR. MANHATTAN

From Wauconda, IL to the heart of Edgewater - Dr. Manhattan is bringing their ever-evolving sound to Edgewater Music Fest on Sunday, Sep 7! Known for their indefinable style and unpredictable energy, this rock band blurs the lines between everything and nothing all at once. Catch them in action and see why their music defies description.

BEV RAGE & THE DRINKS

This 7-foot-tall drag-queen-led garage-pop band was voted "Best Punk Band" by Chicago Reader in 2024 and boasts recent appearances at Northalsted's Market Days and Andersonville's MidsommarFest.

DEVON KAY & THE SOLUTIONS

This 7-piece Chicago ska-punk band mixes bright horns, synths, and power-poppy vocal harmonies into fast-paced tempos that would make the nerdiest kids you went to high school with lose their minds entirely. They've toured with bands like Less Than Jake. We can't wait to see them turn up the heat on Broadway.

Volunteer for Edgewater Music Fest

We're gearing up for the inaugural Edgewater Music Fest

and WE NEED YOU!

Edgewater's first full-scale street festival in 6+ years will be located on Broadway between Thorndale and Ardmore the weekend of September 5-7, 2025.

We are looking for awesome, friendly, informative, non-confrontational volunteers to staff our gates, greet visitors to the fest and help us raise money at the gates to support Edgewater Music Fest, Edgewater Chamber, and the local

small business community.

Interested in volunteering?

Pop on over to edgewatermusicfest.org to learn more and to sign up.

Volunteers must be 18+, will be standing on their feet for a majority of their shift, and will be expected to show up rain or shine.

There will be cool perks, like a volunteer t-shirt!

FLY OVER to Edgewater Monday Market

TODAY!

3pm to 7pm at the SE corner of Broadway & Thorndale.

No barrel rolls or sonic booms necessary.

There are just SEVEN Mondays left in our market season. If you haven't checked out the fastest growing farmers market on the north side yet, jump on it!