Chicago: Music and Art in Wicker Park This Weekend
Things are hopping in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago this weekend. Even though the Around the Coyote festival has been gentrified out of the area, these two concurrent events are trying to pick up the arts slack.
The smART show is produced by The Flat Iron Artists’ Association. Like Coyote before it, this event will take place across multiple area venues, but the heart is still going to be the artists in the Flat Iron Building. Visit their website and you’ll see all the music options they’ve added this year. At the Debonair Social Club, they plan to combine live improv music with live improv painting. That should be interesting.
The festival kicks off on Friday at 6:00 and continues through the weekend. 1579 North Milwaukee.
On Saturday, just down the street, the Renegade Craft Fair opens at noon. This fair just gets bigger and hipper every year. Instead of it being in the park, it’s going along the street this time. Take a walk down Division between Damen and Hermitage and you’ll see over 250 booths—some selling shirts too cool for you to wear. And they’ve added live music to their line up as well.
Should the rain hold off, this Saturday and Sunday are going to be hip culture overload.
Postscript added September 17: Read my follow-up review of the smART show.
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