Wicker Park Fest returns to Chicago July 28-30 for its 19th year in a row. The festival, this year sponsored by Goose Island and boasts three performance stages from https://multilevelmodularstaging.co.uk/ with more than 150 food and retail vendors, art installations and fun for kids. You already know it’s one of the best events of Summertime Chi, so don’t miss this year’s extravaganza.
On the Hip-Hop side, FSD favorite billy woods will headline the Center Stage on Saturday July 29th at 9pm. Kenny Segal, with him billy dropped an album with earlier this year, will be joining billy and performing at 6pm on the Center Stage. It’s billy’s first Chicago performance since the album drop, so be sure to arrive early as you won’t want to miss this.
Another FSD favorite, Dreamer Isioma, headlines the North Stage on Sunday at 9pm.
Other Hip-Hop offerings during the festival are as follows:
- Chicago rapper Jovan Landry will also perform on the Center Stage on Saturday. The Chicago Tribune said she “dominates the entirety of the stage, taking charge from song to song, playing off the building energy of her audience. Creating a performance that takes root in one’s mind for days later.”
- And, lastly, 606 Chicago – a legendary, long standing rap battle event at Subterranean, with past pop-ins by Eminem and Logic – is hosting a Hip Hop Open Mic on Saturday, where anyone in the crowd who thinks they have what it takes is welcome to hop on stage and spit some bars.
You can find more details right here on their official site.
The festival begins Friday, July 28 at 5pm. See you there.