Kill Hannah Photo Credit: theagencygroup.com

This weekend Wicker Park Fest 2012 (North/Damen/Milwaukee Avenue) arrives on Milwaukee Avenue between North Avenue and Paulina.  This will be Wicker Park Fest's biggest year and the Fest will continue as far south as Paulina Street. Traditionally the fest has ended at Wolcott/Wood.

Doors open at 12pm each day and the fest lasts until 10pm. Come prepared to eat, drink, be merry, shop and listen to some great music.

Wicker Park Fest 2012 Headliners July 28 and 29

Sat 7-28: CURSIVE -THE DRUMS- KILL HANNAH

Sun 7-29: BUDOS BAND- LUCERO- JOE PUG

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 If you're looking for local acts, head to the center stage where Kill Hannah will don the eyeliner and play July 28 and the always working Joe Pug performs July 29. The North and South stages are reserved for the national touring acts like Lucero, Cursive, The Drums and The Budos Band.

The festival is adding two new arts sections this year. Redmoon Theatre is presenting a piece called The Sonic Boom, a massive battery powered vehicle, sculpture, and performance platform. Redmoon performers will activate the two hydraulic performance platforms and mobile DJ booth with spectacle performance and sound pieces, a portion of which will be fully composed in advance and a portion that will be structured for live improvisation during the event. This piece will be on Honore Ave., next to Native Foods, from Milwaukee to the alley.

Defibrillator Gallery will exhibit a series of large-scale inflatable sculptures by local artists Claire Ashley, Marianne Kim, Helmut Heiss, among others, that will be installed each day of the festival and activated with live movement and spectacle based performances. This work will be installed on Wood St. from Milwaukee to Beach St. across from the family area.

Final Wicker Park Fest 2012 Line-Up

   North Stage                 Center Stage                  South Stage

Wicker Park Fest Kids 2012 Saturday & Sunday, July 28th & 29th

Noon - 6 p.m.

In the Walgreen's Parking Lot, 1372 N. Milwaukee Kids Entertainment, Games, Activities, Vendors and Snacks.

Proceeds to benefit Jonathan Burr Elementary

Wicker Park Kids Fest Presents:

Saturday:

Pulse Beat, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

ARCC Ballet, 1:30 - 2:00 pm

The Frog Lady Reptile Show, 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Don't Speak (No Doubt Cover Band), 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Sunday:

Japanese Performance from 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Mary Macaroni from 1:00 - 1:40 pm Mad Science from 1:40 - 2:30 pm

Jeremy Babcock of the Dream Tree Shakers from 2:30 - 3:15 pm

Don't Speak (No Doubt Cover Band) 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Line-up provided via Wicker Park Fest. For additional information, please contact the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce (festival sponsor) at www.wickerparkfest.com.