Familiarize Yourself

Hello Chicago! Although the weather has been unseasonably chilly and rainy this week, it is officially the summer festival season, and also one of my favorite times to call Chicago my home. Chicago’s summer festivals provide unlimited amounts of junk food, live music, and beer drinking and is the place to be every weekend.

Come out to the crossing at Damen/Lincoln/Irving Park to stuff your face with delicious food and listen to live entertainment that will be taking place all weekend at 2 different stages.  Ribfest begins Friday night and will run until Sunday, June 14th. The stages kick-off Friday with headliners Harlem Shakes and AEMMP Record’s Chompliation artist Office. Saturday is filled with live entertainment from noon to 10pm, and the Saturday night’s headliner is Indianapolis’s own Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s. I am a huge fan of  Margot and I have seen their live show many times, so expect to see me in the crowd rocking out to their latest major-label double release, Animal and Not Animal. Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s goes on at 9pm, but be sure to come out early and support the local Chicago bands who will be performing all weekend!

For the full line-up of artists playing Ribfest 2009, click here!