Festival season 2017 is almost done taking shape, and here to help is the 2017 Brady Street Festival, which added its strong local musical lineup to a summer already brimming with terrific live entertainment. Now we just need the weather to start cooperating, and summer will be here!
This year's edition runs Saturday, July 29, from 11 a.m. until midnight, with four stages and plenty of local food vendors scattered all down Brady Street, from Van Buren to Farwell.
Here's this year's schedule:
East: Great Lakes Distillery Stage
11 a.m.: Yoga on the Stage with Meg Galarza from Yoga One East Side
12:30 p.m.: Zach Pietrini
2 p.m.: AUTOMatic
3:30 p.m.: Rocket Paloma
5 p.m.: CHIEF
6:30 p.m.: Wild Adriatic
8 p.m.: ESSO Afrojam Funkbeat
10 p.m.: NO NO YEAH OKAY
Center: Humboldt Street Stage
Noon to 2 p.m.: Youth Showcase
- Noon: Negative Positive
- 1 p.m.: The Red Flags
3 p.m.: Listening Party
4:30 p.m.: Neocavemen
6 p.m.: Abby Jeanne
7:30 p.m.: Myles Coyne Band
9 p.m.: SIREN
Astor Street: Glorioso's Entertainment Stage
Noon: The Mike Maher Band
1:30 p.m.: Dr. Magic: Sleight of Hand Magic & Comedy
3 p.m.: Cannoli and cheese curd sampling with curd eating contest
5:30 p.m.: Carpetbaggers
7 p.m.: Hot By Ziggy
9 p.m.: Ol' Style Skratch
10:30 p.m.: Shoot Down The Moon
West: Bud Light Main Stage
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Learn to dance
- 11:30 a.m.: Zumba by CJ with Firestorm Wellness
- 1 p.m.: Salsabrosa Dance Company
2:30 p.m.: NO/NO
4 p.m.: Bootleg Bessie
5:30 p.m.: Me Like Bees
7 p.m.: Coyote
8:30 p.m.: Belly Dancers
9:30 p.m.: Nova D'Vines Cream City Queens presented by Salon Nova & Lash Boutique
For more information on this year's festival, visit Brady Street Business Improvement District's (BID #11) website.
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.