The summer season of outdoor festivals continues this weekend with no less than two events…while indoors as night falls, club fever continues to seep through the arteries of Chicago.
From Thursday right through until Sunday, the House of Sol 2010 street fest will be filling the air with great music courtesy of the likes of headliners Luis Segura (Thurs), DJ crew Ghetto Division (Fri), Terry Hunter, Stacy Kidd (Sat), and Johnny Fiasco, and Lego (Sun). It’s literally a free House party, yeehar! It takes place from Wood Street to Kedzie Avenue in the heart of Italy/Little Italy/Pilsen, and starts from 5pm Thursday.
While on Saturday (& Sunday), from noon, the turntables will start spinning at the 2010 Wicker Park Fest, with a fantastic line-up of dance-music proponents to get the town cooking on electro. Evil Olive has organised the center stage action with acts such as the newly formed Loose Change alliance (which includes Moneypenny, Team Bayside High, Hollywood Holt, Only Children, Gemini Club, and Kid Color). The dynamic Blah Blah Blah open the day, and L.A. Riots bring it to a close at 10pm. Highlights for Sunday are John Simmons, Matt Roan, Zebo, and the Hood Internet. The fest is situated between Wood Street, and North Avenue. $5 is a suggested “donation” with which to gain entry. There are three stages in total, with lots of food, arts, crafts, and fun for kids.
The full line-up of music is as follows:
Saturday: (South Stage) Holy F*ck, BoomBox, Auto Body, The Gaslamp Killer, Signal Path, Tokimonsta, Prepschool, Alex B. (North Stage) Cap’n Jazz, Mission Of Burma, Native, Morning Teleportation, Pinebender, Indian, Big Science. (Center Stage) LA Riots, Moneypenny, Bayside High, Hollywood Holt, Only Children, Gemini Club, Kid Color, Blah Blah Blah
Sunday: (South Stage) fun, Plants & Animals, Van Ghost, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights, B.S. Brass Band, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Jamie McLean Band, Save the Clocktower, DJ Lou Dooben. (North Stage) Baroness, Torche, Yakuza Arkestra, Gringo Star, Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes, Beings. (Center Stage) Local H, The Hood Internet, The Hard Lessons, Zebo, Oh My God, Matt Roan, Shapers, John Simmons, California Wives.
So that’s the outdoors selection, what about inside?
Friday, July 30th
Neo nightclub welcomes New York dynamo Eli Escobar, and his unbeatable sways of nudisco, 80s new wave, Bmore, house, and hip-hop: it’s a recent blinding blend that has been appealing to dance-music-lovers of all ages across the nation’s club floors. Opening the gig is Chicago’s own stars Farley Jackmaster Funk, and Jesse De La Pena.$10 gets you in after midnight, $5 before the witching hour, and it’s free before 11pm. The fun begins at 10pm, north Clark Street. http://www.neo-chicago.com
If you’re into rock-based dance, then The Burlington will be worth checking out. Resident laptop sound-masters from Bar DeVille’s Backroom parties are tapping out their unique brand of dance tonight. The “Three Stooges” are Brock of the Beta Theta, Marc Miller, and Charles Worthington. It’s free to get in, West Fullerton Avenue, from 10pm.
In complete contrast comes Lono Brazil and his never-ending thirst for originality, and creativity…and disco-boogie-future sounds which has been described as “mind boggling”, yet is captivating, enthralling, and best of all, infectiously body-moving. Brazil created the Disco Unusual Social Club which has been such a big hit with party-loving clubbers at Danny’s, and Simone’s. Tonight he’s at rodan, north Milwaukee Avenue from 10pm. And it’s free. http://www.rodan.ws
Saturday, July 31st
The Wicker Fest party tumbles through into Double Door after 10pm with beat conjurors Eliot Lipp, Alex B, Gaslamp Killer, Signal Path, and Thibault keeping the tempo just how we like it: techno/electro/hip-dub-funky. It’s a stellar line-up, from all corners of the US, and guaranteed to hit the right grooves. $18-$20 gets you in, north Milwaukee Avenue.
Hitting a different, but no less groovy groove, is Dance Syndrome at the Butterfly Social Club. It’s their one-year anniversary, and helping everyone celebrate is Daniel Crane with his ”live” percussion set. This is a Latin-themed event with salsa, samba, batucada, Latin jazz, baile funk, and electronic variations. Christian Vera, and Caswell James are at the turnies. It’s free all night to enter, from 9pm, west Grand Avenue. http://www.butterflysocialclub.com
And this Latin, sexy feel leads us nicely to enclave who are offering a very enticing proposition for a sultry Saturday eve by staging A Midsummer Night’s Lingerie Ball. Yes, you read that right. Lingerie. The hosts would like you to strip down to your barest necessities mainly because they don’t want their guests to feel under-dressed. Why’s that? Because their guests are none other than three of Playboy’s most delectable playmates Kara Monaco (top bunny 2006); Tiffany Selby (Miss July 07); and Valerie mason (Miss September 08). Oh yes, what about the music? Well there will be some,and that will be provided by Jordan V, and Whizz Kid to get the blood pumping even more with some high-energy House. From 10pm, west Chicago Avenue. $20 gets you in…but don’t all rush at once, you don’t want to cause a stampede!http://www.enclavechicago.com
And keeping the “sexy” theme going (very loosely of course), we finish with One Night Stand at the Metro. This 18+ event is billed as a pre-Lollapalooza party, with a lively line-up including Jokers of the Scene (Fools Gold’s musical comedians), Team Bayside High, DJs from the Moneypenny stable, and Midnight Conspiracy. There’s photo fun with Glitter Guts, and EveryOneIsFamous, and videos by Hey Cliché. $10 gets you in, north Clark Street, though entry is free if you can get your hands on a special wristband from Adidas Originals store, 923 north Rush. 10pm start, north Clark Street. http://www.metrochicago.com
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