Apple Fest Entertainment

NORTH STAGE
Tunes throughout the day in the parking lot at Lincoln and Leland 

Saturday, October 5^th 2024

12:00pm - 2:30pm - The Flat Cats, Swinging Jazz & Blues
The Flat Cats play a wide range of vintage & modern music rooted in the hottest swinging jazz & blues, contemporary classics & timeless standards. Listen, tap your foot, or cut a rug on the dance floor, you are sure to be entertained by this multi-talented group!  

3:30pm - 6:00pm - Jonas Friddle Band, Americana & Folk
Jonas Friddle is a gifted singer, songwriter & Old-Time banjo player with a collection of Chicago's finest players in his band. The music entertains as it deftly explores just about every nook & cranny of modern folk, from revivalist antique appropration to protest songs to modern love songs. His tunes bear the marks of a musician who's done time in pubs & square dance halls.

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GIDDINGS PLAZA
Featured Old Town School of Folk Music teaching artists.

Saturday, October 5^th 2024 

12:15pm - 1:00pm - The Pickin' Ponies, Folk/Old-Time

1:15pm - 2:00pm - Conway & Austin, Irish Traditional

2:15pm - 3:00pm - Nikki O'Neill, Soul-influenced Americana

3:15pm - 4:00pm - Joshua Guy, Banjo & Percussion Stylings of the Diaspora

4:15pm - 5:00pm - Paul Kaye, Rags, Blues & Assorted Hokum!

*times subject to change

SOUTH STAGE
The parking lot at Lincoln & Sunnyside

Saturday, October 5^th 2024

9:30am - 11:00am - 13th Annual Pooch Costume Contest, by Urban Pooch Canine Life Center and Urban Pooch Training & Fitness
An amazingly fun opportunity to parade your special pooch in front of our special panel of judges in hope of winning great prizes and parading around Lincoln Square. (CLICK HERE TO REGISTER)

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SOUTH STAGE
KIDS ZONE

Kids Activities at South Stage - Parking lot at 4513 N Lincoln
PRESENTED by OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC

Hosted by Liz Klassen

Saturday, October 5^th 2024 

11:30am - 12:00pm
Ella-Centric Song Session, with Mars Caulton

12:15pm - 12:50pm
West African Dance & Drum, with Kolaam

1:15pm - 1:50pm
Fall Fiddlin' Fun, with Miss Maddie

2:15pm - 2:50pm
Música Bilingüe: Sing and PLAY, with Maestra Renée

3:15pm - 3:50pm
Balinese Music and Puppetry, with Gamelan Naga Biru

4:15pm - 4:45pm
Creative Movement for Families, with Julianne Rice

5:15pm - 5:50pm
Folk/Pop Family Band, with The Dreamtree Shakers

NORTH STAGE

Tunes throughout the day in the parking lot at Lincoln and Leland

Sunday, October 6^th 2024

10:00am - 12:00pm - Into the Heart, U2 Tribute Band
Into the Heart is a new kind of U2 experience, one focused on the music & the stories behind those great songs. They don't dress up or fluff things up a bit, but rather just play the songs like the real deal.

1:00pm - 3:00pm - Sonic Motel, Rock
Sonic Motel has a sound like no other. With a driven sound building from thundering drums, slick rhythmic bass hits, searing guitar, and smooth vocals - come hear for yourself.

4:00pm - 6:00pm - Los Perros Cubanos, Music of Cuba's Golden Age
Los Perros Cubanos features the music of Cuba's Golden Age of the 1940s and 1950s. The band's music combines the traditional Cuban music styles of Son Cubano, Salsa, Cha Cha, and Charanga with modern instrumental prowess for a captivating sound that moves your feet.

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GIDDINGS PLAZA
Featured Old Town School of Folk Music teaching artists.

Sunday, October 6^th 2024

12:15pm - 1:00pm - Shelley Miller, Folk/Pop/Acoustic

1:15pm - 2:00pm - Shoji Naito, Instrumental Blues/Jazz

2:15pm - 3:00pm - Scott Besaw, Classic Rock & Pop

3:15pm - 4:00pm - Nathan Hunter, Eclectic Americana

4:15pm - 5:00pm - Henry Hyland, Blues/Americana/R&B

*times subject to change

 

SOUTH STAGE
KIDS ZONE

Kids Activities in the Parking Lot at 4513 N Lincoln Avenues
PRESENTED by TIMELESS TOYS
Hosted by Amy Nico Schwartz

Sunday, October 6th 2024

10:00am - 10:45am
A Fun Musical Show, with Miss Jamie's Farm

11:00am - 11:45am
Chicago's Storytime Chamber Band for All Ages, with The Lucky Trikes

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Amazing Bubble Show, with Chicago WOW Bubbles

1:00pm - 1:45pm
Forest Fables: Storytime with Drag Queens, with Candi Forest

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Music Fun, with Leonardo Music

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Comedy Dance, with Comedy Dance Chicago