The 2010 entertainment schedule has been updated and posted.  We're looking forward to some really fantastic music this year!

The Fest kicks off Friday night with a performance from the New Iberians at the Artists' Launch Party on the Lifeline Theatre/Duke's Bar South Stage.

Saturday features performances from returning Fest favorites The Polkaholics and The Shuffle Kings.  Sunday continues the jam all day long with The Dimestore String Band, Sarah Potenza, Micki Croissant, and Ifficial Reggae.

Greg Ginn of Black Flag hits the Heartland/Red Line Tap North Stage on Sunday with his band, Greg Ginn and the Texas Corrugators.

See the full entertainment schedule here.

Lifeline Theatre, the Bohemian Theatre Ensemble and Theo Ubique Theatre Company scored the most nominations in the non-Equity branch of Chicago's venerable Joseph Jefferson Awards, announced early Thursday morning. Musicals dominate the slate of 105 nominations. Shows with multiple mentions include Theo Ubique's “Chess,” BoHo's “The Glorious Ones” and the Circle Theatre production of “The Who's Tommy.” The awards will be handed out June 7 at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage Ave. The Jeff committee judged 116 shows, produced by 55 Chicago companies.

Read the Chicago Tribune's full article here.

Applications to display at the 2010 Glenwood Ave Arts Fest are now available for download.

Read and complete the application.  Send it in with your fee as soon as possible.  All available spaces were filled by June 1 last year and we expect this year to fill up even faster!

Your favorite local restaurant should participate as a food & drink vendor at the 9th annual Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest.

Applications are now available for download.  A limited number of openings for new participant exist.  Acceptance notifications will be made in the first week of June.

The long-awaited streetscape project along Morse and Glenwood is finally happening.  Construction is scheduled to begin this Spring and should be finished by the end of Fall!  Although the project has scaled back from its once grand scale, it brings a welcome facelift to the infrastructure in the Glenwood Ave Arts District.

The Fest Committee was fortunate to meet with the project director, project manager, and the CDOT construction engineer.  Their willingness to meet with the committee and their ensuing knowledge of the Fest and its use of the streets was impressive.  Their phased construction schedule can be easily adjusted to avoid the street festival boundaries in late August.

We get to have our Fest and street it too.

Some of the features of the street scape include:

• New overhead lights - black old fashioned style "Gateway 2000" street lights
  
• "Double-acorn" lights on black posts - lower, for pedestrian lighting
• A new stormwater drainage system for Glenwood
  
• Expansion of the pedestrian sidewalk and parkway along Glenwood
  
• Water permeable brick pavers on expanded parkways
• Raised self watering planter boxes at Morse & Ashland
• Concrete planters on parkway bump-outs at corners
  
• Retention and restoration of much of the cobblestone street (SB Glenwood)
• No expansion of the existing pay-to-park locations
  

The New York Times recently ran an article on Rogers Park in its Travel section.  The Glenwood Ave Arts District and the Glenwood Ave Arts Fest received mention.

Read the article here:
http://nyti.ms/8YlcEj

"HOW does Rogers Park, a neighborhood on the northern edge of Chicago, stay funky? The secret is geography. The area lies beyond the end of Lake Shore Drive; most east-west streets dead-end into beaches, and there’s no quick way to get downtown."... more.

Bands seeking the opportunity to play at the 2010 Glenwood Ave Arts Fest should visit the Fest's SonicBids page as soon as possible.  Submissions are open through April 1, 2010.    Each of the three stages is booked by its sponsoring music venue: Heartland/Red Line, Morseland, or Duke's. 

http://www.sonicbids.com/GlenwoodAvenueArtsFestival2010

The 9th annual Glenwood Ave Arts Fest will be held the third weekend of August, Friday the 20th through Sunday the 22nd, 2010.

Artists applications for participation in the 2010 fest will be published in the Spring.  Applications will be mailed to returning artists in late April, a few weeks before they are released to the public.  All available spaces were full by May 31 in 2009.

Persons interested in volunteering should see the volunteer page.

As always, last minute cancellations and additions happen after schedules are printed and listings published.

We have updated the online version of the entertainment schedule and the artist lineup.

On the Morse Ave. Main Stage, Room 11 has moved to Saturday in place of Zutano.
On the Glenwood Ave. North Stage, The Reunion fills in on Sunday.

The layout for the 2009 Glenwood Ave Arts Fest has been finalized.  Artist and merchant spaces have been assigned.  The day-of-event map is available online now.

Check out the 3D scale map to see where your favorite artists are located this year.  See the directory of 100+ artists and merchants participating in this 8th annual arts festival.