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Winnetka Music Festival is on the North Shore in the greater Chicago area, just steps away from the beaches of Lake Michigan. It’s known for bringing the best emerging artists who are getting traction in the business. They usually end up on big festival stages after Winnetka and you can say that you saw them here first!
Val Haller is the founder/CEO of the music website, Valslist.com. The festival was established to help busy adults keep up with new music. She launched Winnetka Music Festival in 2017.
One of the reasons the music festival is so popular is the quality of the entertainment. All genres are included so there is always something for every taste.
2024 Music Schedule
Friday, June 14
Lincoln Stage
- 5 pm to 7 pm – Neptune’s Core
- 6:15 pm to 7 pm – Cobi
- 7:30 pm to 8:15 pm – Grace Bowers
- 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm – The Verve Pipe
Main Stage
- 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm – Mikaela Davis
- 6:45 pm to 7:30 pm – Caroline Jones
- 8 pm to 8:45 pm – Half Moon Run
- 9:15 pm to 10:30 pm – Band of Horses
Saturday, June 15
Family Stage
- 11:30 am to 12 pm – Children’s Theater of Winnetka
- 12:45 pm to 1 pm – Laura Doherty & The Heartbeats
- 1:15 pm to 1:45 pm – Bad Heads
- 2 pm to 2:45 pm – Peach Jam plays the Music of The Grateful Dead
Chapel Stage
- 2 pm to 2:45 pm – Widemouth
- 3 pm to 3:45 pm – UR Mom
- 4 pm to 4:45 pm – Tedious & Brief
- 5 pm to 5:45 pm – Nathan Graham
- 6 pm to 6:45 pm – Haley
Main Stage
- 3:45 pm to 4 pm – Zach Seabright
- 4:15 pm to 5 pm – Ax & The Hatchetmen
- 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm – Michigander
- 6:45 pm to 7:30 pm – Rayland Baxter
- 8 pm to 8:45 pm – YOLA
- 9:15 pm to 10:30 pm – Milky Chance
Lincoln Stage
- 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm – Shane Guenette
- 3 pm to 3:30 pm – Billy Allen + Pollies
- 3:45 pm to 4:30 pm – Elizabeth Moen
- 4:45 pm to 5:30 pm – Tors
- 6 pm to 6:45 pm – Rebirth Brass Band
- 7:15 pm to 8 pm – The Heavy Heavy
- 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm – Heartless Bastards
Food
Chicagoland’s top food trucks and restaurants will be at the festival. From pizza to tacos to sandwiches to sweets, there will be a variety of food to tempt everyone’s taste buds. There will also be veggie friendly and gluten free options.
Food Trucks
- Bad Johnny’s
- Yum Dum Truck
- Kona Ice
- 5411 Empanadas
- Happy Lobster
- Sweet Ride
- Culinary Gangster
- Soul & Smoke
- Sausage Fest
Restaurants
- Home Town Coffee
- Hofher Meats
- Taco Nano
- Graeters Ice Cream
- Stacked & Folded
- Little Honeycomb Honey Butter Fried Chicken (VIP Only)
Multiple bars will be open during the festival. 21+ attendees can find beer, wine and craft cocktails available for purchase. Non-alcoholic options will also be available.
Coupon
It costs much less to buy a 2 day pass for the festival than to buy each day separately. I’ve seen 2 day passes to the festival going for as much as $171 for one pass by online ticket brokers. Book your 2 day pass here and you can save $82 on each pass.