Cost: $5 donation

Organizer: Big Creek Productions

What to expect: A primo lineup of live music, local cuisine and art in an eclectic neighborhood.

Why to go: Wicker Park Fest gives good eats: Smoke Daddy is a sponsor, so get ready to eat your weight in brisket. Also, when it comes to independent music fests, it's the next best thing to Pitchfork. This year's lineup includes Junior Boys, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Grand Duchy, The Night Marchers, Company of Thieves, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Mickey Factz, William Elliot Whitmore, Van Ghost and others.

The full lineup:

Saturday, July 25
South Stage
The New Deal
Future Rock
Heavweight Dub Champion
Mickey Factz
Two Fresh
The Wonderful World of Bald Eagle
Autobody

North Stage
Grand Duchy
The Night Marchers
Retribution Gospel Choir
Bloodiest
Vampire Hands
Poison Arrows
Or So It Goes

Third Stage
Treaty of Paris
E6 & Roan
Moneypenny (aka Rocktopussy)

Sunday, July 26
South Stage
Junior Boys
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Company of Thieves
Van Ghost
Backyard Tire Fire
Glossary
B.S. Brass Band

North Stage
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
William Elliott Whitmore
The Modern Skirts
Empires

Third Stage
Smoking Popes
The Hood Internet
The Elms

Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein