Joyous Outdoor Event
Fun doesn't have to be escapist…Culture doesn't have to be tedious…
A Labor Day Festival for all ages
September 2nd through 6th
South Belmont Harbor (Belmont at Lakeshore)
Above: The Luminarium presented by the UK Architects of Air, making it's Chicago debut
The outdoor music and performance program calendar includes :
- The Luminarium: An ephemeral cathedral of light:
- Musical Acts curated by The Metro and SmartBar:
- Spectacle performance by Redmoon:
- Labor Day soap box speeches:
- Games, races, hoola hoops, tug-o-war, magicians, storytellers, avante-garde dance:
- Clowns, acrobats, jugglers, a barbershop quartet, and The Tiny Band:
- Food, refreshments, and MORE…
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THURSDAY
Experience the Luminarium from 6-10pm!
Play in the Kid's Zone from 6-8pm!
6:00-6:30PM: Dennis Watkins, Award Winning Magician performs on the Big Stage
6:30-7:00PM: The Fashionistas, a clown fashion show, takes place on the Small Stage
7:00-8:00PM: JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound takes place on the Big Stage
8:30-9:30PM: Last of My Species II: The Perilous Songs of Bibi Merhdad takes place on the Big Stage
FRIDAY
Experience the Luminarium from 6-10pm!
Play in the Kid's Zone from 6-8pm!
6:00-6:30PM: The Blue Ribbon Glee Club performs on the Big Stage
6:00-6:30PM: Nick D performs on the Small Stage
6:30-7:00PM: Clown Frown Cabaret Presents!, a collection of Chicago’s finest lady clowns, performs on the Small Stage
7:00-8:00PM: Ezra Furman and the Harpoons takes place on the Big Stage
8:30-9:30PM: Last of My Species II: The Perilous Songs of Bibi Merhdad takes place on the Big Stage
SATURDAY
Experience the Luminarium from 1-10pm!
Play in the Kid's Zone from 1-8pm!
1:00-1:30PM: Plucky Rosenthal: “You’ve Come a Long Way Plucky Rosenthal!”, a vintage comedy act, takes place on the Small Stage
1:00-2:00PM: Crooked Mouth String Band, a band with roots in folk music and vaudeville, performs on the Big Stage
1:30-2:30PM: Tiny Cover Band, Chicago’s premier tiny instrument cover band, performs on the Small Stage
2:00-3:00PM: Studio Be, a performance arts training program, performs a variety show on the Big Stage
2:30-3:00PM: Jim Barrett, chair of the History Dept at University of Illinois, gives a Labor Day Speech on the Small Stage
3:00-3:30PM: Shim Sham Flash Mob occurs around the festival site
3:00-4:00PM: Yuri Lane: Human Beatbox performs on the Big Stage
3:30-4:00PM: Kate Corby & Dancers, present “Go”, a contemporary dance work, on the Small Stage
4:00-5:00PM: Erin Flynn performs on the Big Stage
Island Theatre Company: Mr. Skeleton Goes to the Doctor performs on the Small Stage
5:00-5:30PM: Sleepy Lou performs on the Big Stage
Eric Ziegenhagen, solo musician, performs on the Small Stage
5:30-6:00PM: The Fantastic Toe Trippers Orchestra, a polka and waltz band, performs on the Big Stage
Les Enfants Terribles, a grotesque ensemble in the French tradition of bouffant, perform on the Small Stage
6:30-7:00PM: Rebecca Niziol and Marc Macarans of Ncounter perform “unbound” on the Small Stage
7:00-8:00PM: The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir perform on the Big Stage
8:30-9:30PM: Last of My Species II: The Perilous Songs of Bibi Merhdad takes place on the Big Stage
SUNDAY
Experience the Luminarium from 1-10pm!
Play in the Kid's Zone from 1-8pm!
1:00-2:00PM: Maggie Brown’s Legacy Project takes place on the Big Stage
1:30-2:00PM: Kate Corby and Dancers present “Go”, a contemporary dance work on the Small Stage
2:00-2:30PM: Be the Groove, a rhythmic performance ensemble, performs on the Big Stage
2:00-3:00PM: Meredith Miller performs on the Small Stage
2:30-3:00PM: Four People perform old-timey, shoe-tapping music on the Big Stage
3:00-3:30PM: Arvis Averette, professor of economics at Columbia College Chicago, gives a Labor Day speech on the Small Stage
3:00-4:00PM: Jim May performs on the Big Stage
3:30-4:00PM: Adam Rose and Antibody Dance, a company specializing in movement arts and occult research perform an excerpt from “The Communist Boys” on the Small Stage
4:00-4:30PM: The Fashionistas perform on the Small Stage
4:00-5:00PM: Judson Claiborne, an Indie Folk musician, performs on the Big Stage
5:00-5:30PM: Lady Jack’s Electric Muse Cabaret, a multi-media Neo-Burlesque and vaudeville show, takes place on the Small Stage
5:00-6:00PM: The Astronomer performs art-pop songs on the Big Stage
5:30-6:00PM: Paul Whitehouse: ½ Caf Chronicles, a series of storied about a short-lived career as a barista, takes place on the Small Stage
6:00-6:30PM: The Puterbaugh Sisterss perform on the Small Stage
6:30-7:00PM: Ginger Krebs and Andy Braddock perform on the Small Stage
6:15-6:45PM: My Gold Mask takes place on the Big Stage
7:15-8:00PM: Ssion takes places on the Big Stage
8:30-9:30PM: Last of My Species II: The Perilous Songs of Bibi Merhdad takes place on the Big Stage
MONDAY
Experience the Luminarium from 1-6pm!
Play in the Kid's Zone from 1-6pm!
1:00-1:30PM: That Juggling Guy performs on the Small Stage
1:00-2:00PM: Seeking Wonderland performs on the Big Stage
1:30-2:00PM: Louis Silverstein, a Distinguished Professor Humanities at Columbia College Chicago, gives a Labor Day speech on the Small Stage
3:00-4:00PM: Purple Apple performs on the Big Stage
4:30-5:30PM: Last of My Species II: The Perilous Songs of Bibi Merhdad takes place on the Big Stage
Fun doesn't have to be escapist. Culture doesn't have to be tedious.
Redmoon presents JOE:
a Joyous Outdoor Event, culture and fun for the entire family.
An outdoor music and performance festival, JOE's weekend calendar includes:
Muiscal acts curated by Chicago's renown music venue The Metro; Roving Entertainment by jugglers, gymnasts, and other street performers; The AMOCOCO Luminarium: a giant inflatable maze environment making it's Chicago debut; Labor Day soap box speeches; Magicians, hypnotists ans storytellers; An Open Access Fun Corner with Hula Hoops, sack races, and Tug-of-War; and a large scale spectacle featuring world famous Persian Vocalist Bibi Merhdad.