Square Roots 2013: Everything You Need to Know

It's time for most rockin', delicious and hops-induced weekend of the year in Lincoln Square. 

The  Square Roots Festival is Friday through Sunday on Lincoln Avenue. In its second year, this celebration combines four stages with 60 musical acts, local food and more than 30 craft beers. 

Residents will see everything from bacon sausage mac and cheese to the Midwest Fiddle Championship. 

On Saturday and Sunday, parents can bring the whole family for petting zoo and art tent at the Kids' Zone on the south side of the public parking lot.

Here's everything you need to know about Square Roots; hope to see you there!

When

• Friday, 5 to 10 p.m.
• Saturday 12 to 10 p.m.
• Sunday 12 to 8 p.m.

Where

Lincoln Avenue between Montrose and Wilson

Suggested donation is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and children, or $20 for families. Proceeds go to the Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce and Old Town School of Folk Music, who organize the event along with Big Buzz Idea Group. 

Beer

• 5 Rabbit Cerveceria
• Finch's Beer Compa
• Lagunitas Brewing Company
• Metropolitan Brewing
• Revolution Brewing
• Founders Brewing
• Two Brothers Brewing Company
• Half Acre Beer Company 
• Vander Mill
• Virtue Cider
• Hinterland

Food

• Big Fork Bacon Sausage
• Bistro Campagne
• Gather
• Himmel's
• Tiny Lounge
• Fountainhead
• Jo Snow Cones
• Bo's Concessions
• Monti's
• Byron's Hot Dogs
• T&S Consessions
• Dinky Donuts

Music

Friday

North Stage, middle of the 4500 block of North Lincoln 

• 5:30 p.m. Sanctified Grumblers
• 7:30 p.m. Contra Dance Lesson
• 8 p.m. Le Vent du Nord

South Stage, at Lincoln and Montrose

• 6:30 p.m. Birds of Chicago
• 8:45 p.m. Sierre Leon's Refugee All-Stars

Saturday

North Stage, middle of the 4500 block of North Lincoln 

• 12 p.m. African Drum Circle for Families
• 1 p.m. Bloom Yoga for Kids
• 1:30 p.m. The Dreamtree Shakers
• 2:30 p.m. Starbright
• 3:15 p.m. Jazzettes
• 4:45 p.m. Jon Landford and Skull Orchard
• 6:45 p.m. Hoop Dance Workshop with Renee Nazer while JD Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers play
• 8:45 p.m. Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside

South Stage, at Lincoln and Montrose

• 12 p.m. Stone Blind Valentine
• 1 p.m. Dill Costa Quintet
• 2:20 p.m. Congress of Starlings
• 4 p.m. Boukman Eksperyans
• 5:45 p.m. Gangstagrass
• 7:45 p.m. Fatoumata Diawara

Maurer Hall, inside Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln (west location)

• 12:30 p.m. 2nd Half Guitar Jam
• 1:30 p.m. Midwest Fiddle Championship
• 3:30 p.m. RPA Ensemble with Steve Dawson
• 4:30 p.m. RPA Ensamble Jam
• 5:30 p.m. Brad Cole
• 7:15 p.m. Wood, Bone and Steel
• 9:15 p.m. The Meditations

Szold Hall, inside Old Town School of Folk Music, 4545 N. Lincoln (east location)

• 2 p.m. Dance Workshop with Boukman Eksperyans
• 3 p.m. Sizzle Hummer Hot Summer Night Dance
• 3:30 p.m. Brazilian Dance Lesson with Dill Costa
• 4:45 p.m. Tahitian Drum and Dance Lesson with Lanialoha Lee
• 6 p.m. Clogging with Barb Silverman
• 6:30 p.m. Fiddle Club of the World: Battle of the Bands
• 8:30 p.m. Hip Hop Dance Lesson with Chris Courtney
• 9 p.m. DJ Justin Reed

East Lobby, inside Old Town School of Folk Music, 4545 N. Lincoln (east location)

*Home to all interactive jams, feel free to bring your own instrument or watch

• 12 p.m. Old-Time Revival with Jonas Friddle
• 1 p.m. Boukman Eksperyans Drum Workshop
• 2 p.m. Fear of Commitment Mandolin with Colby Maddox
• 3 p.m. Irish Session
• 4 p.m. 90s Gen X Ensemble with Andrea Bunch and John Mead
• 5 p.m. Beatles and Dead Jam with Steve Levitt

Sunday

North Stage, middle of the 4500 block of North Lincoln 

• 12 p.m. Wiggleworms Outdoors
• 1:15 p.m. Mr. Singer and The Sharp Cookies
• 2:15 p.m. The Sundown Serenaders
• 3:10 Storytime with The Book Cellar
• 4 p.m. Alasdair Roberts and Friends
• 5:30 p.m. Great Divide
• 6:45 p.m. The Black Lillies

South Stage, at Lincoln and Montrose

• 12 p.m. Old Town School Raggae Ensemble with Nathaniel Braddock
• 1 p.m. Old Town School Afro Beat Ensemble with Nathaniel Braddock
• 2:15 p.m. Savoy Family Cajun Band
• 3:30 p.m. Glenn Jones
• 4:30 p.m. Freedom Dance: Chicago House Dance Party with Boogie McClarin
• 5:45 p.m. Bachaco

Maurer Hall, inside Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln (west location)

• 1:30 p.m. 2nd Half Guitar Jam
• 2:30 p.m. Hands On Gameland Workshop
• 4 p.m. All-Ages Mexican Son Ensemble
• 4:20 p.m. Young Strackle All-Stars
• 5 p.m. Percussion Sampler
• 7 p.m. Rajasthan Josh

Szold Hall, inside Old Town School of Folk Music, 4545 N. Lincoln (east location)

• 1 p.m. West African Dance Lesson with Idy Ciss
• 3 p.m. Family Barn Dance
• 4:30 p.m. Tango with Netza Roldan
• 5 p.m. Tangata
• 7 p.m. Rey del Vallenato Beto Jamaica

East Lobby, inside Old Town School of Folk Music, 4545 N. Lincoln (east location)

*Home to all interactive jams, feel free to bring your own instrument or watch

• 12 p.m. Sunday Sing with Gwen Pippin
• 1 p.m. Songs of Illinois with Bucky Halker
• 2 p.m. Country Pickin' with Trevor McSpadden
• 5 p.m. Belly Dance with Erika Ochoa
• 4 p.m. Twin Spin with Jimmy Tomasello and Members of the Guitar Faculty
• 5 p.m. Vallenato Percussion Workshop