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Richard Bock

VO5

The three music stages of AtwoodFest always include a cross-generational blend of Madison music, plus a few well-chosen visitors. Don’t miss a reunion set by The Moon Gypsies (noon, July 29); five decades worth of Madison-area bluegrass from Piper Road Spring Band (with a new album on the way; 6 p.m., July 29), or electrifying rockers Jane Lee Hooker (5:30 p.m., July 30). And it wouldn’t be AtwoodFest without VO5 (8 p.m., July 29). It all kicks off with four parades to the park led by Handphibians members, starting at 11 a.m. July 29 from Circle and Hawthorne parks, the Goodman Center, and the corner of Riverside and Winnebago streets. The fest is a collaboration by the Barrymore Theatre, Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association and the Wil-Mar Center; find the schedule below and more at atwoodfest.com.

media release: Saturday & Sunday, July 29 & 30, 2023

Free street festival on Atwood Avenue! Please, leave your dogs at home!

Saturday, July 29

Clyde Stubblefield Stage: 12:00 PM Moon Gypsies; 1:45 PM The Stephen Hull Experience; 3:45 PM Steepwater Band; 5:45 PM New Primitives; 8:00 PM VO5 (stage sponsor: The Bur Oak and Weichert, Realtors – Lakepoint)

Madison Heritage Stage: 12:00 PM Forró Fo Sho; 1:15 PM Elizabeth Mary & Paul Schluter; 2:45 PM Butter Brick; 4:30 PM Frank Martin Busch and the Names; 6:30 PM Kyle Megna & The Monsoons; 8:30 PM Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts (stage sponsor: The Alchemy Cafe)

Sugar Maple Stage: Teen Fest produced by Madison Music Foundry: 12:00 PM The Sandblasters, 1:00 PM The Blue Dyes, 1:50 PM SLAG; Sugar Maple Concert Series: 3:00 PM Tony Casteñeda Mambo Combo, 4:30 PM, Katie Powderly & Her Bluegrass Boys, 6:00 PM Piper Road Spring Band (stage sponsor: The Lauer Realty Group)

Sunday, July 30

Clyde Stubblefield Stage: 12:00 PM Steely Dane, 2:00 PM Kirstie Kraus, 3:45 PM God’s Outlaw, 5:30 PM Jane Lee Hooker (stage sponsor: The Bur Oak and Weichert, Realtors – Lakepoint)

Madison Heritage Stage: 12:00 PM Seasaw, 1:45 PM Lynda & the Zeros, 3:30 PM Porky’s Groove Machine, 5:30 PM Dub Foundation featuring Jah Boogie (stage sponsor: The Alchemy Cafe)

Sugar Maple Stage: Kids That Rock produced by Forward Craft & Coffee: 12:00 PM Charlieboy, 1:30 PM Jane Hobson Band; Sugar Maple Series: 3:00 PM The Donna Herula Band, 5:00 PM Joel Paterson Trio (stage sponsor: The Lauer Realty Group)

CONVERGENCE 2023: Convergence is a neighborhood rally and parade to Atwood Avenue to kick off the festival in grand Celebration.

Make up a parade costume, decorate your bikes and wagons, grab a Hoola Hoop and kazoo and join the legendary percussion group The Handphibians on Saturday, July 29th as they split into 4 marching groups starting at 4 select locations around the neighborhood and CONVERGE at AtwoodFest 2023 in front of the Madison Heritage Stage on Atwood Avenue for a reunited street performance at 11:40 AM leading up to the festival’s Kick Off at 12:00 PM.

Meet at any of the following locations 11:00 AM:

1) Circle Park

2) Hawthorne Park

3) Goodman Center/Kipp Corporation at the Capital City bike path

4) Yahara River at Riverside and Winnebago

2023 VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP Sign up to Volunteer for AtwoodFest 2023