Willy Street Fair

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A close-up of The BellRays.

The BellRays

The unofficial end to summer fest season in Madison lands in the middle of Williamson Street in the form of the annual Willy Street Fair. There are four music stages each day, including dedicated showcases for Madison’s stellar folk/Americana artists and kid-friendly entertainment; the Main Stage features tribute bands on Saturday and a celebration of Madison’s women musicians on Sunday. The fourth stage features Willy Street Beats DJs on Saturday and a WORT-FM-curated lineup Sunday headlined by incendiary rock and soul stalwarts The BellRays, on tour behind the excellent 2024 album Heavy Steady Go. Sunday, of course, kicks off at 11 a.m. with the inimitable WSF parade, and both days the street will be lined with many vendor and community organization booths. Find the full schedule below and updates at willystreetfair.org.

schedule:

Saturday (Noon to 10 pm):

Main Stage: Tribute Band Saturday: 12:30 Phun, (Phish tribute), 2:15 Loving Cup, 4:15 Purple Veins, 6:15 Hips Don’t Lie  Shakira Tribute), 8:30 VO5

Folk Stage: 12:00 Nelson Graham, 2:00 Whitney Mann, 4:15 Josh Harty, 6:15 David HB Drake, Blowin in the Wind, 8:00 MoonHouse

Kids' Stage: 2:30 Dave Landau, 3:30 Kids Karaoke, 7:00 All Ages Karaoke

Willy Street Beats Stage:  2:00 DJ DH, 3:00 Lovecraft, 4:00 Delilac, 5:00 Jason Velo, 6:00 Kiddo, 7:30 Eddie Fowlkes

Sunday (parade 11 am, fest ends 6:30 pm):

Main Stage: Celebration of Women in Music Sunday: 12:00 Blythe Gamble & the Rollin’ Dice, 1:45 Beth Kille Band, 3:30 Lynda & the Zeros, 4:50 Willy St. Fair Raffle Drawing, 5:15 Periodicals

Folk Stage: 12:15 Bruised Orange (songs of John Prine), 1:45 Ken Lonnquist, 3:15 Zippity-Do-Das, 5:00 Ken Lonnquist & Doug Brown (Gordon Lightfoot Tribute)

Kids' stage: 11:45 Forward Marching Band, 12:30 East High School Orchestra, 1:15 Mad Unis, 1:45 Dairyland Diamond Dancers, 2:45 James the Magician, 3:30 Community Dance, 4:00 Madison Music Foundry Youth Bands

WORT Stage: 12:00-12:30 DJ Ciggy from Her Infinite Variety, 12:30 Def Sonic, 1:15-1:45 DJ Steph from Her Infinite Variety, 1:45 Dana Perry Band, 2:30-3:00 DJ Mr. Wilson from Obscurity Knocks, 3:00 Brash Menagerie,  3:45-4:15 DJ Cardinal Din from Feed Me Weird Things, 4:15 Clean Room,  5:00-5:30 DJ Bill The Walkin' Doctor from Friday on My Mind , 5:30 BellRays