Marquette Waterfront Festival 2025

MARQUETTE WATERFRONT FESTIVAL IS THE OFFICIAL CURTAIN-raiser to the eastside’s glorious season of summer music FESTIVALS. The FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 36TH YEAR THIS WEEKEND, mixing hot local talent with national touring acts on two stages.Here's what's in store for this year's Waterfront... SATURDAY, JUNE 14 Dandelion Dash 11:30 AM MAIN STAGE 12:00 Big Tooth 1:30 The Kissers 3:00 This Is Gary 4:45 Gold Dust Women 6:30 Yuma Abe COTTONWOOD STAGE 1:00 Chip Cruz 2:30 Peter Mulvey 4:00 Harmonious Wail 5:30 Tani Diakite & the Afrofunkstars SUNDAY, JUNE 15 River Alliance Fools' Flotilla Join or watch the zany boat parade taking off from the Tenney Park locks at 10:30 a.m. down the Yahara River toward the park. Register your boat in advance at wisconsinrivers.org for event details and weather updates. MAIN STAGE 11:30 River Rats 12:00 Jimmy Sugarcane 1:30 Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & The Pons 3:00 Ruen Brothers 4:45 Gully Boys 6:30 Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts COTTONWOOD STAGE 1:00 Genevieve Heyward 2:30 Sean Michael Dargan Band 4:00 Sgt. Splendor feat. Kate Vargas & Eric McFadden 5:30 Tae & The Neighborly As always, Marquette Waterfront Festival will feature a terrific array of vendors from local businesses, artists and restaurants, as well as craft beer and wine tents. Kids games, face painters and the Dandelion Dash (Saturday, 11:30 a.m.) return as well. Marquette Waterfront Festival is hosted by Marquette Neighborhood Association, and remains free and fabulous thanks to its presenting sponsors: Lauer Realty Group Willy St. Co-op Heartland CU Your Northside Neighbors Paul & Ellen Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream and by support from our partners: Elks Lodge 410 Solidarity Realty Tribe 9 Foods MGE Klein's Floral Greenleaf Media Prime Urban Properties Gebhardt Development Isthmus WORT WVMO and by our Neighbor Sponsors: A Place to Be Alex & Austin Avicia, Etc @ Schenk Corner Suites Molly Bandt & Bill Ramsey Bannon/Stuehrenberg Family Shelley Blondeau Bob & Lorie Anonymous Bosh Brandon Burkett & Christina Hansen Steve & Kit Cairns The Castañeda Dower Family Yogesh Chawla Heather Clefisch & Nate Zolik Diane Coccari Tim & Marlisa Condon Patrick Crean & Linda DiRaimondo Todd Deterding Marc Eisen & Connie Kinsella The Elfenbein Family Sarah F. Gander Consulting Group The Ghoghawala Family Eric Grodsky & Amy Godecker Ben & Katie Griffiths Mike Harris Laura Heisler & Steve Goldstein Helix, Rosie & Lu Dan Hobson & Anita Krasno Bella, Jackson, and Wrigley Howlington Larry Jensen Graham Jonaitis Karla King & David Kohli Mary Klehr & Allen Cross Helen Kudrycki & Nick Nager Lance Lattimer & Bradley Grochocinski Stu Levitan Efrat Livny & Ken Baun Jordy & Jessie Loeb Amy & Danny Mager Andrew Markiewicz & Susan Ramspacher Davy Mayer JJ Menting Luke & Diane Milligan Margaret Mooney & Meg Gaines Ed & Rachel Niles Mark Nordbeck Tracy & Juice Pajewski Petinary Clinic Petri & Luna Alan Ramsey & Katherine Davey Glenn Reinl & Sara Krebsbach Claire Rynders Linda & Matt Sanders The Spaight St. Duffies Thunder Chicken Lindl Vander Velde Family Mike Wagnitz Gary Waters & Rick Anderson Michael Zydowicz Thanks, all!. Also check out other Festivals in Madison [https://allevents.in/madison/festivals] , Music events in Madison [https://allevents.in/madison/music] , Entertainment events in Madison [https://allevents.in/madison/entertainment] .