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!.

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