Marquette Waterfront Festival

Here we go!

Nur-D at Waterfront 2024.
📷: Zoe Penczykowski

Wonderful Waterfront photos from Brent Nicastro.

Thanks for coming out for the 35th Marquette Waterfront Festival! Our great thanks go out to this year's incredible artists, musicians, vendors, Flotilla fools and Wookiees who showed up to make it an extra special year. This event was put on by a small army made up of dozens of volunteers, an amazing board and festival committee, and many helpful park neighbors. All this fun was made possible by our partners Solidarity Realty, LLC, your Northside Neighbors Paul & Ellen, W***y Street Co-op, Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co., Heartland Credit Union, Lauer Realty Group, Pines Bach LLP, Elks Lodge 410, Madison Gas and Electric, The Petinary, Klein's Floral & Greenhouses, Prime Urban Properties, Gebhardt Development, and our media partners Isthmus, WORT FM and WVMO - The Voice of Monona, and our many generous Neighbor Sponsors. Share your photos!

Trapper Schoepp and friends.

It’s a beautiful day in the Vendor Village.

A great conversation with our closing act, Sierra Green and the Giants.

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Our neighborhood Elks Lodge 410, Waterfront festival sponsors and expert beer pourers.

Nur-D up next.

Adem Tesfaye heating up the park!

The official 2024 Waterfront ambassador, Chewbacca, slinging beers at the Cottonwood bar.

The Johnny Campbell Band from Nashville, TN will appear on the Cottonwood Stage tomorrow at 5:30pm! Then join us at the Harmony Bar for an after party featuring the Johnny Campbell Band from 8-10pm!

Join us tomorrow at the Cottonwood Stage at 1pm as we welcome Anna Vogelzang!

It's almost time for Adrian + Meredith with their full band on the Cottonwood Stage! See them Saturday, that's tomorrow, at 4pm!!

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Summer festival attire, last-minute graduation gift, info on how to register to vote... you'll find it all and more at the Vendor Village this weekend.

This is Jordy Loeb, neighbor, festival planner, and partner at Pines Bach LLP, a locally-owned law firm that has provided clients with personal service and positive outcomes for more than 40 years. Jordy is back on the festival team this year, and Pines Bach returns as a festival sponsor!

Festivals are fun, but not for dogs. Crowds, music and small children are not a good fit for our four legged friends. Let’s leave the pups at home.

Waterfront Festival will once again be bookended by our two stages, with lots of room to dine from the food carts and shop in the vendor village.

It wouldn't be an Eastside festival without Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co.. They're back as vendors and as presenting sponsors of this year's Waterfront, and we couldn't be more grateful for this partnership. How sweet it is!

Troop 29 will be back this weekend, running games for the kids. Look for them just west of the playground.

Saturday is Marquette Neighborhood Association Member Day! All MNA members will receive a ticket for the beverage of their choice. Stop by the MNA tent to renew or join for $5. That's right - a $5 beer!

Liz and her crew at Lauer Realty Group have helped bring festival fun to the neighborhood for decades. They're back as presenting sponsors and they'll be tending the Main Stage bar on Sunday from 2:15-5. Stop by and say hi!

Who loves you, baby?

Fest food is the best food!

W***y Street Co-op is not just a great neighborhood grocery store, the Co-op has an incredible record of giving back to the community through grants, charitable giving and support for community projects and events. They're longtime presenting sponsors of Waterfront and are back to help us bring the festival fun this summer.❤️☀️