May 17

May 17 PREVIEW | Taste of Randolph 2016

Scott Drasler

Taste Of Randolph Announces Music and Food Lineup

Iconic Chicago Street Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Chicago

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StarEvents

the

West Loop Community Organization

and

Silver Wrapper

announce the 20th Annual

Taste of Randolph Festival

Friday June 17th thru Sunday June 19th

. Commemorating the iconic street festival's 20th Anniversary, StarEvents and WLCO will bring together the biggest and brightest names in Chicago dining, featuring over 20 restaurants exemplary for delectable menus and irresistibly unique flavors. Taste of Randolph will feature a musical lineup of legendary headliners and rising stars, as well as the biggest names in Chicago house music, performing on two stages and a DJ stage, to entertain guests on their culinary adventure. Fest guests can enjoy Taste of Randolph in style! The

VIP ticket package

includes VIP lounges, reserved concert seating, private bathrooms, and beer discounts. Taste of Randolph benefits the

West Loop Community Organization

, which has been advocating for the West Loop neighborhood since 1991, supporting local businesses and economic development.

Taste of Randolph announce full lineup additions and share daily lineups. The music acts for 2016 are unprecedented in the world of street festivals. Headliners include legends Peter Bjorn & John, Australian fan-favorites Atlas Genius, and international phenomena MS MR and Colorado based DeVotchKa. In addition to the fabulous headliners, Taste of Randolph will feature international talents as well as the nation’s hottest up and comers The Motet, Cornmeal, SunSquabi, The Record Company, and 30+ artists and DJs will provide the soundtrack to festival attendees cuisine extravaganza. Taste of Randolph has added a new wave of artists to the three-day auditory and culinary journey. New artists include Judah and the Lion,Soak, Dead Ships, Ravyn Lenae, FlightWave, Carla Prather, Saving Forever and Intonation.Check out the Daily Lineup below, and the Full Lineup here.

To celebrate the iconic street festival’s 20th Anniversary, Taste of Randolph has teamed up with VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau in Denver, CO to construct the

Denver Live on the Rocks stage

– a scale replica of the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater, itself celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year. The stage will feature national headliners who originated in Colorado as well as

daily chances for festival attendees to win an all-expense paid trip to Denver

including tickets to a concert at Red Rocks

. On

Sunday

June 19

, four local Chicago bands - Zaramela, Akasha, Bailiff, The Ivorys - will play the

WXRT

“

Road to Red Rocks

” show, on the Denver Live on the Rocks Stage, to win a chance to perform at the real Red Rocks Amphitheater in July. The two wings of the scale reproduction will each stand some 70 feet long and 30 feet high, and will be

hand-sculpted

and

hand-painted

to mimic the venue’s iconic monoliths and red sandstone striations.