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Pivot Arts Festival To Include Parade Through Edgewater

By Benjamin Woodard | March 31, 2015 5:32am
 Chicago queer performance art group and band BAATHHAUS.
Chicago queer performance art group and band BAATHHAUS.
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EDGEWATER — The third annual Pivot Arts Festival on the Far North Side includes a "community parade" through Edgewater and Rogers Park.

The parade kicks off on May 30 on Granville Avenue and ends at Loyola University's St. Ignatius Plaza at Kenmore Avenue.

The 10-day festival — from May 28 to June 7 — will feature live music, theater, dance, puppetry, wine tastings, workshops, children’s performances and more, according to organizers.

Performing artists include BAATHHAUS, Lizi Breit, Bri-Ko, Pamela Chermansky, Edgewater Workbench, Dean Evans, Ayako Kato, Daniel Kerr-Hobert, Lucky Plush Productions, Jessie Marasa, Neo-Futurists, RE Dance, Tsukasa Taiko and Vanessa Valliere.

The festival's venues include Francesca's Bryn Mawr, Lickity Split Custard and Sweet Shop, Loyola University’s Mundelein Center for the Arts and the Uptown Underground.

A full lineup and schedule would be released soon, organizers said.

Tickets, ranging from free to $20, go on sale April 7. For updated information and tickets, visit pivotarts.org.

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