Square Roots Chicago

LET'S GOOO!!! The 2026 Square Roots Chicago music lineup is here! Get ready for a summer weekend full of iconic musicians, local bands, Old Town School community members, family fun, and so much more ☀️

July 10-12 in Lincoln Square 💥😎🎶 See you there!

Margo Price Nick Lowe Los Straitjackets Hurray for the Riff Raff JD McPherson Robbie Fulks, musician The Soul Rebels Sons of the Silent Age Deeper The Tossers ...and so many more!!

HOP RUB TIME 🍻

We’re partnering with for third year in a row to bring you an exclusive Square Roots hopfenlager, and we couldn’t be more excited!! A few of us from the and teamed up with the incredible Dovetail brewmasters to sample an array of hops for this years brew. Now, we can’t give too much away, but let’s just say this beer is in fantastic hoppy hands 😎

The Square Roots hopfenlager has been so popular over the past couple of years that it’s sold out long before the fest is over! You’re definitely going to want to get in line early this year, and we can’t wait to share it with you 🍻

Ever wanted to sell your carefully crafted products or tasty treats at the best street fest of the year? Well, now is your chance! Square Roots market and food vendor interest forms are officially OPEN 🎉

Local and regional artists, stores, crafters, restaurants, bakers, designers, small businesses, and more are all encouraged to apply to be a part of our summer celebration.

Businesses can find the official Vendor Form of Interest through the link in our bio or at squareroots.org. We hope to see you on Lincoln Ave. this summer ☀️😎

Best part of the summer so far?? Obviously sipping on an ice cold Square Roots hopfelager from at our favorite summer festival 🍻

We couldn’t have asked for a better collaborator than Dovetail in making our exclusive Square Roots brew. From the hop rub back in May with and to the first keg tap in July all the way through Square Roots weekend, the process is a labor of love that we appreciate SO much! Plus, you can’t go wrong with any of the rest of their unbeatable beers on a hot festival day.

Thank you endlessly to the folks at Dovetail for making the season more refreshing for us all! As the weather begins to cool down, you best believe we’re already thinking about next year’s brew 🫡

Say cheese!! 📸 😁

We’ve been posting tons of Square Roots 2025 videos lately, so we wanted to show you just a few of our favorite pictures from the weekend that perfectly capture the liveliness and joy of the fest. See yourself or someone you know? Tag them in the comments!

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Let’s give it up for our SPECTACULAR Square Roots volunteers and staff members 👏👏👏

These dedicated folks are the ones pouring your drinks, setting up and tearing down, keeping the area clean, directing festival-goers, accepting gate donations, and much more! The fest would simply be impossible without their help.

Thank you so much to all of the volunteers who made the weekend such a success!!! ♥️