The Tickets
The best way to experience The Frē Fest in its fullness
$70 savings off a la carte passes
Get guaranteed entry to every day and every stage
All inclusive pass holders receive guaranteed admission to all music and art programming from July 23-26
Join 50 fellow sonically curious adventurers on a trip through The Frē Universe.
Be a part of an inquisitive exclusive cohort that gets to immerse themselves in the conversation
Both artistically and interpersonally
It's all about Quality over Quantity at The Frē Fest
Plenty of elbow room with no need to worry about weather
A La Carte Passes
Thursday, July 23rd
$40 Day Of Door Tickets Only
LAMA Chicago
Opening Concert: A journey through Afro Diasporic rhythm from West Africa, to the Caribbean, to modern jazz in America focusing on the influence Tap Dance had on the development of Jazz's rhythmic vocabulary in the past, present, and future of the form featuring tap dancer Chandler Browne, Las BomPlaneras, and Chicago poet laureate Mayda Del Valle.
$15 savings with All Inclusive Pass
Doors 7pm
Show 8pm
Victoria Boateng (west african drumming)
Las BomPleneras (puerto rican traditional all femme drum and dance ensemble)
Mayda Del Valle (Chicago's Poet Laureate)
Tommy Carroll's Original Medicine (the future)
Friday, July 24th
$120 Friday/Saturday Passes Only Avalible Online
Percussion dialogue: A night of cutting-edge percussion ensembles at Spacetime Sounds, featuring master percussionist Vincent Davis
Modern Bar Bands
Night 1
plus late night DJ set at Double Tavern
Live performances, The Gallery, and Artist Boutique at Artifact Records
House DJs at Burlington Front Room
$20 savings with All Inclusive Pass
Doors 5pm
Vincent Davis and Preyez Roy (Prolific Drum and Vybraphone Duo)
Chandler Browne's Percussion Ensemble (Intersectional Diasporic Smorgesboard)
Chandler Browne and Tommy Carroll Duo (Experimental Percussion in many languages)
Erez Dessell (The Free-est of Improvisors)
Charles Joseph Smith (Virtuosic concert piano meets daring experimentalism)
Inoculous (slamming math rock)
John Bolton (the kind of dreamy piano you'd love to shop to)
Eric Novak's Vo'vava (etherial flutes and drums)
DJs
DJ Julio Bishop (Your ideal neighborhood house DJ)
Tromblau (dance music)
Gahbriella (cutting edge T-Girl pop)
Full Access to The Gallery featuring
Kari Black
EWERKS
Chad Kouri
Hasani Cannon
Harold Mosley
Warren Browne
Saturday, July 25th
$120 Friday/Saturday Passes Only Availible Online
The Frē Universe immersive art gallery at Spacetime Sounds
Jazz meditations at Yodega Studios takeover featuring saxophonist / visual artist Chad Kouri
Modern Bar Bands
Night 2
plus late night jam session at Double Tavern featuring Frē Fest artists in spontaneous collaboration with performances and Artist Boutique at Artifact Records.
House DJs in Burlington front room
$20 savings with All Inclusive Pass
Doors 5pm
A Chad Kouri Immersive Takeover (The Visual Artist meets the musician)
Wendy Clinard (Flamenco)
AlgoRitmo Jazz (driving experimental Congas)
The Visible Band (Guitar from the outter most planet)
Hunter Diamond (shimmering electronic saxophone soundscapes)
Beau Barry's Wrong Trio (The ultimate bar band)
Ben Zucker (Vibing vybraphone)
Tommy Carroll Latin Jazz Group feat. Jose Carasquillo (a cuatro extravaganza)
Tommy Carroll's Glass and Water (electric glass bottles)
Chandler Browne's Root in Rhythm (meditative soul searching)
Labratio (punk jazz)
DJs
Falling Flower (funk global house)
Nick2Bomb (gritty 'four on the floor' beats)
Full Access to The Gallery featuring
Kari Black
EWERKS
Chad Kouri
Hasani Cannon
Harold Mosley
Warren Browne
PLUS up close behind the scenes access to the jazz community at The Frē Jam that evening
Sunday, July 26th
$50 Day Of Tickets Only
Closing concert and dance party: A celebration of the future of creative jazz featuring spiritual jazz icon Angel Bat Dawid and legendary drum - DJ duo Furious Styles
$15 savings with All Inclusive Pass