BITTER JESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021
GRAND FINALE CONCERT - LABOR DAY WEEKEND
MUSIC • FOOD • FIREWORKS
Free Concert & Free Parking • 3:00 pm • September 5, 2021
Wolters Field, 1080 Park Ave. West, Highland Park, IL 60035
BJMF is thrilled to welcome 101.9 The MiX FM as official 2021 Grand Finale Media Sponsor! Come out to the concert on Sunday and meet The Mix Road Crew in person!
The Bitter Jester Music Festival is Brought to you, in part, by the generous financial support of the City of Highland Park, the Highland Park Community Foundation, and First Bank of Highland Park.
Prize money for participating musicians generously donated by First Bank of Highland Park.
Opening Showcase Bands:
Feed the Monkeys (IL) & Opening Day (IN)
Competition Lineup:
Adem Dalipi Band (IL), Fluctuation (IL), Pretoria (MI), Quick and Painless (WI), Quite Frankly the Band (KS), Scorched Waves (WI), Summer Drive (IL), and Venganza (WI)
Featured Solo Performers:
Ian Jake Robleza (IL) & One Man Ginger Band (IL)
Sept. 5 Grand Finale Emcees:
Emmy-winning Director/Producer (and BJMF Founder) Nicolas DeGrazia will co-host the show along actress, comedian, and Emmy-nominated writer Meg Grunewald.
Sept. 5 Grand Finale Judges:
Our seven Grand Finale Judges are: Kabir Dalawari, Sam Poll, Kevin Ray, Wendy Snyder, Michael Tseitlin, Hannah Watson, and Glenn Williams.
Sept. 5 Grand Finale Verbal Commentary:
Our non-scoring Verbal Feedback Judges are Lynn Orman-Weiss and Hamon Kim.
All MVP Awards for this this year were expertly crafted and manufactured by Bennett Awards.
We couldn’t be more excited to showcase (and give away!) these beautiful medallions.
We’ll be posting more photos to social media on 9/5!
We also welcome Chicago North Shore Moms, another incredible 2021 Media Sponsor of the BJMF! ChicagoNorthShoreMoms.com is giving moms the gift of time with vetted lists of the best local resources from North Shore beaches and pools to summer festivals, and everything in between and we couldn’t be more excited about this wonderful partnership!
RAIN LOCATION:
Elm Place Middle School
2031 Sheridan Rd.
Highland Park, IL 60035
Come for the music, enjoy some great food and sweet treats, get some artwork done by Laine Too (temporary tattoos), and stay for the fireworks!
Celebrating its 15th season of LIVE MUSIC, the Bitter Jester Music Festival hits its 2021 summer stride with the annual Grand Finale Concert. Ten incredible bands will be featured with eight of them in competition. This concert is a showcase of some of the BEST up-and-coming musical talent from across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan!
Preliminary concerts took place the first four Fridays of June at Port Clinton Square in beautiful Downtown Highland Park. Professional judges selected one winning band each Friday and the Bitter Jester Foundation for the Arts selected four additional Wild Card Bands to advance to the Semi-Finals on the July 4. Thousands of dollars in combined cash and prizes will be given away to musicians and lucky audience members! Awesome raffle prizes will be available, too, with proceeds benefiting the Bitter Jester Foundation, a not-for-profit public charity in Illinois.
