HartFest 2025, presented by Lakefront Brewery
Friday, June 13, 5 pm to 10 pm
Saturday, June 14, 11 am to 10 pm
Hart Park
HartFest 2025, presented by Lakefront Brewery: It's all about BBQ and the Blues! Kick off your summer with Dave Matthews tribute band Trippin Billies on Friday night, while local blues standouts The Jimmys headline on Saturday. Plus enjoy a BBQ Competition, food trucks, and other amazing live music acts. Free admission
FEATURING
• Top regional live music
• Bunzel’s BBQ Competition and People’s Choice tasting
• Food trucks
• Vendor Marketplace
BUNZEL’S BBQ COMPETITION AND TASTING
Our BBQ Competition, presented by Bunzel’s Meat Market, brings together the best pit masters in the area! Who will be crowned the HartFest BBQ Champion and receive a cash prize? Click here to enter the BBQ Competition!
You can also sample all of the competition entries and vote for your favorite! Click here to purchase a ticket that entitles you to a 6 oz. sample portion of each competitors’ BBQ chicken and allows you to vote for a “People’s Choice” winner.
BADGERLAND STRIDERS HARTFEST 5K RUN
Badgerland Striders is sad to announce that the 2025 Hartfest 5k and 2 mile walk has been cancelled. Full refunds are in process for those who had signed up previously and should be expected within the next two weeks.
2025 EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, June 13
5-10 pm
Food Trucks and Vendor Marketplace
Click here to see our list of our 2024 Food and Beverage vendors
Click here to see our list of our 2024 Marketplace vendors
5-7 pm
The Chris Haise Band
7:30-10 pm
Trippin Billies
Saturday, June 14
7:30 am
BBQ Contest cooking begins
11 am-10 pm
Food Trucks and Vendor Marketplace
Click here to see our list of our Food and Beverage vendors
Click here to see our list of our Marketplace vendors
11 am-1 pm
Music from the Wauwatosa School of Music
12:30 pm
BBQ Contest judging
1:00-2:30 pm
BBQ Contest Tasting and People’s Choice voting - CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A TICKET
2-3 pm
The Stephen Hull Experience
3 pm
BBQ Contest winner announcements
3:30-4:30 pm
The Stephen Hull Experience
5-7 pm
Blues Addiction
7:30-10 pm
The Jimmys
FOOD AND BEVERAGES
HartFest 2024 featured food and drinks from Atwood Highway BBQ Shack, Leff’s Lucky Town, BelAir Cantina, BB’s On North, The Ruby Tap, and more.
MARKETPLACE VENDORS
From candles and home decor to clothing and jewelry to BBQ and cocktail supplies, shop from a specially-curated list of high quality local vendors.
