This Week in Wicker Park & Bucktown: MUBI Fest Hits the Salt Shed

Your week-ahead guide to Wicker Park & Bucktown — 5 picks worth planning around

By Raj Singh · Published July 5, 2026.

The week builds to a great Friday: MUBI Fest brings a weekend of curated cinema, live music, and an open-air market to the Salt Shed, and the neighborhood's First Fridays art walk lands the same night. Before that, there's a Sunday market, World Cup watch parties, and late-night sketch to fill the calendar.

SUNDAY 7/5

Wicker Park Farmers Market @ Wicker Park

Now in its 26th season, the Sunday market fills the park at Damen and Schiller with produce, flowers, and prepared food from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Get there early if the forecast rain holds off — the good stone fruit goes fast.

Pair it with a morning latte and a scone from Wormhole Coffee down Milwaukee.

SUNDAY 7/5

The World Cup @ Amaru

Amaru is screening every World Cup match live with drink specials priced by country — caipirinhas, fernet con Coca, margaritas — and it runs every match day this week from 5 p.m. Free to walk in on North Avenue in Wicker Park.

The kitchen is Peruvian: order the ceviche between halves.

THURSDAY 7/9

Sketch Playlist @ iO Theater

All-new sketches every week from the writers and performers at the legendary iO in Bucktown. Late show at 9:30 p.m.; tickets are about $20.

The iO Cabaret bar pours cheap beer before curtain — grab one and stake out a seat.

FRIDAY 7/10

First Fridays Art Walk @ Jackson Junge Gallery

The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber throws open galleries, pop-ups, and studios across the neighborhood for a free evening art crawl, 6–8 p.m., anchored at the Jackson Junge Gallery on Milwaukee.

Refuel mid-crawl with a scoop of olive-oil gelato from Black Dog Gelato in nearby Ukrainian Village.

FRIDAY 7/10

MUBI Fest @ The Salt Shed

The streaming service's traveling festival takes over the Salt Shed in West Town July 10–12 with exclusive screenings, live music, and an open-air market (with more at the Music Box and Siskel). Friday is the kickoff — plan your weekend around it.

The Salt Shed's outdoor Fairgrounds runs food trucks; grab an horchata and settle in.

Plenty more where that came from — see more Wicker Park & Bucktown events.