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MICHIGAN MUSIC FESTIVALS 2021
NEWS & NOTES

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SEPT. 12 UPDATE

MICHIGAN BLUESFEST – The Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art will host the weekend Michigan BluesFest on the streets of Old Town in Lansing Sept. 16-18, with Root Physician, Josh Boyd & The VIP Band, Grady Hall & The Disciples of Funk, Chris Canas Band, Rib Joint Jokers and many more. More info online here.

AUGUST eleven UPDATE

WHEATLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL – Wheatland Music Festival has been canceled for the second year in a row, this time simply a calendar month before the Sept. x-12 event was set to unfurl outside Remus. Organizers cited concerns about being able to host the festival safely amid rising cases of COVID-xix. Read the full story and reaction at Local Spins hither.

August 2 UPDATE

DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL – The Detroit Jazz Festival will burn down up Hart Plaza in Detroit over Labor Twenty-four hour period weekend with performances by Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling & Dee Dee Bridgewater, AZIZA, Gregory Porter, Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Kenny Barron Trio and many more. See the full lineup online here.

BURNING Foot BEER FESTIVAL – Muskegon's Pere Marquette Beach will one time again host the Burning Foot Beer Festival on Aug. 28, with two stages featuring sets by Eve 6, Mustard Plug, Remo Bulldoze, Flexadecibel, Melophobix, Tequila Mockingbird, Medicine Human, A Northern Julia and Blood brother Crowe. The outcome will also feature 400-plus beers from lxxx breweries, along custom art and camping. Details and tickets here.

JULY 21 UPDATE

SUN Stale MUSIC FESTIVAL – It'due south already one of the busiest festival weekends of the summer and you tin can add Sun Dried Music Festival in Mason, Mich., to the list. The festival taking place Aug. 27-29 in downtown Mason will characteristic bands such as Showdown, Leadfoot, The Wild Beloved Commonage, Sea Cruisers and others. Details here.

HAMTRAMCK MUSIC FEST – The Hamtramck Music Fest has announced its extensive lineup for the festival that takes place in various venues throughout Hamtramck. Alphabetically, the bands range from Deed Coincidental and Alice Dreamt to The Whiskey Charmers and Yooper, with dozens and dozens more in betwixt. Details here.

JULY i UPDATE

EARTHWORK HARVEST GATHERING – After much deliberation, organizers of Sept. 17-19'south Earthwork Harvest Gathering exterior Lake City take announced that they won't return until 2022. Seth Bernard stated on Facebook that "we quickly realized that we didn't have the ingredients nosotros needed with so many of import members of our Harvest family having already fabricated other plans, nor the time to put it together properly" for 2021. Instead, Bernard encouraged folks to "bring food "to your ain neighbors and build community in your own neighborhood" during that September weekend. More hither.

JUNE thirty UPDATE

State ROOTS GET Downwards MUSIC FESTIVAL – Sarns Resort in Morley is hoting the Country Roots Become Downward Music Festival July 16-18 with Desmond Jones, Justin Wierenga, Birds of Prey, Seth Bernard, Magnet Moslov Matt, Whiskey Bound, The Bootstrap Boys, Stealin' the Subcontract, Mark Lavengood and Ryan Gramza. Details here.

NILES BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL – The Niles Bluegrass Festival on Water Street in Niles kicks off at 4 p.m. July 8 with the Water Street Wranglers and continues through Lord's day afternoon. Other performers include Total Cord, Blue H2o Ramblers and Whistle Stop Revue. Get more info hither.

JUNE 29 UPDATE

HOLLER FEST – With organizers saying they merely weren't able to organize "an event the size of Holler Fest in the time available," the late Baronial effect at Frog Holler Farm in Jackson Canton has been canceled for 2021. Get details here.

JUNE 24 UPDATE

OSCODA ROCK FEST – This one-mean solar day festival (which started in 2019) volition accept place Aug. 14 at Furtaw Field in Oscoda with 9 bands playing from noon to midnight, including Citrus Orange, Kougaran, Here Later Six and Assault the Silence. Details here.

JUNE xiv UPDATE:

Big FAM MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL – Big Fam, taking place Aug. 27-29 at Harmony Pines in Lake Ann, appear its lineup, with the three-24-hour interval inaugural event featuring Sunsquabi, Yheti, The Widdler, Daily Staff of life, Dixon'southward Violin, Angelic Root, SuperFuture and dozens more. The festival will also feature visual artists and "flow" artists. Details online at bigfamfestival.com.

JUNE 12 UPDATE:

CAMP BLODGETT MUSIC FESTIVAL AND Birthday CELEBRATION – Campsite Blodgett along Lake Michigan in West Olive will celebrate its 100th summertime with an all-day music festival and birthday commemoration on July 31. Performers will include Seth Bernard & Hashemite kingdom of jordan Hamilton, Fauxgrass, Deep Greens & Blues, Keynote Sisters, Hawks & Owls, Mark Lavengood. D. Thomas and others. Get tickets ($l per person) and data here.

JUNE 10 UPDATE:

Costless BIRD MUSIC FESTIVAL – This first-twelvemonth event takes identify June 25-27 at Liberty Mountain in Farwell, Mich., with a host of Mitten Land acts on the nib: Larry McCray, Act Casual, Ben Daniels Band, Galactic Sherpas, Megan Dooley, Benzing Graves Collective, Charlie Walmsley and others. The event will also feature food trucks, a beer tent and art vendors. Get details and tickets online hither, with a 3-day laissez passer costing $100

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MICHIGAN MUSIC FESTIVALS: THE LIST

Jan. 29-30
Ann Arbor Folk Festival
Alive-stream Result

CANCELED
March 4-6
Hamtramck Music Fest
Trixie's Bar, Hamtramck

March 6
Kalamazoo Fretboard Festival
Virtual

May vii
CANCELED; RESCHEDULED FOR MAY seven, 2022
Mitten State Music Revival
Historic Masonic Temple, Bay City

May 22
CANCELED: BBQ Bluegrass and Blues
Whirlpool Centennial Park, St. Joseph

May 28-31
CANCELED: Buses Past The Beach
Camp Blodgett, West Olive

May 29-31
CANCELED Movement Music Festival
Hart Plaza, Detroit

June 5
SOLD OUT Hippie Fest
Kalamazoo County Fairground, Kalamazoo

June iii-5
POSTPONED TO 2022 Camp Greensky
Hoxeyville Festival Grounds, Manistee National Woods, Wellston

June four-6
En Plein Air (alternative to Festival Of The Arts)
Downtown, Grand Rapids

June 11
Torch Lake Army camp Out
3960 Plum Valley Road NW, Alden

June xi-xiii
CANCELED FOR 2021 Nor-eastward'r Music & Art Festival
Oscoda County Fairgrounds, Mio

June 17-21
RESCHEDULED FOR AUG. 26-29: Cedar Polka Festival
Tennis Courts, Cedar

June eighteen-xx
CANCELED; RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 17-xix, 2022
Buttermilk Jamboree
Circumvolve Pines Center, Delton

June 18-19
Summer Solstice Jazz Festival
Downtown E Lansing (Bailey Parking Lot, Albert-Division intersection), East Lansing

June nineteen
Alpena Dejection Festival
N. 2nd Ave., Alpena

June 19
Spirit of the Woods Folk Festival
Dickson Township Hall, Brethren

June 24-26
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival
Eaton County Fairgrounds, Charlotte

June 24-27
CANCELED Electric Forest
Double JJ Ranch, Rothbury

June 25-27
Free Bird Music Festival
Liberty Mount, Farwell

June 26
CANCELED
Marshall Blues Festival
Downtown Marshall

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July 2-3
Smile Acres Music Festival
Trufant

July ii-four
West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association'south fourth of July Campsite & Jam
Kent County Youth Fairgrounds, Lowell

July eight-eleven
Niles Bluegrass Festival
310 Water St., Niles

July ix-xi
CANCELED: Blissfest
3695 Division Road, Harbor Springs

July 9-11
(RESCHEDULED FROM SEPT. three-5)
Big Ticket Festival
Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord

July 9-ten
CANCELED: Michigan ElvisFest
Wayne County Fairgrounds, Belleville

July 16-17
Upheaval Festival
Belknap Park, 1000 Rapids

July 15-17
Beaver Island Music Fesitval
28599 Hideaway Trail, St. James, Beaver Island

July 16-18
Faster Horses Festival
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn

JULY 16-18
Country Roots Become Down Music Festival
Sarns Resort, 4398 Newcosta Ave, Morley

July 16-18
CANCELED: Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival
Marquette Tourist Park Marquette

July 17
Boxing Creek Caribbean area Festival
Downtown Battle Creek

July 23-25
Dunesville Music Festival
The Impairment Farm, Lake Ann

July 23-31
Marshall Bluegrass Festival
Calhoun County Fairgrounds, Marshall

July 30-31
Hootenanny at the Barn
Wayland (Location given upon ticket purchase; electronic mail: undergroundmusicpod@gmail.com)

July 30-Aug. i
CANCELED: Farm Block Festival & Reunion
Allouez

July thirty-Aug. vii
Baroque On Beaver
Various locations, St. James, Beaver Island

July 31
Camp Blodgett Music Festival & Birthday Celebration
Camp Blodgett, West Olive

July 31
Depot Music Festival
Cadillac Rotary Performing Arts Pavilion, downtown Cadillac

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Aug. 5-8
Hamtramck Music Fest
Various venues in Hamtramck

Aug. six-seven
Port Sanilac Blues Festival
Waterfront, Port Sanilac

Aug. 6-7
Milan Bluegrass Festival
KC Campground, Milan

Aug. 11-14
Unity Christian Music Festival
Heritage Landing, Muskegon

Aug. 12-14
Jamboree at the Oaks
7800 Cutler Route, Munith

Aug. 12-15
Farmfest
1865 Roby Road, Johannesburg

Aug. 13-xiv
420 Cannabis Music Festival
Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing

Aug. xiii-15
Hoxeyville Music Festival
Wellston (Manistee National Forest)

Aug. xiv
Walk the Beat
East Side of Grand Haven

Aug. xiv
Flint Drop Fest
Buckham Alley, Flintstone

Aug. 14
Oscoda Rock Fest
Furtaw Field, Oscoda

Aug. xiv
RESCHEDULED TO AUG. 13, 2022
Phil Denny's Arsenal Smooth Jazz Fete
330 Marshall, Lansing

Aug. 10-14
Frankenmuth Summertime Music Fest
Heritage Park, Frankenmuth

Aug. xx-22
LivelyLands Music Festival
Outside of Empire on W. Empire Hwy. at Backyard Burdickville

Aug. 21
Hippie Fest
Ionia County Fairgrounds, 317 Southward. Dexter St.

Aug. 26-29
Cedar Polka Festival
Tennis Courts, Cedar

Aug. 27-28
Breakaway Music Festival
Belknap Park, G Rapids

Aug. 27-29
CANCELED: Hollerfest
Frog Holler Farm, Irish Hills

Aug. 27-29
Blues By The Bay
East Tawas Harbor Park, East Tawas

Aug. 27-29
Forest Trail Music Festival
352 West Forest Trail Road, Freesoil

Aug. 27-29
Tie Dye Festival
Howard City

Aug. 27-29
Large Fam Music and Arts Festival
Harmony Pines, Lake Ann

Aug. 27-29
Forest Trail Music Festival
325 W. Forest Trail Rd., Free Soil

Aug. 27-29
Sun Dried Music Festival
Downtown Mason

Aug. 28
Called-for Human foot Beer Festival
Pere Marquette Beach, Muskegon

Aug. 27-29
CANCELED: Porcupine Mountains Music Festival
Winter Sports Complex, Porcupine Mountain Wilderness Land Park, Ontonogan

Aug. 27-29
CANCELED: Willowsong Music Festival
Sidney

Aug. 28
CANCELED: Michigan MetalFest
Leila Auditorium, Battle Creek

RESCHEDULED TO JULY 9-11
Big Ticket Festival
Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord

Sept. 3-6
Detroit Jazz Festival
Hart Plaza, Detroit

Sept. 3-6
Fine art, Eats & Beats Festival
Downtown Majestic Oak

Sept. 4
Thumbfest
Tierney Park, Lexington

Sept. x-12
CANCELED: Wheatland Music Festival
Pierce Road & 30th Avenue, Remus

Sept. 16-18
Michigan BluesFest
Old Town, 1210 Turner St., Lansing

Sept. 16-nineteen
CANCELED: Michigan Irish Music Festival
Heritage Landing, Muskegon

Sept. 17-19
CANCELED, RETURNING IN 2022:Earthwork Harvest Gathering
Mud Subcontract, Lake City

Sept. 18-19
Fallasburg Arts Festival
Fallasburg Park, 1124 Fallasburg Park Dr., Lowell

Sept. 24-25
Thunder Bay Folk Fest
Alpena

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NEWS UPDATES & NOTES ARCHIVED
JUNE 3 UPDATE:

TORCH LAKE Camp OUT – Dixon'south Violin, The Gasoline Gypsies, Biomassive, Allie Marzie and Les Older will play this overnight event at Uraharas in Alden, well-nigh Torch Lake, on June 11. Upwards to 150 tickets volition be sold. Tickets, details online here.

MAY 24 UPDATE:

SPIRIT OF THE WOODS FOLK FESTIVAL – The Spirit of the Woods Music Clan has announced that its folk festival will return to Dickson Township Park in Brethren, Mich., on June 19 "in a much simpler course." The afternoon event will feature Breathe Owl Breathe, Scarlet John & John Warstler, Annie & Rod Capps, The Nephews and Barefoot. Get details here.

MAY 19 UPDATE:

THUNDER BAY FOLK FEST – The Thunder Bay Folk Order has announced that a "scaled-downwards version" of the Thunder Bay Folk Fest will have place Sept. 24-25 in Alpena. Details here.

MAY 16 UPDATE:

JAMBOREE AT THE OAKS – CampIt Events has appear that Jamboree at the Oaks will take place in Munith, Mich., Aug. 12-14 with 24 Michigan bands performing, including Revelation Rain, Heavy Hush, Possum Belly, Harper, Disarm the Alarms and more. Details here.

MAY 12 UPDATE:

BIG TICKET FESTIVAL – The Gaylord City Council has cleared the Big Ticket Festival to host up to 12,000 people at the Otsego County Fairgrounds, organizers appear. The Christian music festival takes place July 9-eleven.

MAY eleven UPDATE:

HOXEYVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL – Billy Strings, The Allman Betts Band, The Sam Bush Band and Yonder Mountain Cord Band will play Hoxeyville Aug. xiii-15 in Wellston, Mich., festival organizers announced. Regional acts such every bit Lindsay Lou, The Sweet H2o Warblers, Luke Winslow-King and Michigan Rattlers also are on the pecker. Details here.

MAY 6 UPDATE:

BREAKAWAY MUSIC FESTIVAL – Denver producer and electronic/dance artist Illenium will headline Fri's opening dark of Grand Rapids' Breakaway Music Festival at Belknap Park on Aug. 27, with Detroit native and popular/hip hop/soul/electronic star Quinn XCII endmost out Saturday dark's lineup, festival organizers announced. Breakaway Music Festival will too feature sets by Gryffin, Madeon, Large Wild, Chelsea Cutler and other pop, EDM and hip hop acts.

MARSHALL BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL – The Marshall Bluegrass Festival existence held July 23-31 at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds volition feature performances past Fast Track, Edgar Loudermilk Ring, The Clay Hess Band with special invitee Ron Block, The Caleb Daugherty Band, Kyle Jarvis IIIrd Generation Bluegrass, Larry Efaw and The Bluegrass Mountaineers, New Outlook, Harbourtown Bluegrass and Out of the Blue.

MAY v UPDATE:

DEPOT MUSIC FESTIVAL – The Afterwards 26 Depot Cafe has announced it will phase the seventh almanac Depot Music Festival on July 31 at the Cadillac Rotary Performing Arts Pavilion in downtown Cadillac. All proceeds will support the After 26 Project.

BRETHREN MUSIC FESTIVAL – The Spirit of the Forest Music Association revealed that information technology will host the Brethren Music Festival on June xix at Dickson Township Hall in Brethren. Organizers called it "a concert in the park" from 1-vi p.m.

ELVISFEST – The Michigan Elvisfest scheduled for July 9-ten at the Wayne County Fairgrounds has been canceled due to uncertainty regarding the COVID-nineteen pandemic and related restrictions.

APRIL 27 UPDATE:

FARM Cake FESTIVAL & REUNION – Slated for the finish of July, the 2021 Farm Block Festival and Reunion in Allouez in the Upper Peninsula has been canceled for the 2nd year. "Every bit yous may accept predictable, we have decided to abolish the 2021 Farm Block Festival and Reunion," organizers wrote on Facebook. "This was a conclusion fabricated not out of fearfulness, simply out of deep care and consideration for the health and prophylactic of all."

420 CANNABIS MUSIC FESTIVAL – The first-year 420 Cannabis Music Festival will exist staged Aug. thirteen-xiv at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, with Sada Baby, Doobie and more than artists still to be appear. Details here.

APRIL 25 UPDATE:

ALPENA Dejection FESTIVAL – The June 19 Alpena Dejection Festival in downtown Alpena will feature "Ladies of the Blues" for 2021, with performances past Thornetta Davis, Nora Jean Bruso, Tasha Owens, Cee Cee Collins, Erin Coburn and Pretentious Pig.

DUNESVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL – Earlybird tickets for Dunesville Music Festival taking identify July 23-25 in Lake Ann are at present on sale. The festival volition feature Ann Arbor'south Chirp, among other bands.

Apr 22 UPDATE:

WILLOWSONG MUSIC FESTIVAL – For the 2d year in a row, the Willowsong Music Festival in Sidney, Mich., is canceling its planned late August outcome. Organizers cited the recent upswing in COVID cases in Michigan and compliance with state health guidelines for the move.

APRIL 21 UPDATE:

Omnibus Benefit – Memorial Solar day weekend's almanac Autobus Benefit hosted by Buses by the Embankment at Army camp Blodgett along Lake Michigan in Due west Olive will again take a hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers announced that the determination was fabricated with "a heavy center. … After many discussions with local officials, Army camp Blodgett and other early on flavor Michigan festival organizers, we feel that this is the best affair for our tribe, our wellness and our community."

FREDERIC MUSIC FESTIVAL – The Frederic Music Festival planned for June 25 in the northern Michigan community has postponed its event. Citing health department restrictions on oversupply size, organizers said "the health and welfare of our community was the biggest factor.

April 19 UPDATE:

PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS MUSIC FESTIVAL – The Friends of the Porkies system has canceled the 2021 edition of the Porcupine Mountains Music Festival which had been scheduled to take place Aug. 27-29 at the Porcupine Mountains Ski Surface area in Ontonagon. Organizers said that for the 2d year, the festival would remain on hiatus "due to issues related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic." With too much uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, "planning to proceed this yr turned out to be too much of a run a risk" and organizers "however can't find a realistic path to making that happen." The festival plans to return next yr on Aug. 26-28; those with tickets can ringlet them over to 2022. More than data and details about refunds available online here.

APRIL 16 UPDATE:

MICHIGAN Irish MUSIC FESTIVAL – Organizers called it "nigh unbearable to imagine another festival flavor without alive Irish gaelic and Celtic music." The Michigan Irish gaelic Music Festival — set to be staged at Muskegon's Heritage Landing in mid-September — has appear that due to "doubt surrounding the pandemic" and active COVID cases in the country, the 2021 festival has been canceled.

Apr xv UPDATE:

SMILING ACRES MUSIC FESTIVAL – A make new festival will make its debut in Trufant July 2-3: The Grinning Acres Music Festival volition feature two days of performances by Westward Michigan artists on a twoscore-acre site northeast of Grand Rapids. Organizer and musician Mark Lavengood said capacity volition be limited to 400 adults with plenty of room for social distancing. Read more about the festival and check out the performer lineup in this Local Spins story.

JAKE'Southward MUSIC FESTIVAL – Grand Rapids' Jake'south Music Festival, a 1-24-hour interval leap festival starring West Michigan bands to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, won't have identify in April this year, organizers announced on Facebook. "With and then many unknowns, nosotros will not exist property the festival this April. Nosotros are looking at doing something in the autumn, merely with venues being hitting so difficult by the pandemic, our plans are in flux," they wrote.

HOOTENANNY ON THE Subcontract – The second almanac Hootenanny on the Farm will have place in Wayland July 30-31, with performances by Taylor Hernly, Lance Rogers, James Reed, Clarke Sexton, Nolan Taylor, Dave Shoemaker, Myron Elkins, The Hammer and The Hatchet and Christian Dawson. On-site camping available. Email undergroundmusicpod@gmail.com for more details. Tickets are $45.

Apr 12 UPDATE:

COWPIE MUSIC FESTIVAL – For the second twelvemonth in a row, Cowpie Music Festival on Shagbark Farm well-nigh Caledonia won't exist held in August due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID pandemic. Owner "Farmer John" Crissman reported during a Michigan Music Brotherhood webinar on festivals that organizers instead promise to stage a ane-day, no-camping "Slice of Pie" event with three or four bands in late summertime or fall.

APRIL viii UPDATE:

BREAKAWAY MUSIC FESTIVAL – Breakaway Music Festival volition return to Thousand Rapids' Belknap Park Aug. 27-28. Although the lineup hasn't been announced, pre-auction tickets ($89.99 for ii days) are available for "Breakaway Fam Club" members. Sign upwards and get details online hither. Breakaway festivals will besides be held Sept. 3-4 in Columbus, Ohio, and Oct. 1-2 in Charlotte, N.C.

APRIL 7 UPDATE:

BUTTERMILK JAMBOREE – Buttermilk Jamboree will over again be postponed, with organizers looking ahead to 2022. Organizers say capacity restrictions and other COVID concerns will likely however be an obstacle in June, forcing them to skip this twelvemonth's result.

BATTLE CREEK Caribbean FESTIVAL – The Battle Creek Caribbean Festival will take place July 17 in downtown Kalamazoo.

MARCH 31 UPDATE:

Hoxeyville Music Festival (slated for Aug. xiii-xv in Wellston) appear that express earlybird and kids' tickets are at present available. "Hoxeyville is committed to your condom by providing an environment where nosotros tin ALL enjoy a wondrous weekend of music together. Yous can help! We are confident that by Baronial, all adults desiring so tin exist vaccinated against COVID-19," the festival state on Facebook. "While we cannot mandate attendees be vaccinated, we will protect our youngest campers for whom vaccines are non yet available by requiring ALL ADULTS to have properly worn masks and socially distance in shared public spaces."

Upheaval Festival, slated for July 16-17 at Belknap Park in Grand Rapids, has added Rob Zombie equally the headliner for Saturday night (which already features Staind, Skillet, Similar a Storm, Blacktop Mojo and others). Korn headlines Fri nighttime, with Chevelle, Avatar, Joyous Wolf, Gemini Syndrome and more than bands on the hard-rocking opening night.

MARCH 29 UPDATE:

Blue Water Folk Guild's Thumbfest will take place Sept. four at Tierney Park in Lexington.

MARCH 28 UPDATE:

Due east Lansing Info reports that the Pumpstock Music Festival in Due east Lansing tentatively plans to return this summer, but things have yet to be finalized.

MARCH 27 UPDATE:

The Milan Bluegrass Festival volition take place Aug. 6-7 in Milan, with tickets going on sale June 20.

Whether this yr's Earthwork Harvest Gathering takes place outside Lake City in September remains uncertain. Organizers posted on Facebook that they're "studying things closely and consulting with trusted colleagues, and it feels too early to make a call either fashion."

MARCH 24 UPDATE:

Blissfest Music Organization has announced the "heart-wrenching" decision to abolish Blissfest for the 2nd year in a row due to uncertainty regarding COVID restrictions and safety concerns. Initially scheduled for July 9-xi, the next Blissfest nigh Harbor Springs will at present have place July 8-10, 2022. "Nosotros need to make decisions to continue everyone safe," said Sarah Reinfelder, operations manager. "An event this size is ever about safety." Read more at Local Spins here.

MARCH 16 UPDATE:

The Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival slated to accept place July sixteen-18 in Marquette has been canceled. It's the second year in a row that the long-running outcome has been forced to have a hiatus due to COVID. "Information technology has been a long and challenging procedure for the board to reach this conclusion," Hiawatha executive director Susan Divine said in a prepared statement, adding there are plans for a virtual festival with hopes that "a music gathering of some kind might be possible in the fall."

MARCH 12 UPDATE:

The Cedar Polka Fest has been rescheduled for Baronial 26-29, 2021, held downtown in the village of Cedar. (Previously, it had been set to take identify June 17-20.)

MARCH nine UPDATE:

Another Michigan music festival has been canceled for the second year in a row: Detroit'due south Mo Pop Festival slated for July will now be held July xxx and 31, 2022 at the Celebrated Fort Wayne.

MARCH 8 UPDATE:

For the second year in a row, Camp Greensky has been canceled due to the COVID pandemic. Festival organizers officially announced that they are postponing the three-day, northern Michigan festival to June 2022. "We were patient and hopeful that we could make some magic happen this June, just it's only not in the cards to nowadays the festival we all know and dear in the current circumstances," the "heartbroken" leaders of the festival stated on Facebook. "We're grateful for all of your understanding and patience as nosotros all work towards some kind of 'new normal.' "

Organizers of Nor-East'r Music & Art Festival most Mio have appear cancellation of the June eleven-thirteen upshot. It's the second year in a row that the festival — which takes identify on Oscoda County Fairgrounds — has been scrapped due to COVID-19. "Information technology absolutely breaks our hearts to practice this for a second year, but remainder assured, we will be back in full force in 2022," organizers said in a press release, noting the "uncertainty" surrounding a June gathering. "Additionally, the local economic system has been hit so hard that request our neighbors for fiscal support but doesn't seem appropriate for this year."

Yard Haven's Walk the Beat will render to the lakeshore city on Aug. 14, with bands performing at several unlike locations and fans walking from venue to venue to listen to their sets. Walk the Beat too is hosting a songwriting contest. To enter, send your entry to walkthebeatbob@gmail.com past March xv.

The Marshall Bluegrass Festival returns to Chief Street in Marshall July 25-31 with "international touring entertainers, Grand Ole Opry performers and award-winning talent."

Despite uncertainties in COVID restrictions, several Michigan festivals take announced plans to return in 2021:

Frederic Music Festival on June 25 in Eagle Park in Frederic;

Houghton Lake Blues Festival July 7 at the Houghton Lake Playhouse (with Larry McCray, Jake Kershaw, Erin Coburn and Rhett Yocum);

Christian music's Big Ticket Festival July 9-11 in Gaylord (with Cory Asbury, Zach Williams and Danny Gokey);

Tamarack Music Festival July 31-Aug. 1 at Tamarack Creek Soap & Gifts in Morley;

Unity Christian Music Festival Aug. 11-fourteen at Muskegon'due south Heritage Landing (with King & Country, TobyMac, Matthew West and We the Messengers).

Dunesville Music Festival has put out a phone call for musicians, vendors, workshop teachers and visual artists.

The Acoustic Sunset Concert Serial at Camp Blodgett has announced that it won't be returning in 2021.

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The Hamtramck Music Festival has been canceled.

Big Ticket, a Christian music festival, has changed its dates from Sept. 3-5 to July 9-11 at the Otsego County Fairgrounds in Gaylord.

Beaver Island Music Festival is moving ahead with plans for the July 15-17 festival in the middle of Lake Michigan. Should that not be possible, the festival is urging donations to the nonprofit Patrons of the Arts in Rural Communities (PARC). Run into the PARC Facebook page for more info.

Electrical Forest'south dates are still upwards in the air. "Forest HQ is currently considering options … we are belongings to our typical June timeframe." The Woods Family abides.

Wood Trail Music Festival, which hosted a socially distanced inaugural event in Freesoil last year, is seeking musicians and vendors for its Aug. 27-29 effect. Contact organizers at ForestTrailMusic@gmail.com or 231-510-3056.

Arts Eats & Beats in Majestic Oak, sponsored past Soaring Eagle, together with the Oakland County authorities raised more than $400,000 to support musicians. Run across The Detroit News story.

The classical music festival Bizarre on Beaver reports that information technology received a grant from the Charlevoix Canton Community Foundation to pay for a new website and branding.

The Great Indoor Folk Festival, which opted out of the popular winter event for 2021, said "we wait forward to beingness back in the saddle 2022" in its declaration on Facebook.

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