Category Archives: Bands, Entertainers & Labels

Michigan in the Electric Forest: DJ SuperDre

June 7, 2011 – 5:50 am

With Electric Forest (June 30 – July 3) just around the corner, Absolute Michigan is talking to the Michigan artists that are going to help make it happen. Click for more Electric Forest interviews. DJ SuperDre by TerryJohnston We recently caught up with Michigan-native and Grand Rapids resident SuperDre (Andrea Wallace). The producer/DJ filled us [...]

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Kalamazoo Island Fest ~ June 16-18

June 6, 2011 – 10:23 am

Read on to learn how you can win a pair of tickets to Island Fest! The annual Kalamazoo Island Festival is an celebration of Jamaican and Caribbean music, culture and food that takes place Thursday June 16th through Saturday the 18th. The annual festival is in its 16th year and benefits the community activities and programs [...]

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The Amazing Grand Rapids American Pie Lip Dub by Rob Bliss

May 27, 2011 – 2:14 pm

I don’t know what else you can say but bravo? Produced by Rob Bliss, this is the best 10 minutes you’ll spend online today I expect. You might also enjoy The Making of the Grand Rapids Lip Dub by Michigan Radio. UPDATE: Roger Ebert posts simply “The greatest music video ever made” Rob writes: “The [...]

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Listen, Play & Learn at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend

May 19, 2011 – 7:52 am

The 23rd annual  Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend is a chance to learn to play drum, fiddle, banjo, blues or swing guitar, train your toes to clog, salsa or tap (or your belly to dance), polish your singing or dance calling skills,  enjoy concerts and performances, explore the arts though rug weaving, carving or painting, discover [...]

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Jeremy Stein talks Electric Forest Festival

May 10, 2011 – 10:39 am

The Electric Forest Festival is sponsoring Absolute Michigan’s Arts & Entertainment section for the summer, and we’ve got a series of interviews to help you learn more about the festival and musicians who’ll be there: Mike Devol of Greensky Bluegrass Erin Zindle of The Ragbirds Grand Rapids DJ SuperDre …and Electric Forest founder Jeremy Stein [...]

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Celebrating 100 Years at the Wealthy Theatre

May 3, 2011 – 7:46 am

The Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids turns 100 this year. Located at 1130 Wealthy Street, the theater was constructed in 1911 for vaudeville and live theater, later becoming a neighborhood movie house. During World War I, the Wealthy served as a warehouse for the Michigan Aircraft Company and in the 1960s is was the only [...]

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Grand Rapids LaughFest ~ March 10-20, 2011

March 7, 2011 – 8:11 am

The first-ever Grand Rapids LaughFest kicks off this Thursday (March 10) in Grand Rapids. The city-wide festival runs March 10-20, 2011 and is presented by Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids, an independent branch of Gilda’s Club Worldwide. The organization was founded in honor of comedienne Gilda Radner with the goal of helping men, women and children [...]

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2011 Electric Forest Festival ~ June 30 – July 3, 2011

February 28, 2011 – 9:37 am

The lineup for the inaugural Electric Forest music festival in Rothbury, Michigan on June 30 – July 3, 2011 has been announced. Rothbury Crowd by Colleen Catania Photography Surprising to probably nobody is the headliner, String Cheese Incident, a jam band with tight ties to the popular Rothbury festival that Electric Forest replaces. What is [...]

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The Return of Rothbury: 2011 Electric Forest Festival

February 23, 2011 – 8:41 am

Rothbury Festival 2009 by Ã…nne Two years ago, Absolute Michigan joined tens of thousands of folks at the Rothbury Music Festival.  The festival wasn’t able to secure the commitments necessary to make it work in 2010, but they will return in 2011 as the Electric Forest Festival. You can tune in right here next Monday [...]

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Report from the Traverse City Comedy Festival

February 17, 2011 – 9:41 am

Crowd for Jeffrey Ross by tcfilmfest The Absolute Michigan team spent the weekend working on the 2nd annual Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival. The festival was a big success and once again festival co-founders Jeff Garlin & Michael Moore packed the house for comedians including Bob Saget, Patton Oswalt, Jeffrey Ross, Caroline Rhae, Ted Alexandro, [...]

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