Category Archives: Festivals, Attractions & Event Calendars

Charlevoix Up North Fourth ~ July 2

June 24, 2011 – 12:33 pm

Ed Evans won our passes to the Up North Fourth. He’s a retired engineer who maintains 2 hobby weather station websites with web cams, irontonwebcams.com and charlevoixweather.com. He says favorite festival is Charlevoix’s Venetian festival (great fireworks!) followed closely by Gaylord’s Alpenfest (it’s his hometown – and hey, he played the “alphorn” in high school). [...]

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Festival Summer EXPLODES on the 4th of July!

June 23, 2011 – 7:09 pm

We had some great entries from individuals and organizations, but our panel selected Eric Campbell of Traverse City who wrote: As a winner of the Festival Summer, I would chronicle the events on both my personal and company Facebook pages and blog. As the owner of a design firm (Tandem) and one-time music publication creator, [...]

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Lansing’s Common Ground Music Festival ~ July 11-17

June 23, 2011 – 12:04 pm

Common Ground Festival by M.Hallowell Common Ground is an annual celebration along the banks of the Grand River in Adado Riverfront Park in downtown Lansing. Now in its 12th year, the festival draws over 80,000 people across 7 nights and has showcased over 300 artists including 36 Grammy Award winners and 21 Rock-and-Roll Hall of [...]

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Michigan in the Electric Forest: Greensky Bluegrass

June 20, 2011 – 10:44 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. Absolute Michigan sat down with Greensky Bluegrass bassist Mike Devol (pictured left) the other day. Like us, they are gearing up for the [...]

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Muskegon Summer Celebration ~ June 30 – July 9

June 16, 2011 – 9:37 am

Neal is our winner of a pair of passes to every night of the Summer Celebration. He says that while he has several favorite festivals, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival takes the cake. The annual Muskegon Summer Celebration takes place June 30 through July 9. It’s an all star music extravaganza with headliners including West Michigan’s [...]

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Waterfront Wine Festival in Harbor Springs ~ June 25, 2011

June 15, 2011 – 1:45 pm

The 6th annual Waterfront Wine Festival takes place on Saturday, June 25 from 4-7 PM in downtown Harbor Springs. It’s an evening of wine, food, and live local music that benefits Scenic Michigan and the Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce. You can enjoy wines from around the world and also from Michigan wineries including [...]

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Michigan in the Electric Forest: The Ragbirds

June 13, 2011 – 3:55 pm

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. “This is evidence of the very best of what independent contemporary pop music has to offer” -Thom Jurek, All Music (AMG) Erin Zindle [...]

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Detroit Windsor International Film Festival ~ June 22-26, 2011

June 13, 2011 – 9:53 am

The 2011 Detroit Windsor International Film Festival (DWIFF) takes place June 22-26 on Wayne State University’s Detroit campus. The annual festival is presented by Wayne County and 2011 is the 4th year. DWIFF is celebrated as one of America’s leading new film festivals and is dedicated to showcasing the newest and most diverse voices of [...]

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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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