Category Archives: Festivals, Attractions & Event Calendars

Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival ~ July 22-24

July 12, 2011 – 10:48 am

Now in its 33rd year, the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette is the largest event of its kind in the Upper Peninsula. It’s family friendly and always held at the Marquette Tourist Park the next-to-last FULL weekend in July (July 22-24, 2011). Hiawatha features an incredible array of traditional-music styles including bluegrass, old-time, Cajun, Celtic, acoustic [...]

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Taste of Kalamazoo Festival ~ July 21-23

July 10, 2011 – 9:24 pm

Every year, on the fourth weekend of July, thousands of hungry festival-goers flock to downtown Kalamazoo to enjoy the endless variety of foods prepared by Kalamazoo’s most popular eateries at the Taste of Kalamazoo Festival. More than 30 local restaurants and chefs will offer mouth-watering ethnic items, family favorites, exotic dishes, and local specialties. Enjoy [...]

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July Michigan Event Calendar

July 8, 2011 – 9:15 am

Expanse by g. s. george You don’t have to travel far when you live in Michigan to find a whole lot of fun. We encourage you to support the festivals, events, cities and businesses that are making all the cool things happen around the state. So get out this summer and have some fun and [...]

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Michigan in the Electric Forest – The Macpodz

July 1, 2011 – 12:07 pm

Absolute Michigan is at Electric Forest right now – Click for more Electric Forest interviews. The Macpodz don’t care how old you are. They just want you to have a good time. Absolute Michigan caught up with Macpodz bassist Brennan Andes a couple weeks ago on Father’s Day, which was an appropriate coincidence seeing as [...]

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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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