Among the music festivals of note taking place in
Blissfest
July 11-13, 2008
Festival Farm
Now in its 28th year, Blissfest features an eclectic array of acoustic-based music – including traditional and contemporary folk, bluegrass, blues, Cajun, Celtic, folk, jazz, Latin and world music, as well as dance. The Dukhs, The Horse Flies, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Rukanas, Ember Swift and Natalia Zukerman are among the artists slated to perform. Instrumental workshops, songwriter sessions, drum circles, open mics, old-time jams, a juried arts and crafts show, organized children’s activities and a variety of food concessions will add to the weekend of musical bliss.
July 19, 2008 – Noon-9:30 p.m.
Presented by the Flint Folk Music Society, this one-day festival, now in its 9th year, will feature Dave Barrett, Jim Bizer, Annie Capps, Kitty Donahoe, Four Shillings Short, Mustard’s Retreat and Matt Watroba. Held in conjunction with a free art fair in the park, the Flint Folk Music Festival opens with a children’s set from noon-12:30 p.m. and also will include several hour-long music workshops.
July 19, 2008
Fifth Third Ballpark
www.greatlakesirishmusicfestival.com
Irish-American singer Cathie Ryan, button accordionist David Munnelly and his band, Dublin-bred duo Stephen’s Green, traditional Irish musicians and sean-nos singers Fenian’s Players, and local Celtic rock band Craic Wisely are slated to perform during this one-day festival, along with comic George Casey and a local Irish dance troupe.
Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival
July 18-20, 2008
Presented by the nonprofit Hiawatha Music Co-op and now in its 30th year, this annual event in the
August 1-3, 2008
Billed as a festival for musicians, this free weekend event features individual competitions in banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin; a band scramble; open jam sessions; featured evening performers; and parking lot pickin’ all weekend.
Riverfolk Music & Arts Festival
August 2, 2008
“Chamber folk” singer-songwriter Vienna Teng and Celtic band MacTalla Mor are the featured performers during this one day festival that also includes an old-time fiddle contest and special activities and entertainment for kids. It will be preceded by a Friday night “Party in the Park” featuring
August 8-10, 2008
Downtown
www.greatlakesfolkfestival.net
Produced by the Michigan Traditional Arts Program at the
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