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Midwesterners- Do you drool at the thought of Americana, Hokum, Bluegrass, Jug Band Music and all that Jazz? When scraping ice from your windshield do you yearn for festival season? Well this is the group for you!

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What Upcoming Festivals and Events will you be attending? 12 Replies

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Comment by Ruth and Max Bloomquist on February 6, 2010 at 5:28am: Langeland House Bed & B'fast Sat. 2/6@7:00; Sun. 2/7@4:00
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Comment by Ruth and Max Bloomquist on February 6, 2010 at 5:24am: To Daniel Boone Daniel: Sorry, just saw your comment from August. Yes, the Almira Fest was great. Don't know who did the poster... there're a lot of great artists up in the TC area. Notice that they have a lot of sponsors... the sign of a well organized festival. We had a blast up there.

Comment by James C. Clemetson on February 5, 2010 at 6:54pm: Greetings from South Dakota - www.folknroll.com
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Comment by Daniel Boone Daniel on August 8, 2009 at 8:16am: Chalk the Block got rained out today!

Comment by Daniel Boone Daniel on August 8, 2009 at 8:15am: Ruth and Max- that fest looks great. Who did your poster? Nice work!

Comment by Chris Jay Becker on August 5, 2009 at 9:17pm: Greetings from Cedar Rapids, Iowa... Floodtown USA. The town where Grant Wood painted American Gothic. Can't get much more Americana than that!

Last weekend's Bluesmore festival was great! I got to hear it all for free since I live a block from the Brucemore Mansion grounds.

Oops, gotta go... my mandolin needs a tuning.

Comment by Ruth and Max Bloomquist on August 5, 2009 at 7:46am: Anybody else having any fun out there? Our next festival is Aug. 22 near Traverse City , MI.

Comment by Ruth and Max Bloomquist on August 5, 2009 at 7:39am

Here are a fewmore shots from the Green Food Bluegrass Festival, Cabbage Crik, the food and vender area , Detour Bluegrass, and an image of the festival poster:

Comment by Ruth and Max Bloomquist on August 5, 2009 at 7:28am: So, now that we're into "high summer" and the festival season is WELL underway, let's see some reports from those who have been out there, whether player or fan or whatever.

Our experience playing the Saugatuck Green Food Bluegrass Festival was great. Here's a report from our blog:

July 19 was a day we had been excitedly anticipating. We had been invited to play a new West Michigan music festival, the Saugatuck Green Food Bluegrass Festival. Not only were we glad to play the festival, but we were doubly excited that one of our favorite bands from the 1970's would be reuniting to headline the show. Cabbage Crik was truly our first ever exposure to live bluegrass and, as we like to say, "Life hasn't been the same since."

The weather was perfect - sunny but not too hot, and the venue was beautiful. The Felt Mansion was directly behind the stage, and the audience was divided between the sunny soccer field and the shade of the surrounding trees.

For our set we were joined on stage by John "Sky" King on guitar and Dan Seabolt on fiddle. We were the only band playing this bluegrass festival without a banjo, but nobody seemed to mind. We played a mixed set of Ruth's originals including High As A Mountain, Michigan Girl, the yet to be released Daddy Was an Old Man, and some of our favorite covers such as Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming) and Crazy.Sky and Dan played great as always and we all felt really good about our set.
Our longtime dear friends Paul (banjo) and Todd (bass) Kirchner opened up the whole festival with their band Full Cord.

The Green Food Bluegrass Festival turned into a wonderful reunion of West Michigan Bluegrass and Roots musicians and music fans. There was a lot of hugging and backslapping going on all day.

The Green Food theme of the festival was a great success. Several local restaurants that serve up locally grown food impressed the crowd with their great quality and flavor, and a couple of local microbreweries served up their fine locally brewed beers-fabulous.

We truly hope that the Friends of the Felt Mansion raised some money for this local landmark and that there will be a repeat of the festival next year. If there is don't you dare miss it.