![]() The event will also feature 400-plus beers from 80 breweries, along custom art and camping. 28, with two stages featuring sets by Eve 6, Mustard Plug, Remo Drive, Flexadecibel, Melophobix, Tequila Mockingbird, Medicine Man, A Northern Julia and Brother Crowe. See the full lineup online here.īURNING FOOT BEER FESTIVAL – Muskegon’s Pere Marquette Beach will once again host the Burning Foot Beer Festival on Aug. Read the full story and reaction at Local Spins here.ĭETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL – The Detroit Jazz Festival will fire up Hart Plaza in Detroit over Labor Day weekend with performances by Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling & Dee Dee Bridgewater, AZIZA, Gregory Porter, Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Kenny Barron Trio and many more. Organizers cited concerns about being able to host the festival safely amid rising cases of COVID-19. 10-12 event was set to unfurl outside Remus. WHEATLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL – Wheatland Music Festival has been canceled for the second year in a row, this time just a month before the Sept. ![]() 16-18, with Root Doctor, Josh Boyd & The VIP Band, Grady Hall & The Disciples of Funk, Chris Canas Band, Rib Joint Jokers and many more. MICHIGAN BLUESFEST – The Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art will host the weekend Michigan BluesFest on the streets of Old Town in Lansing Sept. SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL LISTING OF 2021 FESTIVALS Email for festival updates or additions to this list. May your campsite be dry, your totems fly and your ears be filled with the joy of music in Michigan. If we err in 2021, let’s err on the side of optimism and hope for a fantastic festival season. Keep checking this site and festival links, especially as the date draws near. Please note: Even if a 2021 festival is listed here, it could be canceled, postponed or changed at any moment. ![]() Local Spins continues to check with festival organizers, websites, events pages and more for list. Whether it be pent-up musical adrenaline or electric magic in the air, the late-night celebratory spirit throughout Belknap Park rang clear that Breakaway was back.The contagion COVID-19 completely wiped out last year’s Michigan music festival schedule, with large gatherings curtailed or banned across the state. Throughout the set, that approach both acted as the rallying charge and the over-the-top release that made the crowd swirl, rock and raise a swath of hands at a moment’s notice. His ebb and flow between powerful, ballad-inspired bridges and gritty, grimey breakdowns pumped power through an already enthusiastic audience. Illenium dominated the crowd from hilltop to front row. On the heels of a dynamic set from Gryffin, Illenium’s dramatic entrance set to his swelling underscore shook the ground. Still, few could even think of topping Illenium, the name on the mind of most attendees who had begun chanting for his set since festival gates opened.Īs he took the stage, the crowd had swelled to fill the standing space, clad with rainbow lights, bouncing inflatables and waves of neon. The combination of Big Wild’s “something for everyone” set and a tantalizing live sound made their time on stage one to remember.įan Exuberance: It was on full display Friday. Now, years later, it’s his to command come Saturday night.Īlong with all that came a flurry of electrifying sets throughout Breakaway’s first day.įittingly, one of the biggest shows of the day was Big Wild’s set.Ī wide-reaching ensemble of styles and energy, the crowd filled the air as “6’s to 9’s” bounced around the park, and thrashed their heads to a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” complete with classic rock showmanship. “It’s like it’s all coming full circle,” said Kellen Voss, 22, from Zeeland.Ī four-time Breakaway attendee, he said he remembers seeing Quinn XCII, a Michigan native, as an opener on stage. Seeing the outpouring of support and drive to bring back live music was reassuring, he said.Īnd armed with big names such as Illenium (Friday night’s headliner) and Quinn XCII (closing out Saturday), the idea of the festival’s phoenix-like revival was in the air. “It’s awesome to see all of the Michigan artists come up like that.”Īs the first day came to a close, one of those local artists, festival MC and DJ Choff of Grand Rapids, reminisced with the crowd on the chance that six months ago, Breakaway 2021 could have been another blank spot on a calendar. “It’s amazing to see how much has changed throughout COVID-19 - what artists are going where, seeing everything that doing,” he said. Headlining Magic: Illenium closed out the night with an electric set.
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