Mackinac Island Music Festival
About the Music Festival
Schedule
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2008 Mackinac Island Music Festival Poster

Schedule

This year's festival will be held
Tuesday, August 19
through
Thursday, August 21

August 19, 2008

Petoskey Steel Drum Band
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm,
Mary’s Bistro Waterside
Free event

Happy Hour  Singer/songwriters perform at bars/taverns around town during Happy Hour
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Free event

Alex Graham Jazz Night  
9:30 PM til...
The Gatehouse Restaurant
Free event

Music at the Mission

Colin Gilmore

7:30 PM - 8:15 PM

Elephant Revival

8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Tickets:  $10 each or 4 for $25

(ticket order form)

August 20, 2008

Chordiology Barbershop Quartet
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Windermere Point
Free event

Poema Musica de la Baroque
Roger Humphrey and Lisa Wassom
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Mackinac Island Public Library
Free event

Freshwater performs
"An Afternoon of Celtic Music"
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Historic Mission Church
(tickets available $3 each
children under 12 free)

Happy Hour  Singer/songwriters perform at bars/taverns around town during Happy Hour
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Free event

Music at the Mission
   
Switchback
7:30 PM - 8:15 PM
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
8:30 PM til...
Historic Mission Point Theatre

$35 per ticket, $32 presale tickets, $30 blocks of 24 or more, children under 12 free

August 21, 2008

Mackinac Music Festival Hoedown
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Fun, family style outdoor concert featuring:  John D Lamb, The Forbes Brothers, Kraig Kenning, Shout Sister Shout (Steppin in it with Rachel Davis), The Mickeys, Rick Niemi with Shotgun Willie

Grand Wagon Stage adjacent to Grand Hotel Tennis Courts at the foothills of Grand Hotel
Free event

For children of all ages, Marshall Music presents its

Instrument Zoo - an opportunity to experience a wide variety of musical instruments.

1:00 - 5:00 pm

free event

An Evening of Swing 
Dancing and Swing Band 
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Alex Graham and the Grand Hotel Orchestra
Terrace Room, Grand Hotel
Dress Code applies
Free event

Gatehouse Jam
Approximately 10:00 PM
Music Festival musicians gather one more time at the Gatehouse Restaurant for a final Jam session

Please visit our Performers page for more information...

Mackinac Island Music Festival

 

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