Manitou Music Festival unveils 2011 schedule
From staff reports
The popular annual Manitou Music Festival — bringing great and eclectic music to Glen Arbor and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore — has unveiled its lineup for the coming summer. The festival will kick off with a July 2 Patriotic Music performance by the Northport Community Band at the Glen Arbor Athletic Club, and hold its popular Dune Climb Concert on July 10.
Saturday, July 2, 4:00 p.m. – FREE
NORTHPORT COMMUNITY BAND – Patriotic Music
Glen Arbor Athletic Club Lawn 6363 W Western Ave Glen Arbor
The Manitou Music Festival begins it’s season by celebrating Independence Day with patriotic music performed by the Northport Community Band, one of Leelanau County’s favorite groups! Bring lawn chairs & blankets.
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Sunday, July 10, 7:00 p.m. – FREE
Manitou Music Festival ANNUAL DUNE CLIMB CONCERT
PAUL KELLER ORCHESTRA – Big Band Jazz
Dune Climb in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Rain– Glen Arbor Town Hall
The Paul Keller Orchestra is one of Michigan’s finest, oldest, most-respected & well-traveled jazz big bands & we are thrilled to announce that their 15 member orchestra, including a vocalist, will bring an exciting performance to this year’s Dune Climb Concert in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Since its inception in 1989 by string bassist, composer & arranger Paul Keller, the PKO has maintained the highest standards of musical excellence & has enjoyed providing top-quality jazz & entertainment to their loyal fan base. Bring picnics, chairs, blankets & everyone you know!
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Sunday, July 17, 8:00 p.m.
Manitou Music Festival MULEBONE – Blues
Studio Stage – 6023 Lake Street, Glen Arbor
Rain – Glen Arbor Town Hall
Mulebone is the duo of multi-instrumentalist, John Ragusa & roots music specialist, Hugh Pool. Their musical home is the traditional blues; sometimes they play it straight ahead, while at other moments they float above it, viewing & interpreting from a distant vantage point. John plays conch shell, Jews harp, cornet, all manner of flutes, & tin whistle. Hugh plays slide guitar boogies, one chord riffs a la Howlin’ Wolf & blues of all shapes & colors.
Tickets are $15.00
Children 18 & under are free.
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive $2.00 discount
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Lake Street Studios: 231-334-3179
Wednesday, July 20, 8:00 p.m.
Manitou Music Festival MICHAEL ON FIRE – American Roots
Studio Stage – 6023 Lake Street, Glen Arbor
Rain – Empire Town Hall
Michael Fire is one of our leading troubadours. His music is unmistakably passionate, wedding dust ‘n’ bones guitar arrangements with a classically-trained musical sensibility. The result is a sound that is primal, raw & powerful. His sound grows naturally out of the roots of American music, & encompasses its broad range of styles – from country to blues, jazz to rock, rural to urban, vocal & instrumental music, acoustic & electric.
Tickets are $15.00
Children 18 & under are free.
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive $2.00 discount
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Lake Street Studios: 231-334-3179
Sunday, July 24, 8:00 p.m.
Manitou Music Festival WILL PEARSALL/CHELSEA SADDLER – Singer/Songwriters
Studio Stage – 6023 Lake Street, Glen Arbor
Rain – Glen Arbor Town Hall
Will Pearsall’s deep resonant voice envelops the listener, while his attack of the guitar creates a swelling tide that ebbs & flows. In his songs there are dark, sweltering nights of mystery, the ghosts of a gulf side hotel, howls of freedom, the subliminal heat of brewing lust. Chelsea Saddler’s songs wear dusty old leather boots with gravel in the soles, & holes worn in the toe. Chelsea Saddler has described her greatest influences as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, & her “behind closed doors” musician father, & one can hear the ghost of each in the sultry, smoky voice of Chelsea, bass notes reverberating from her guitar.
Tickets are $15.00
Children 18 and under are free.
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive $2.00 discount
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Lake Street Studios: 231-334-3179
Thursday, July 28, 7:00 p.m.
Manitou Music Festival BLACKTHORN – Celtic Quartet
Homestead Resort Glen Arbor
Rain: Mountain Flowers Meeting Center
Ride the chairlift for an amazing concert & setting! Based in Detroit, Blackthorn has played throughout the Great Lakes region since 1984. Blackthorn welcomes you to the rich tapestry of Celtic music. Each member of the band plays multiple instruments, which complement the lead vocals of Belfast native Richard McMullen the band’s tight blend of four part harmony.
Sorry, children are not free for this Glen Arbor Art Association benefit event.
Tickets are $15.00
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive $2.00 discount
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Wednesday, August 3, 8:00 p.m.
Manitou Music Festival GOITSE – Irish Song
Studio Stage – 6023 Lake Street, Glen Arbor
Rain – Glen Arbor Town Hall
Goitse is an informal Gaelic Irish greeting meaning ‘come here’…..so why not Goitse and listen to this exciting Irish band. All five musicians are rooted firmly within the tradition and are well known & respected within Irish music circles. Their music is a marriage of the contemporary & traditional sounds of Ireland; exciting & heartfelt. With Aine McGeeney on fiddle and vocals, Colm Phelan on percussion & bodhran, Conal O’Kane on guitar, James Harvey on tenor banjo, & multi-instrumentalist Tadhg O Meachair on a variety of traditional instruments.
Tickets are $15.00
Children 18 and under are free.
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive $2.00 discount
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Lake Street Studios: 231-334-3179
Sunday, August 7, 8:00 p.m.
Manitou Music Festival The RFD Boys – Bluegrass
Studio Stage – 6023 Lake Street, Glen Arbor
Rain – Glen Arbor Town Hall
In October 1969, the RFD Boys played their first concert together, & today the RFD Boys are still going strong. Guitarist & lead singer Charlie Roehrig’s heartfelt tenor is perfectly suited to bluegrass, & decades of singing together have blended the Boys’ three-part & four-part harmonies to the smoothness of Kentucky bourbon. Paul Shapiro, on bass & high harmonies, fiddler Dick Dieterle sings bass & leads on hymns & sacred songs, while Will Spencer fills in on baritone & adds his sparkling banjo & Dobro.
Tickets are $15.00
Children 18 and under are free.
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive $2.00 discount
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Lake Street Studios: 231-334-3179
Tuesday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. – FREE
Manitou Music Festival SUMMER SINGERS – Choral / Variety
Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W MacFarlane Rd Glen Arbor
Under the direction of Richard DeVinney, 60-70 Summer Singers gather weekly during the summer for the pure enjoyment of singing together. They will sing a variety of musical selections at this free concert.
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Wednesday, August17, 8:00 p.m.
Manitou Music Festival RITA HOSKING – Country/Folk
Leelanau School Lawn One Old Homestead Rd Glen Arbor
Rain – Leelanau School Student Center
Kitchen tables, springs, loss, miners, mountains, culture clash, trailers, stray dogs, loggers, hope, forest fires—Rita Hosking’s country-folk music is this and more, and always fierce and lovely. Her delivery is, to put it simply, intense. A descendant of Cornish miners who sang in the mines, Rita grew up with deep regard for folk music and the power of the voice. Rita’s songs have been lauded for story and sense of place, and her performances praised for capturing the audience.
Tickets are $15.00
Children 18 and under are free.
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive $2.00 discount
For more information call: 231-334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org
Lake Street Studios: 231-334-3179
