This year's festival will be held
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 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

Music at the Mission

Colin Gilmore

7:30 PM- 8:15 PM

Elephant Revival

8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

$10 per ticket, 4 tickets for $25

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

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:
8:45 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

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

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Each year, Rock Poster Artist, Mark Arminski creates the poster for the Mackinac Island Music Festival.

Only 200 copies of each poster are printed, numbered and signed.

The 2008 Music Festival Poster

will be available for purchase later this year through the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau  www.mackinacisland.org or info@mackinacisland.org

Posters from previous years are also available.

Tickets for
Music at the Mission
will be available for advance purchase shortly.

These entertainers participated in the
2007 Mackinac Music Festival:

Forbes Brothers

Barbara Payton

Jill Jack

For events requiring tickets, tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance.

Several hotels on Mackinac Island have set up special rates for the Music Festival.
Check the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau website for links to accomodations.

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

If you would like to participate in these events, please contact the director at info@mackinacartscouncil.org

All booking for the 2008 Music Festival has been completed.  If you are interested in participating in future Music Festivals, please contact the festival committe at

info@mackinacartscouncil.org

If you are a music act interested in being considered for upcoming Music Festivals, please send a press kit, including 2 cd's to:

Mackinac Arts Council

Attn: Music Festival

P.O. Box 1834

Mackinac Island, MI  49757

Please include contact and salary requirements.