LivelyLands Music Festival
August 25-27, 2017
LivelyLands is a brand new music festival coming to Leelanau County this weekend – August 25-27, 2017. The theme is “Music Nurtured by Nature” and they’ve created a very interesting offering that includes some of the things that make summer in Leelanau great including bonfires (a free one with a bit of music at Empire beach at sunset tonight), camping and of course great music! Details below and on their website.
Jacob Wheeler’s article in the Glen Arbor Sun on the new LivelyLands music festival begins:
It was a late night in Dallas in 2016, and Burdickville native Emily Lively and her friend Shannon Holt were reminiscing about how idyllic northern Michigan is in the late summer. They began planning a trip to Leelanau County for their Texas friends. Next thing they knew, they were organizing a music festival for their friends, local musicians, Austin virtuosos and all. Lively lives in the hot music town and has worked at the famous music and film festival, South by Southwest (SXSW).
A year later, the first annual LivelyLands is about to kick off, Aug. 25-27, at the 5-acre Lively farm off Bow Road, just one mile south of Big Glen Lake. Headlining acts include Austin favorite The Deer and northern Michigan songster Seth Bernard. Other musicians include Rebecca Loebe and Amy Rosalyn from Austin, Heather Styka from Chicago, Nicholas James Thomasma from Grand Rapids, and the familiar Leelanau presence of Patrick Niemisto. A full schedule of events and tickets are available at www.TheLivelyLands.com.
LivelyLands will actually take place in four different locations: the family farm, the Empire beach, the Empire Town Hall and the Empire Eagles’ campground on M-72. The festival kicks off Friday with a 6 p.m. preview concert and dinner for those with VIP tickets, followed by a free “Sunset Serenade” at the Empire beach, nightcapped by a bonfire at the campground. Saturday’s events at the Lively farm run from noon until 11 p.m. The festival closes Austin style on Sunday with Bluegrass & Breakfast tacos at the Empire Town Hall from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
“I’ve been working for festivals since leaving Michigan for Texas in 2005,” said Lively. “I always dreaming of using my experience to create my own festival. Finally, I approached my dad, Jim Lively, with the concept. While leery of throwing a festival on his property at first, the innate planner came out in him and he’s been instrumental in helping us make this happen from so far away.”
Read on for more at the Glen Arbor Sun and get tickets and more at thelivelylands.com.
