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Milan Bluegrass Festival

  • Milan Music Fest shutting down

    October 6, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Sad news for bluegrass lovers in southern Michigan, as well as northern Ohio and Indiana. After a run of more than two decades the Milan Music Fest has announced that the 2022 festival will be their last. Formerly known as the

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  • Weekend at the Milan Music Fest ’22

    August 9, 2022 | by Bill Warren

    Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out at the 2022 Milan Music Fest - photo © Bill Warren Friday dawned sunny and bright at the 2022 Milan Music Fest. Campground owner/promoter Mark Gaynier and I had a few minutes to chat about the

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  • Thursday at the 2022 Milan Music Fest

    August 5, 2022 | by Bill Warren

    Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers at the 2022 Milan Music Fest - photo © Bill Warren Day 3 of "5 for 25" kept the audience well entertained at the 25th anniversary edition of the Milan Music Fest in Michigan. The

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  • Wednesday at the Milan Music Fest

    August 4, 2022 | by Bill Warren

    Wednesday at the Milan Music Fest kicked off sunny, hot, and humid, but with a breeze that made it comfortable. Joey Shann brought his new band, Midnight Hollow, for its Milan debut. The crowd certainly showed them a great Michigan welcome.

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  • Tuesday at the 25th annual Milan Bluegrass Festival

    August 3, 2022 | by Bill Warren

    Special Consensus at the 25th Anniversary Milan Music Festival - photo © Bill Warren Tuesday kicked off the "5 for 25" Milan Music Festival with Blake Williams as the MC. Mark Gaynier has hosted the festival at his KC Campground since becoming

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  • Cancer benefit for Toledo bluegrass DJ Jeff Tuttle

    July 28, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Jeff Tuttle, popular bluegrass radio host on Nash Icon radio in the Toledo, OH market, has received a diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which is inoperable. Though Jeff is determined to fight, starting chemo treatments in early August, he

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  • 24th anual Milan Bluegrass Festival report

    August 9, 2021 | by Bill Warren

    Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at the 2021 Milan Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 24th Milan Bluegrass Festival in Milan, MI is in the books. It was a good one. Lots of old friends getting back together and lots

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  • Milan Bluegrass Festival launching Pay Per View concert series

    October 5, 2020 | by John Lawless

    One of the most compelling aspects of the bluegrass music scene is the true sense of community that exists throughout. You find it between artists and fans, promoters and artists, radio hosts and listeners, and among all those groups as

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  • Weekend brings the Milan Bluegrass Festival to an end

    August 6, 2019 | by Bill Warren

    Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at the 2019 Milan Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 22nd Milan Bluegrass Festival has come to a close after a Friday and Saturday that were filled with music and fun. Friday started with upper

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  • Thursday at the 2019 Milan Bluegrass Festival

    August 2, 2019 | by Bill Warren

    Nothin' Fancy dons the tie dye at the 2019 Milan Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren Thursday at the Milan Bluegrass Festival kicked off with breakfast prepared by the folks from the Union Street Missionary Baptist Church of Monroe, Michigan.

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