Wheatland Music Festival

The first one, in August 1974, was a benefit to help the Mt. Pleasant Food Co-Op make rent - fewer than a dozen organizers, a borrowed farm, a stage built from sawhorses and boards with black plastic on hand in case of rain, and a horse trough on a truck for fire patrol. Their reasoning was simple: Mecosta County farmers weren't going to leave during harvest for a fiddlers' convention in West Virginia, so bring the old-time music to them. Fifty-two years later it's 160 acres of traditional music, dance, workshops, and impromptu jam sessions - and everyone greets each other with 'Happy Wheatland.'

Dates

Second weekend of September (Fri-Sun)

Town

Remus, Michigan

Venue

7251 50th Ave, Remus, MI 49340

Price

Paid (weekend tickets; Sunday day passes)

Type

Music (folk)