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Blissfest announces 2025 lineup

Taimane Gardner performs at Blissfest 2024. Photo: Courtesy of Blissfest Music Organization.
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Taimane Gardner performs at Blissfest 2024. Photo: Courtesy of Blissfest Music Organization.

The lineup for one of northern Michigan’s most cherished music festivals is out.

The 43rd annual Blissfest will feature Trevor Hall, Elephant Revival, Ozomatli and Lindsay Lou along with over three-dozen other acts.

Blissfest Executive Director Caroline Barlow said some of the talent has been sought after for years.

“As you can probably see through the lineup, it's a pretty diverse realm of genres,” she said. “Blissfest has a history of really kind of going all over the map with what we consider folk and roots music.”

Taking place July 11-13 near Harbor Springs, the three-day festival blends folk and roots music from around the world and talent from northern Michigan.

“The name ‘Blissfest’ came from the town in Emmet County, but really, that is kind of the feeling that you get when you're there,” Barlow said. “Everyone is just on their best behavior and the best versions of themselves.”

Tickets are for sale on the Blissfest website. The festival also takes on volunteers, which requires an application and a $15 fee.

Michael Livingston covers the area around the Straits of Mackinac - including Cheboygan, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties as a Report for America corps member.