Sleepy Bear Music Festival :: Lake Ann, Michigan

Welcome

Win Win Productions presents Sleepy Bear Music festival. From the production team that brougth you Dunegrass 2009, 2010 and 2011!

We're now offering special membership packages, which give festival goers extra yearly benefits. You get early admittance into the grounds, and will be treated to a members only concert on Thursday night. Choice campsites will also be avialable for your group.

Presented by Win Win Productions, The folks who brought you Dunegrass Music Festival 2009, 2010 and 2011!

Martin Sexton

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Fall Like Rain, Martin Sexton’s brand-new EP, finds this artist again asking relevant questions and challenging the status quo. Entertaining us all the while, he continues to call for unity in “One Voice Together” and ad[...]

The Stooges Brass Band has been a premier New Orleans Brass Band since 1996. While appealing to the emotions of traditional jazz, the brass band uses their hip-hop influence to create a new sound. Their innovative incorporation of hip-hop sound to th[...]

When we first got Rootstand on the road, almost ten years ago, we were your everyday band, full of heart and roots-rock, talking about how one day we’d get signed to a record label, and get a cool bus and a sound crew, a new album and fans all over[...]

The story of The Preservation is much like the story of Austin music itself: a melting pot of influences from different parts of the country creating something musically unique and genuine. The Preservation officially formed in November of 2009 and h[...]

“…delicate, finger-picked banjos, aching, oaky violin and the haunting voice of frontman Matthew Milia, who conjures what might happen had Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum been raised in a log cabin. Their songs are full of rich, rural details:[...]

Having an unprecedented musical birth in Minneapolis, Minnesota, P.B. & The Jam, in its genesis stages, was comprised of a simple idea: creation & originality. From seemingly out of nowhere, assembled a cast of locally-renowned musicians who [...]

Samuel Seth Bernard and May Erlewine are a pair of Michigan-based contemporary folk performers who have recorded and performed extensively both as a duo and as solo artists. Both born and raised in Michigan to musical families with a firm independent[...]

A long time ago, at the dawn of the Atomic Age, a succession of no-good punks and ill-mannered teenagers took the best of American roots music — hard-partying honky tonk country, searing gutbucket blues and lonesome hillbilly twang — and distille[...]

No matter what frequency your eardrums vibrate at, the sonic eruption from Kalamazoo based Funktion will dose them at the right waves per second. It could be the silky smooth R&B that gets you. Or maybe it’s the cool island dub rhythms that[...]

Looking back it seems inevitable. Like a burnt out light bulb or the rising of the sun. But before Graham Parsons and the Go Rounds came to be its members were scattered throughout the mitten state, dipping their hands into various musical pots: The [...]

Spawned in the deep woods of northern Michigan with the sound of the Pine River flowing in the background, Airborne or Aquatic went from the nymph stage to full maturity with wings in full flight. ~~~***~~~~ Members include *Seth Bernard* *Dave Bruzz[...]

Red Tail Ring is the musical brainchild of two old-time-minded Michiganders – Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo. The collaboration blends the loving attention of revivalist fervor with the playful creativity of starting from scratch. Whether rende[...]

Venice Gas House Trolley grooves body and mind creating a unique and organic live music experience. VGHT’s original jam-based songs and poems transport audiences on a creatively wild and transformational journey through darkness and into the li[...]

Led by Vincent Hayes on vocals and guitar, and fueled by one of the tightest rhythm sections in modern blues, the Vincent Hayes Project has recently been receiving world wide critical acclaim for their debut CD release of original inspired blues titl[...]

Jaik Willis is a nationally touring independent performer based in Chicago. He has shared bills with artists such as Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Wilco, Bela Fleck, MMW, Del McCoury, NIN, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Leftover Salmon, Justin T[...]

Born in Port Huron, MI, Jen spent her childhood years in the nearby town of Marysville, where she lived until 1999 when she moved to Lansing to attend Michigan State University. Jen quickly infiltrated the capital city’s music scene via the area op[...]

A 5- piece Americana-jazz-folk outfit from Ann Arbor, MI, The Appleseed Collective formed in late November of 2010 somewhat randomly and with surprising inertia. By the end of December they were headlining the Blind Pig, and they were recently declar[...]

The Crane Wives are an indie-folk outfit from Grand Rapids, MI that defies musical stereotypes. Formed in late August of 2010, they just finished recording their debut album entitled “Safe Ship, Harbored.” Using three-part vocal harmonies[...]

Michigan-born Navy veteran Drew Nelson is a storytelling songwriter and multiinstrumentalist. A fly fisherman and world traveler, he writes as a witness to the lives and journeys of those he has met along the way, mixing Americana and roots-rock with[...]

Big Dudee Roo’s atmospheric folk rock/grunge sound has its origins in the town of Wayland, MI. It has since grown and … more expanded throughout the great mitten state. BDR’s songs deal with themes as wide-ranging as personal and spirit[...]

A linguistics major from the University of Michigan, Abigail Stauffer brings all of her experience to the stage. Chances are Abigail won’t break your heart, but she will add color to a black and white memory. Every song is a captivating showcas[...]

Gifts or Creatures is the musical pursuit of husband-wife duo Brandon and Bethany Foote. The couple fuses a blend of midwestern folklore, old world history and cinematic soundscapes to create a unique blend of antique Americana. http://giftsorcreatur[...]

Blue Dirt Band is a musical experience from a a traditional realm, fused with a progressive twist, described as urban folk rock and recognized in the styles of blues, jam, reggae, rock, jazz, and country. Blue Dirt plays a large array of originals an[...]

Nicholas James Thomasma is a Grand Rapids native and a Michigander to the core. He writes earthy, country-imbued songs drenched in honesty and authenticity. Saturday Night is the debut album from Nicholas James and the Bandwagon. “Michigan American[...]

With it’s current line-up formed in early 2006, Soul Patch is a Traverse City, MI based band with music as versatile as its members. Together we hold a masters in groove. Individually we infuse styles from several backgrounds including, world b[...]

Small Houses is a Michigan based indie/folk project featuring the songs and poems of Flint native Jeremy Quentin. Artfully crafted finger-style guitar playing, and softly sung melodies describing the people, love, and homes of Quentin’s life. “Sm[...]

Folk, Rock, Blues, Country, Americana, Dixieland, Swing. Potato Moon is the musical endeavor of the Grand Rapids Stancil family for the past decade. Musical projects have included various live shows and events, as well as a host of studio albums[...]

The Turnips have been a collective in one way or another since 2009. The individual members have been playing with other Michigan Groups in which they have networked and organized with Michigan’s Festivals, Theatres, and Non-Profit Clubs and Ci[...]

With parents and older siblings who sing and play, Magdalen Fossum has been influenced musically since birth. In her home there is a regular immersion in family “jams”, songwriting sessions, and influences in: folk and old traditional. Pl[...]

The Wolves are howling in the Benzie/Leelanau hinterlands. Haunting ghost towns like Aral and Oviatt. They sing songs about the hunter, the scavenger, nature, spirits, and the pack. Members: Bee Jay Reffltt – Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Vocals Pa[...]

Some Velvet Evening is the dynamic Honky Tonk duo of Carrie Shepard and John Holk. Masters of twang, heartbreak, and harmony, their original tunes harken back to the high lonesome crooners of yesteryear in the great tradition of the Louvin Brothers, [...]

Having spent decades in the music business supporting other bands and artists, Billy Brandt found his own musical voice and steps into the spotlight as a singer-songwriter for the first time in his amazing career. Influenced by the likes of Gram Pars[...]

New Third Coast is a trio of musicians who come together to deliver a unique Power Folk, Leelanau County style sound. Their strong three-part harmonies, combined with diverse instrumental musical expression, have created a large following throughout [...]

These guys are just plain fun and appeal to audiences of all ages. Comprised of Tom Keen on guitar, Tom Fordyce on harmonica, Paul Kirchner on banjo and fiddle, Jim Curtis on bass, and Kurt Westie on mandolin. The Cabin Fever band plays an eclectic[...]

The Wild Sullys were formed by Big Daddy (Mike Sullivan of Song of the Lakes) and King Kyle (Kyle Sullivan of Egon and AoK) as an experimental music project fusing traditional Irish drinking and rebel music with American influences country, jazz, [...]

Since 2001 the Peaceful Sisters have traveled throughout Michigan to lead the Dances of Universal Peace in numerous settings. They continue to grow in their commitment to the path of service and discovery. Their deep love for spirituality, music, fri[...]

Just twenty years old, indie-pop singer-songwriter Garrett Borns is already carving himself a place in the industry. Borns was chosen to be the featured performer at a TEDx Grand Rapids event, and then he headlined the opening of 2011 Grand Rapids Ar[...]

“Puente uses haunting harmonies, simple percussion with strong syncopated rhythms to takes audiences on a tour of myth and legend, of the Snake Oil Salesmen, the Carpet Bagger, the Carnie, the Revival, The Old West and Old Ways and the years pa[...]