The 9th Annual Winter Microbrew & Music Festival is on the move! This year’s festivities will take place February 10 at Mount Mancelona, a historic ski hill and lodge that sits just over a mile north of Mancelona, Michigan. The festival will offer unique activities like snowshoeing to a rare-beer tasting tent and professional snowboard and ski aerial viewing while guests warm up around giant bonfires. There will be fewer tickets and a more intimate atmosphere this year, but the event will again feature the great music and tasty brews you’ve come to expect from this award-winning music and food festival.
Music fans and lovers of craft beer, wine, cider, and mead are invited to pull on your liquid long-johns and join fellow enthusiasts under heated tents and beside roaring bonfires. The Microbrew & Music Festival will feature drinks from around the state (and beyond!) and acclaimed live musical acts including festival-favorite Mustard Plug, The Ragbirds, Slow Tako, Olivia Mainville & The Aquatic Troupe, Luke “Blue” Woltanski & His Worn-Out Soles, and many more. Festival-goers will also enjoy local food vendors featuring BBQ, paella, tacos, and local treats; Silent Disco multi-stage DJ tent with 80’s–90’s throwbacks, a big country top hits DJ stage, DJ Dominate, Michigan DJs, Ski Juggler Tommy Tropic, hula hoopers, fire twirlers, vintage snowmobiles, Trucker Sno-Cat shuttles, and more to be announced! Early bird doors will open at 2 p.m. and general admission doors open at 3 p.m. The event ends at 8 p.m. “Our winter version of this festival is a blast, and this will be the best venue since we have weeks to build the experience,” says Sam Porter, event organizer and owner of Mount Mancelona. “It’s always such a pleasure to see so many good folks come together to celebrate our communities, dance, huddle around glowing bonfires, share stories and smiles, and raise a toast to the seasons of Northern Michigan.”