Great Lakes Folk Festival East Lansing, MI
Date of Event
August 12, 2016
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August 14, 2016
Event Location
Downtown
East Lansing, MI 48823
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This unique fusion of art fair, music festival, county fair, multi-ethnic festival, hands-on activity workshops and celebration of cultural heritage will be held August 12-14 in downtown East Lansing. The Great Lakes Folk Festival showcases the traditional cultural treasures of the nation's Upper Midwest and a sampling of the best of traditional artists from around the country and the world. The festival encourages cross-cultural understanding of the diverse society through the presentation of musicians, dancers, cooks, storytellers and craftspeople whose traditions are rooted in their communities. The festival includes nearly 100 musicians or dancers in groups, who perform at least twice and sometimes as many as four times over the weekend. Also featured are traditional and other food vendors, craft vendors and many other individual artists/demonstrators. There are four performance stages (including one with a 2,400 sq. ft. dance floor), children's hands-on activities, crafts demonstrations, and Folk Festival marketplace- featuring unique handmade crafts Hours: Friday 6pm to 10:30pm, Saturday 12pm to 10:30pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pmInformation:
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