2012 Band Roster

We are putting together the line up for this year's festival. We still have a few slots to fill but here's who already committed for the show.

Igby Iris
The Fainting Generals
The Waxies
Valentiger
Michael Schaeffer
Kelsey Rottiers

We'll be posting links to their music later so watch here and our Facebook page. And put April 14th on your calendar - now!

April 14, 2012

We are officially announcing the date for the next Jake's Music Festival. The next event will be April 14th, 2012 at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids. Mark your calendar because you will not want to miss this year's show. We have some exciting plans to make 2012 our best year ever. That means great music and great fun, all supporting the LOCAL chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Planning for 2012

Jake's Music Festival has become an almost year round endeavor for our volunteer staff. We are already starting to plan for the 2012 show. We know will be back at the Wealthy Theatre in April. So now we are thinking about bands for next year's line-up. Which local West Michigan bands would you like to see? Leave your suggestions in the comments.
Thanks for your ideas and support.

Slide show of the 2011 Festival

It took us a little longer to get the photos of this year's show posted because we had so many more to go through. Some excellent professional photographers took some shots for us this year and we are pleased to share some of them with you.
Thanks to Jeff Hage, Paul Jendrasiak, Seth Thompson and Anthony Nowack.

WOW!

What a great night. Thanks to everyone who attended Jake's Music Festival 2011. Also thanks to our sponsors, volunteers, staff and especially the performers. We raised over $5,000 for diabetes research. We'll be posting photos and videos soon. In the meantime click here for a review by John Sinkevics of the Grand Rapids Press.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, it's almost tomorrow

Despite the title of this post we promise no Broadway show tunes tomorrow. However, we will have almost every other kind of music at Jake's Music Festival. There will be folk, funk, rock, and roll, electric violin, accordion, singer songwriters, and a man wearing a kilt. Where else can you go for this kind of musical diversity?

The doors open at 2:30 and the music starts at 3:00. The last band is scheduled to hit stage at 10:00 p.m. It's eight hours of solid music. So be one of the cool kids, come to the show at the Wealthy Theatre Saturday (tomorrow) to see the best that local music has to offer. AND help us raise money to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes. For the full show schedule click on the "2011 Show Line-up" link above.

See you tomorrow!

Silent Auction and other stuff

We have quite a number of items for the silent auction. Thanks to these local companies for their donations.
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Eastern Floral, West Michigan Whitecaps, Twisted Rooster, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, Grand Rapids Symphony, San Chez, Smooch Beauty Boutique, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids Children's Museum, John Russo's Wine Warehouse and Deli, From the Heart Yoga, Robinette's Gift Barn, and Grand River Grocery. We'll also have a music package featuring CD's from the bands playing at the festival and a framed festival poster.

The Wealthy Theatre will have adult beverages, soft drinks and snacks available for sale. There are also plenty of restaurants within walking distance if you want to take in dinner before, during or after the show.

Links to the various media interviews we've done this week are now in the link session on the right. Since it's "news" you may have to scroll through the station web site to find the clip about Jake's Music Festival.

See you Saturday!