Porcupine Mountains Music Festival
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The Porcupine Mountains Music Festival is a three-day festival of folk
, jazz, blues and other traditional music that has been held annually during the last weekend in August in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
in the vicinity of Ontonagon, Michigan
by the non-profit Friends of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park since 2005.
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, jazz, blues and other traditional music that has been held annually during the last weekend in August in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...
in the vicinity of Ontonagon, Michigan
Ontonagon, Michigan
Ontonagon is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,769. It is the county seat of Ontonagon County....
by the non-profit Friends of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park since 2005.