Some 2021 summer music festivals cancel for 2nd year; others move forward
John Sinkevics, LocalSpins.com
The 2021 music festival season in Michigan has shaped up as a mixed bag: Some summer events already have canceled for the second year in a row, other festivals are moving full steam ahead with ticket sales, and still others remain in limbo.
With the year-long COVID pandemic continuing to muddy the waters for touring artists and festival organizers, the roster of Michigan music festivals seems to change weekly as previously scheduled events get canceled or postponed.
Potential capacity restrictions, difficulties in booking artists who haven’t committed to touring yet and other concerns have left many festivals looking ahead to 2022 or debating the merits of moving ahead as scheduled.
Michigan native Billy Strings reels in Grammy win for best bluegrass album
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Billy Strings, originally of Ionia County, Michigan, won Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Courtesy photo | Jesse Faatz)
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Fishing.
Taking a call from his boat on Percy Priest Lake, just east of his Nashville home, Strings said Tuesday that the novelty of it all is still sinking in.
“I’m still processing it,” said Strings, born William Apostol and raised in the Ionia County village of Muir, population 733. “It’s crazy, really. I’m 28 and I just won my first Grammy.”