First-time festivals celebrate wine, art, beer and music in TC

Traverse City welcomes two new back-to-back festivals next month: the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival on Aug. 22 and the Traverse City Microbrewery & Music Festival on Aug 29. Both festivals take place on the front lawn and woods of The Village at Grand Traverse Commons.

The Wine & Art Festival will feature more than 20 wineries from the Leelanau and Old Mission Peninsulas and a selection of Traverse City and Leelanau restaurants providing food and desserts. Art Center Traverse City will be coordinating a sampling of artists and arts organizations who will display and sell their work in booths ringing the tent. Music will be offered for the duration, headlined by Michigan's own Thom Jayne and the Nomads who play a truly unique blend of world and Celtic infused jazz. The music will be punctuated by original dance from the Michigan Dance Collective. Tickets are $20 and are available for sale online.

The Microbrewery & Music Festival aims to be one of the greatest in the state with beers from around the Midwest, focusing especially on Michigan brews. Outside of great craft beer, we will feature national touring musical acts on two stages including The Legendary Buckwheat Zydeco Band, Clumsy Lovers, Caravan of Thieves, Mike Moran, Delilah Dewylde and the Lose Boys, Luke Winslow King and more. Hear the musical influences of Blues, Zydeco, World, Acoustic, Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Afrobeat and beyond. TCMMF will be alive with music and art experiences as musicians and artists will roam and meander through the crowd. Tickets on sale Friday, July 17 at Oryana, Right Brain Brewery, North Peak Brewery, City Opera House and online at www.porterhouseproductions.com. General Admission: $25; with Brewer's Happy Hour: $50.

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