For the third year, Allegan’s Fat Blossom Farm will host this cozy music festival starring regional acts. View the lineup and details, get ticket links and listen to a Top 10 playlist.
Fat Blossom Farm Beauty: The setting for Wild Thyme Music Festival. (Photo/Krista Isaacs)
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There’s little doubt that this up-and-coming Michigan music festival endeavors to blend the state’s natural beauty with a family- and pet-friendly vibe and inspiring regional music.
For the third year, Allegan’s Fat Blossom Farm will host the Wild Thyme Music Festival — a two-day celebration that enhances stage performances with workshops, a kids’ parade, a musical instrument petting zoo, dance and more.
Wild Thyme’s impressive 2023 lineup of regional performers includes bands covering a wide range of styles: Beth Bombara Band, Metro Soul Band, Cole Hansen & The Heartbeats, Nicholas James & the Bandwagon, Samuel Nalangira Band, Dede Alder, Dunegrass, The Rebel Eves, Mandolissimo, Sallie Bacon & Brian Oberlin, Water Street Wranglers and Deep-Fried Pickle Project.
(Tune in to Local Spins on WYCE 88.1 FM or online at wyce.org at 11 a.m. Friday when Beth Bombara will be the special guest on the show.)
Described as “a micro-festival” with fewer than 500 attendees, Wild Thyme also offers workshops, arts and crafts vendors and camping on a small family farm, aimed at celebrating “the spirit of wildness, our connection to creativity and the radical act of joyfulness in harmony with the natural world.”
The festival is also pet-friendly and partners with Wishbone Pet Rescue Alliance to hold an adoption event during the weekend.
WILD THYME MUSIC FESTIVAL
Brian Oberlin (Photo/Anna Sink)
WHERE: 2086 20th St., Allegan
WEBSITE: https://fatblossom.com/wild-thyme-music-festival
THE DRIVE: 32 miles (40 minutes) from Grand Rapids
27 miles (27 minutes) from Kalamazoo
171 miles (2 hours, 33 minutes) west of Detroit
90 miles (1 hour, 21 minutes) from Lansing
175 miles (2 hours, 48 minutes) south of Traverse City
THE LINEUP: Nicholas James & The Bandwagon, Samuel Nalangira Band, The Bootstrap Boys, Beth Bombara Band, Metro Soul Band, Cole Hansen & The Heartbeats, Sallie Bacon & Brian Oberlin, The Rebel Eves, Mandolinissimo (w/ Brian Oberlin and Grant Flick), Dede Alder, Dunegrass and more. View the full schedule below.
QUOTE: “Wild Thyme is unique because it’s aimed at events for the entire family and, of course, there is a big farm component. I love the idea of not having single-use plastics and having homemade, quality food for sale. What most of us try to achieve at home, Wild Thyme is trying this at a festival — a comfortable and friendly environment. That is not to say there isn’t a rowdy band on stage and the Wild dancing to accompany it.” – Mandolinist Brian Oberlin (who plays with two different groups over the weekend)
WEATHER FORECAST (as of July 26):
Friday – High of 96 degrees; cloudy, hot and humid with a possible afternoon thunderstorm
Saturday – High of 83 degrees; humid with decreasing clouds
TICKETS: Adult weekend passes are $75 ($20 for teens). Friday passes are $25; Saturday passes are $50, available online at fatblosssom.com/tickets2023.
LOCAL SPINS TICKET GIVEAWAY
The first two people to email info@localspins.com with “WILD THYME” in the message field will win a pair of Friday passes to Wild Thyme Music Festival.
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