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Outside Magazine, June 2009

The Best Summer Music Festivals
Rothbury
Rothbury, Michigan, July 2-5

By Melanie Lidman


Intro | Sasquatch! | Bonnaroo | Roots Picnic | Telluride | Waterfront Blues | Rothbury | Forecastle | Vancouver MusicFest | Grey Fox | Evolve | Lollapalooza | Mulberry | Outside Lands | Jazz Aspen | Monolith | Etiquette

Three hours northwest of Detroit, the country's greenest festival is powered by biofuels, features a Think Tank climate-change symposium, and is nestled in the woods near Lake Michigan. Of some 40,000 fans, 3,500 rise with the sun for early-morning yoga.
Don't Miss Bob Dylan, the Dead, Brett Dennen, Cold War Kids, and—could you get more patriotic?—a possible July 4 appearance by Willie Nelson. Four days, $250; rothburyfestival.com.
Intermission Catch smallmouth bass or trout on the Muskegon (two people, $350 per day; streamside­guideservices.com).
Also This Weekend 80/35, Des Moines, Iowa.



Next Page: Louisville, Kentucky, July 10-12

Intro | Sasquatch! | Bonnaroo | Roots Picnic | Telluride | Waterfront Blues | Rothbury | Forecastle | Vancouver MusicFest | Grey Fox | Evolve | Lollapalooza | Mulberry | Outside Lands | Jazz Aspen | Monolith | Etiquette

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