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Beaver Island Music Festival announces its 2013 program

Also Beaver Island Music Festival July 2013

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TypeEvent
Dates2013-07-17 – 2013-07-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2013-07-17 – 2013-07-21
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Music festival
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Summary

The June 2013 Beaver Beacon previews the Beaver Island Music Festival for July 17–21. The program was planned to begin with music on the ferry and continue in the woods off West Side Road, with a multi-day schedule of regional performers, open mic, children’s programming, and ferry performances. The August and September issues carry thank-yous for another year of the festival.

Evidence limits

The June and July sources are pre-event program announcements; the August thank-you indicates a completed festival season but does not document the final lineup, attendance, or individual performance outcomes.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, June 2013, "The Beaver Island Music Festival — The Focal Point of Midwest Music."
    Previews the July 17–21 festival, with music on the ferry, woods performances, and a schedule including Ghost City Searchlight, The Accidentals, Lac La Belle, The Ben Daniels Band, The Moxie Strings, and other performers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held June issue scan confirms the music-festival announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-06_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Beaver Beacon, July 2013, "Beaver Island Music Festival."
    Carries the summer festival promotion and schedule context alongside Museum Week, Island activities, camping, vendors, food, open mic, children's programming, and evening music in the woods. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-07_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held July issue scan confirms the festival promotion.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-07_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Beaver Beacon, August 2013, Music Festival thank-you notice.
    Publishes a thank-you for another year of the Beaver Island Music Festival. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-08_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held August issue scan confirms the festival thank-you notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-08_Beaver-Beacon
  7. Beaver Beacon, September 2013, Beaver Island Music Festival thank-you notice.
    Carries another thank-you for the 2013 Beaver Island Music Festival. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-09_Beaver-Beacon
  8. The held September issue scan confirms the festival thank-you notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-09_Beaver-Beacon
  9. Contemporaneous visitor posts confirm the festival was operating on July 18–19, identify an evening start time, and describe it as family-friendly. These are participant/promotional observations, not a complete program or attendance record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006512
  10. A contemporaneous notice offered a live stream of the Print Shop porch performance immediately before the 7:30 p.m. program. It documents the announced broadcast, not a recording or complete performance list.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006495
  11. A participant thanked the organizers for another Music Festival and praised its variety of accomplished musicians. This is community feedback, not an independent attendance or program report.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006533
  12. A same-day promotional notice says the festival ran from 5 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. It confirms an advertised operating period, not a complete schedule or attendance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006522
  13. A contemporaneous post says the festival was continuing with music and a bonfire and directs readers to the schedule. It is a participant/promotional observation, not an attendance or final program record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006531

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Music Festival announces its 2013 program”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-music-festival-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2013, "The Beaver Island Music Festival — The Focal Point of Midwest Music." (and 12 further sources listed on the page).

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