Mile of Music sign Jan. 24, 2023. PC: Fox 11 Online
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Mile of Music, Appleton’s downtown music festival, is about to become fully nonprofit.
Dave Willems of Willems Marketing & Events made the announcement Thursday morning. He said the final paperwork would be signed in about a week.
Mile of Music had previously been a hybrid nonprofit and for-profit enterprise under Willems Marketing & Events.
The festival also announced its First Fifty acts for 2026. They are:
- Will Hoge – Nashville, TN
- Ron Artis II – Hawaii
- Tommy Prine – Nashville, TN
- Chris Pierce – Los Angeles, CA
- Crystal Bowersox – Nashville, TN
- Crys Matthews – Nashville, TN
- Otis Gibbs – Nashville, TN
- Susan Werner – Chicago, IL
- Dave Hause and The Mermaid – Philadelphia, PA
- Daniel Rodriguez – Boulder, CO
- The Saint Cecilia – San Jose, Costa Rica
- Leon Timbo & The Family Band – Nashville, TN
- Noah Guthrie – Greer, SC
- Jon Tyler Wiley & His Virginia Choir – Fredricksburg, VA
- Surfing For Daisy – Asbury Park, New Jersey
- Creature Comfort – Nashville, TN
- Stillhouse Junkies – Durango, CO
- Admiral Radio – Columbia, SC
- KP Hawthorn – Nashville, TN
- Roberta Lea – Norfolk, VA
- Donna Woodall – Milwaukee, WI
- Flamy Grant – Asheville, NC
- Morgan St. Jean – Los Angeles, CA
- Good Boy Daisy – Scottsdale, AZ
- Koyal – Los Angeles, CA
- Palm Ghosts – Nashville, TN
- Don’t Panic – Stroudsburg, PA
- The Crosses – Milwaukee, WI
- Descartes a Kant – Guadalajara, MX
- ZDAN – Nashville, TN
- Hannah Geller – San Diego, CA
- wht.rbbt.obj – Chicago, IL
- Buddy Red – Atlanta, GA
- Muddy Ruckus – Portland, ME
- Nigel Wearne & The Spectres – Woodford, Victoria, Austraila
- The Back Alley – Chicago, IL
- Ruth Theodore – Winchester, UK
- Pat Byrne – Austin, TX
- Ruby Mac – Rhode Island
- Rachel Maxann – Nashville, TN
- HuDost – Bowling Green, KY / Montreal, QC
- Farayi – Boston, MA
- Gin Mill Hollow – Madison, WI
- Ladybird – Milwaukee, WI
- New Nostalgia – Chicago, IL
- The Braymores – Chicago, IL
- Harvey Street – Raleigh, NC
- Easy Honey – South Carolina
- Rags and Riches – Lexington, KY
- The Astronomers – Oshkosh, WI
This year’s festival is July 30-Aug. 2.
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