LIVE AT IDLEWILD 2025 –
REVISIT THE MAGIC
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, &
SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2025
Idlewild, Michigan
Live at Idlewild returns for Year 2 — and we’re turning up the volume!
Join us for 2 days full of Soul, Motown, R & B, Funk and Jazz in Historic Idlewild as we celebrate the rich legacy of Michigan’s historic Black Eden!
Huge thanks to everyone who made the inaugural “Live at Idlewild 2024” unforgettable. Let’s make this one bigger, better, and even more soulful…
Day 1 – Saturday, June 28, 2025
1:30-8:30pm
Day 2 – Sunday, June 29, 2025
1:30-8:30pm
EARLY BIRD PRICES!
*All Rates increase $10 on May 28th!
Daily Rates:
*General Admission: $45 (per person)
*VIP Reserved: $125 (per person)
Weekend Rates:
*General Admission: $75 (per person)
*VIP Reserved: $200 (per person)
General Admission Ticket:
(GA) music festival ticket grants you entry to the event but doesn’t guarantee a specific seat or designated area. You’re free to move around the festival grounds and choose your own spot on a first-come, first-served basis. You may bring (1) chair per ticket. Spaces for tents will be sold as an add on at a later time.
VIP Reserved Ticket:
Includes preferred on-site parking, select seating space for (1) chair per ticket in an area under a tent with convenient Food and Beverage (F&B) Service at your seat (F&B is available for purchase at an additional cost), along with an artist photo opp. It also includes a select Charter Bus tour of the community with the Township Historian before the music program begins.
Special Thank You!
to the 2024 Live at Idlewild Performers, Vendors, Volunteers, Yates Township, the Lake County Merry Makers Team, and the below sponsors who we couldn’t do this without!
Review of Year 1- Live at Idlewild 2024
Day 1 Artists
Saturday, June 28, 2025
The Pioneers of Street Funk
The Ohio Players
Award-winning Musician
Alexander
Zonjic
& Friends
Detroit’s Queen of Blues
Thornetta
Davis
A True Stage Veteran
Big Daddy Fox
Billboard Hit Maker
Isaac Norris Project
Day 2 Artists
Sunday, June 29, 2025
The Prince of Sophisticated Soul
Will Downing
Billboard Top Charting & Grammy Award-winning
Marion Meadows
Detroit’s Own Jazz Royalty
The Ladies of ‘Straight Ahead’
A New Force in the Industry
Kris Johnson Group
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Celebrate the Rich Heritage of Idlewild
From 1912 through the mid 1960s, Idlewild was an active year round community and was visited by well known African American professionals and entertainers from all over the country. It was one of the few resorts in the nation where African Americans were allowed to vacation and purchase property before discrimination was outlawed with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Founded in 1912, Idlewild attracted the African American middle class largely composed of professional and small business owners including well known national figures like NAACP co-founder W.E.B. DuBois and self made millionaire, cosmetic entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and many more. As time went on it also became known as an entertainment mecca, attracting the most famous musicians, singers and dancers of the era including Louis Armstrong, Della Reese, Sarah Vaughan, The Four Tops and more.
Live at Idlewild reignites the inspiring history of Idlewild and provides opportunities to learn more about the past, present and possibilities of our community.