The evening's MC is Chris Buhalis, whose songs document the trials and hard-won triumphs of life in the Midwestern heartland. Also appearing are the wonderful old-time guitar-and-mandolin duo of Bates & Foote, the Grand Rapids jam band Glean Infusion, northwestern Michigan's breathtaking, genre-crossing trio Breathe Owl Breathe, Lansing-born, Cadillac-raised singer-songwriter Rachael Davis, who has just released a new album, "Antebellum Queens," and singer-songwriter Joe Reilly whose creative and honest voice calls for a holistic healing of our society for the benefit of future generations.

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