Music at the Market

We celebrate live Music from 3:00-6:00 pm at every Friday at the Dixboro Farmers' Market. We feature a variety of local talent and include special feature performances as well.  If you are interested ins performing at the Dixboro Farmers Market please read below for details. 

Music Submissions
Thank you for your interest in performing live music at the Dixboro Farmers Market. Please review the Entertainment Specifications before submitting your music.

Entertainment Specifications:
  • The Dixboro Farmers Market located on the Dixboro Village Green, is outdoors and only cancelled due to lightning/thunder and /or tornado.
  • Music performance time is either 3:00pm-4:14pm or 4:45pm -6:00pm and includes compensation.
  • You are welcome to sell your music merchandise and set out a tip jar.
  • Musicians have access to the schoolhouse to store any equipment and.or personal items during your performance.  
  • The performance space is a large covered pavilion.  Musicians are encouraged to bring chairs.  An electrical outlet is located on the pavilion. The surface area is concrete.
  • Please include your own extension chords and power strips along with your own PA System and equipment.
  • Volume should be at a reasonable mild level.
  • This is an entrance-free market and family-friendly event. NO profanity, vulgarity, offensive music or comments.
  • While much of the entertainment will be acoustic folk, we are interested in other styles including jazz, classical, country,  blues, reggae, original music, solo performers and small groups.
  • The entertainment calendar will be posted on our website, included in our email blasts and mentioned on our social media accounts.
  • All music submissions will be reviewed. Booking confirmation will be based on the right fit for the Market’s overall calendar and availability.
  • After music submissions and acceptance, you will be sent a link to a sign-up site and you can sign up for several dates and times at once.   
Apply to play at the market here.

The Vintage
​Stringband

This acoustic group of southeast Michigan musicians are bound together mainly by their passion for playing music together and their desire to share their musical joy with others.  They play old-time, Celtic (Irish, Scottish),  traditional, bluegrass and other types of tunes with an interesting blend of hammered dulcimers, fiddles,  guitars, banjo, penny whistle, harmonicas, wooden spoons, musical saw, hurdy gurdy, bass and vocals.  

Kandy Fredrick

Music is the essence of a happy life. Telling your story through song or telling other peoples stories through song gets you right in the heart. If folk/country is what you are looking for, than I hope that you can find a connection with my music.  I enjoy playing and singing folk, country (old and new), and classic rock. I am a late starter, but my love for making music is obvious. I hope you listen. I hope you love. 

The Brain Plasticity
​Ukulele Collective

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An intergenerational group of musicians (currently 35-85 years young) playing all styles and genres of music and encompassing all levels of ability. Some of the musicians in the collective have been playing professionally for a lifetime and some in the collective are only a few years into their musical odyssey.  Those more experienced in their musical understanding supporting those in the collective more recently tuning into their craft. As a result, we all benefit emotionally and spiritually. Among the instruments in the collective are vocals, guitar, flute, bass, mandolin, mandola, accordion, drums, keyboards, harmonica and of course soprano, concert, tenor and baritone ukulele. 
Ageing affects us all and learning an instrument later in life has benefits for the plasticity and neurogenesis of one’s brain. 
Drop a brain bomb. Fire up the synapses. Rewire some neurons and strum into cognition. Why don’t you pick up a uke? We did. We are always open to new members.