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Comment by Michael LaRue on July 23, 2009 at 10:14pm

Hey I'm located in Saint Louis, Mo. Anyone else in Arch City?

Comment by Jerry on April 24, 2009 at 5:25am

Rob, the Rothbury Music Festival started up last summer on the Double J Ranch property. The Double J is having financial problems and is in receivership I believe but their going forward with the music festival this summer after the great result from the first one. I believe there is overnight accommodations other than camping. They also have a great golf course and riding stables. The music festival is adjacent to US31 and is only about three miles from Lake Michigan.

Jerry

Jerry

Comment by John J. Cebula on April 23, 2009 at 7:57pm

Jerry (and rest): The line-up at Rothbury is right up my alley, and if I wasn't such an old, cheap fart with two kids in college, I might take my daughter. I got the impression from the web site that camping was the most reasonable option, but my daughter is really not into roughing it (she won't eat on the deck in the summer. 'Nuff said). Besides, she is going to Lollapalooza.

I'm going to keep following the Fox Valley Festival web site and try to remember to keep the group posted. The festival is held in Geneva, Illinois (just about a long hour west of Chicago) around Labor Day weekend.

Comment by Jerry on April 23, 2009 at 3:19am

To John and Bruce, the Rothbury music festival just came into existence last summer. Although I didn't attend I had a number of relatives go and they thoroughly enjoyed the multi-day program. Rothbury is located roughly twenty-five miles north of Muskegon on the west side of Michigan. This location has a number of camping options with White Lake, Silver Lake and Pentwater Lake within a half hour drive. I have a cottage in the area and the traffic on US31 was pretty bad for anyone who was attending just for a single day. Also, the festival is held on the grounds of a resort so there are accommodations as well as a championship golf course. Hope this helps!

Jerry

Comment by Bruce Fogwell on April 22, 2009 at 9:26pm

Hi John,
Sorry but this is the first I have heard of this festival. I get to The Ark in Ann Arbor from time to time and Elderly in Lansing but I've not been to Rothbury.
Bruce

Comment by John J. Cebula on April 22, 2009 at 8:38pm

Thanks, Bruce: this is what my daughter wants to go to. Do you know anything about it that the web site doesn't address?

Comment by Bruce Fogwell on April 21, 2009 at 12:47pm

Hi John,
This looks to be what you are looking for:
http://www.rothburyfestival.com/
Good luck,
Bruce

Comment by John J. Cebula on April 21, 2009 at 12:20pm

Do any of you know anything about an outdoor weekend festival held in Michigan in July? It's called Roxbury or something like that. My daughter would like to go, but it's pretty expensive (even if Dylan, The Dead, Gov't Mule, String Cheese Incident, etc., are playing). Also, it seems like it's pretty much a camping-only option. She wants her brother and me to go, but he's not interested and I'm pretty cheap. I guess I'm concerned about the crowd and drug/alcohol use if my daughter went alone. She'd stay sober, but I don't know how well she'd be able to handle partiers. Is that a legitimate concern?

Comment by marc Miller on March 22, 2009 at 2:33pm

thanks to all who welcomed me to the site,peace marc

Comment by Bill Startz on March 22, 2009 at 11:39am

glad to help Ralph..I enjoyed my time with Eric, and am sure you will as well if it works out.
I am a far sw suburbs ( Romeoville) guy , so , although I took lessons at the OTS for several years, the drive eventually got the best of me .

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