Common Ground Festival 2013

The Common Ground Festival is an event for all your senses. This annual celebration features an outstanding line-up of musical acts, focusing on top-level, national, contemporary music performers, scores of food vendors, as well as merchandise vendors. Selected artists will be used to support the national headliners or may be selected as a headliner on one of our two main Stages. All selected artists will be compensated up to $1,000 with hotel room and hospitality.

Over 30 bands perform on 2 stages over 7 days in downtown Lansing, along the banks of the Grand River in Adado Riverfront Park. Common Ground features an impressive array of headline, national-level entertainment each night starting at 5:30 PM EST on Monday, and expands into the night and continues until Sunday, with an attractive, intimate venue and state-of-art production.

The specifics of the compensation arrangement will be determined on a case-by-case basis. The final decisions regarding the selection of artists and the specifics of the arrangements may not be secured until June.

Previous national and international performers include: Black Stone Cherry, Blackberry Smoke, Burton Cummings, Charlie Daniels, David Nail, Duke Tumatoe, Hot Chelle Rae, Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights, LL Cool J, Locksley, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Melissa Etheridge, Peter Rivera, Rick Springfield, Theory of a Deadman, Tonic, Trey Songz, Verve Pipe, Jimmy Cliff, Bret Michaels, Cavo, Sick Puppies, Ludacris, Three 6 Mafia, Mindi Abair, Peter White, Gregg Rolie, Neon Trees, Cinderella, Max Weinberg, Adam Lambert, Peter Frampton, Bruce Hornsby, Los Lonely Boys, Lyle Lovett, The Guess Who, Dickey Betts & Great Southern, The New Cars, REO Speedwagon, Snoop Dogg, The Romantics, Staind, .38 Special, "Weird" Al Yankovic, Marshalll Crenshaw, Trace Adkins, Grand Funk Railroad, Kellie Pickler, War, Starship starring Mickey Thomas, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Finger Eleven, The Exies and many more.

They have also featured Sonicbids bands like Poor Boy Relief, Dan Rodriguez, Arlene McCann, Corey Crowder, Centerville, Tovi Khali, Thom Jayne and the Nomads, Andy Suzuki & The Method, Brena, Brian Lorente, Brilliance, Small Town Son, and The Definition.

Common Ground utilizes a multi-day admission pass concept to provide festival patrons unlimited access to the entire event for one economical price. Individual day passes are available, but the best value is the "Seven Day Pass" that can be used solely, or shared with family or friends from day to day.