Kalamazoo Fretboard Festival strums up folk, surf, rock, drone music & more to greet spring

Saturday’s day-long event at Kalamazoo Valley Museum boasted sets by more than a dozen acts (with some unusual twists), instrument vendors and workshops. The recap, photos and video highlights.

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The 21st Kalamazoo Fretboard Festival boasted some impressive firsts on Saturday.

For the first time, the festival featured a national touring artist from New York City — cinematic surf-rock trio Big Lazy — to close out a day of performances at Kalamazoo Valley Museum and Anna Whitten Hall, with the band delivering its atmospheric and twangy instrumentals as the sun peeked through outdoors on the first full day of spring…

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