Great Lakes Brass

we will bring the community together with Las Colectivas for Nuestra Solidaridad (Our Solidarity); a celebration of food, music, dancing, art, and culture from around the world, while supporting people in our community who are in need.

This is our second year, and this time we have teamed up with those who brought you Melt The Ice in February. We are looking to spread the word with community members to make this an even bigger celebration than ever!

We will gather in the sanctuary to see, hear, and dance to music and cultures from around the world, with dancers, singers, and other performers.

In the Social Hall, we will share food from around the world in a more intimate space—creating the feeling of a neighborhood coming together to support one another when someone is in need.

The format will include live music on the stage, demonstrations and performances on the floor in front, and, weather permitting, music welcoming you at the door. Community participation will be encouraged throughout the event.

Come for the food, art, music, and culture—or simply for the solidarity—as we come together to benefit MIRC (Michigan Immigrant Rights Center) and support friends and neighbors in our community.

Artists this year include: Baraka (A unique African musical experience), Great Lakes Brass (an explosion of New Orleans Jazz), Yuriana Music (Spicy Latin American Vibes), Ballet Folklorico GR, Aria Ensamble, Iridescent Jazz, Treetops Collective, and more!

Inspired by New Orleans, born of the Great Lakes: Great Lakes Brass draws from New Orleans traditions, where brass bands express the pulse of communities; celebrating life, mourning loss, and looking ahead. Reverence for history is intertwined with ongoing creative adaptation, and our pledge to play it forward.

Trumpet, trombone, and saxophone play familiar melodies driven by sousaphone and percussion. On the street or the stage, the music moves. Based in Fennville, MI