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Music at the Bass Festival on Saturday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The 60th-annual Bass Festival, sponsored by the Crystal Falls Lions Club, takes place this weekend in Crystal Falls. Food and refreshments will be available, along with a variety of activities at the Runkle Lake Park Complex. On Saturday, local musician Melanie Rose will perform a variety of acoustic music from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the Iron County duo of Larry Ketola and Paul Sundquist taking over from 1 to 5 p.m. OTHER LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT: Out to Lunch, downtown stage, Iron Mountain — Today, Pink Violin Band of Vilcabamba, Ecuador, formerly of the Upper ...

Summer Jubilee in Republic this weekend

MARQUETTE — The third-annual Summer Jubilee, sponsored by the Higher Love Cannabis Co., will take place this weekend at the Pine Grove Bar in Republic. The free three-day music festival is open to those 21 and older. All weekend long, guests can enjoy non-stop music from regional favorites, including Pajamas, Another One, Chicken Wire Empire and Jeff Winard Polka. From bluegrass to funk, rock to polka, the event has a little something for everyone. Music will starts at 1 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday; all are Eastern times. Food trucks will be on site all ...

Ozark Mountain Daredevils concert Friday in CF

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Ozark Mountain Daredevils’ “When it Shines — the Final Tour” concert will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Crystal Theatre in Crystal Falls. The popular band of the ’70s and ’80s is widely known for the singles “If You Wanna Get to Heaven” and “Jackie Blue.” Two of the founding members, John Dillon and Michael Supe Granda, still tour with the band. In 2022, the group celebrated its 50th year anniversary, making their Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville as part of the Time Warp Tour. A documentary, “Ozark Mountain Daredevils Backstage,” was broadcast ...

Benefit Saturday for family after house fire

NORWAY — A benefit to help the Gendron family after a house fire July 4 will take place from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Thirsty Whale in Norway. The family of five and their dogs were unharmed, but they lost their home and all their possessions. The event will have live music, bounce houses and yard games, 50/50 drawings and baskets to be raffled off. The Thirsty Whale is accepting clothing and monetary donations for the family and also donations of raffle baskets. The Indian Taco Truck will be on site serving their full menu. Donations can also be made on GoFundMe to "Gendron ...

Band DayDreamers playing at Big Ten

QUINNESEC — The band DayDreamers of Marquette will perform from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Big 10 Sports Bar & Grill in Quinnesec. In addition to music, there will be light hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar and a silent auction featuring many items, with proceeds benefiting the Dickinson County Democratic Party. Admission is $15 each or two for $25. To purchase tickets in advance, go to https://secure.actblue.com/donate/music-social.

Combs’ sentencing set for Oct. 3

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs will be sentenced in his federal criminal case on Oct. 3, a judge said Tuesday after probation officials rejected the defense and prosecution’s plan to move the date up by about two weeks. Combs, who remains jailed after a split verdict last week, spoke briefly to his lawyer Marc Agnifilo during a virtual hearing on the scheduling issue that lasted all of two minutes. At one point he asked the lawyer to turn on his camera so they could see each other’s faces. The hip-hop mogul’s lawyers had been urging Judge Arun Subramanian to sentence ...