APPLETON, Wis. — Mile of Music is just over 100 days away and Appleton’s mile-long celebration of singer-songwriters is looking ahead to its 10th year of making music.

What You Need To Know

  • Stretching through a mile of downtown Appleton, Mile of Music kicks off Aug. 3 and runs through Aug. 6

  • Mile of Music is free to attend

  • The “First 50” artists were released Tuesday

  • The festival highlights musicians who are “not household names but certainly could be based on their singing talents, musicianship and songwriting capabilities”

Stretching through a mile of downtown Appleton, Mile of Music kicks off Aug. 3 and runs through Aug. 6. Original music will play at 40 venues, featuring 200+ acts. Mile of Music is specficlly made to highlight smaller, lesser-known artists from around the nation. As of last year, the festival has started to bring international acts to its stages, too. 

The festival said these are “not household names but certainly could be based on their singing talents, musicianship and songwriting capabilities.”

 The “First 50” artists were released Tuesday, but they will announce more in the coming weeks. Of those 50, 19 are returning acts and 31 are brand new to Mile of Music. 

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Here are the “First 50:”

New Artists/First Fifty: 

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  • Welshly Arms - Cleveland, OH 
  • The Heavy Heavy - Brighton, East Sussex, UK
  • Steve Poltz - Nashville, TN 
  • Alisa Amador - Boston, MA
  • Danielle Nicole Band - Kansas City, MO 
  • Julie Williams - Nashville, TN
  • Adeem The Artist - Knoxville, TN 
  • Anthony D’Amato - New York, NY
  • Brian Dunne - New York, NY
  • Don DiLego - New York, NY 
  • Mike Montali - New York, NY 
  • Fantastic Cat - New York, NY
  • Nigel Wearne - Woodford, Victoria, Australia
  • Walden - Nashville, TN
  • Mom Rock - Nashville, TN
  • Radio Free Honduras - Chicago, IL
  • Kiss The Tiger - Minneapolis, MN
  • SloCoast - Los Angeles, CA 
  • Buffalo Rose - Pittsburgh, PA
  • Ken Yates - Creemore, ON, Canada
  • May Erlewine - Traverse City, MI
  • BLKBOK - Las Vegas, NV
  • Sweet Lizzy Project, Nashville, TN
  • Certainly So - Nashville, TN
  • Abby Holliday - Nashville, TN
  • Sleepy Gaucho - Milwaukee, WI
  • Whitehorse - Toronto, ON, Canada
  • HAPPY LANDING - Nashville, TN
  • Soultru - Davenport, IA
  • Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps - Nashville, TN
  • Caiola - Philadelphia, PA

Returning Artists/First Fifty:

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  • Girl Blue - Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Making Movies - Kansas City, MO
  • Ben Mulwana -Kenosha, WI
  • Remember Jones - Asbury Park, NJ
  • LowDown Brass Band - Chicago, IL
  • Sway Wild - San Juan Island, WA
  • Joy Clark - New Orleans, LA
  • Betsy Ade & The Well-Known Strangers - Racine, WI
  • Rachael Davis - Nashville, TN
  • Próxima Parada - San Luis Obispo, CA
  • VOLK - Nashville, TN
  • Lemon Sky - Cincinnati, OH
  • The End of America (TEOA) - Philadelphia, PA
  • Flagship Romance - Louisville, KY
  • The Stews - Charleston, SC
  • JD Eicher - Youngstown, OH
  • Michaela Anne - Nashville, TN
  • J.E. Sunde - Minneapolis, MN
  • Mo Lowda & The Humble - Philadelphia, PA
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Mile of Music is free to attend. For more information, click here. 

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