San Francisco, CA (Top40 Charts/ Green Light Go Entertainment) Michigan's indie pop rock sextet, Bear Lake, will do their part to send the summer off with a bang when they perform at the Arts, Beats & Eats festival on Saturday,
September 3rd. The four day event, taking place over Labor Day weekend, will feature over 250 bands, food from all over the Metro
Detroit area, an art fair and other sponsored events. The musical line-up, as eclectic as the Michigan music scene will feature local and national acts including: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Jr.,
George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Psychedelic Furs, The Muggs, and Thornetta Davis. Bear Lake will headline at the 89X Ford Focus Alternative Stage.
Bear Lake's six members pride themselves on their fun stage show which seeks to engage the audience with the personal messages often found in their songs. Even from the stage, it's Bear Lake's goal to share these themes and develop a personal relationship with their audience. The sextet has toured most of the major cities on the east side of the country and has shared the bill with Bedouin Soundclash, Gin Blossoms, Rick Springfield, The Suckers, The Rescues, Mice Parade, Sufjan Stevens, Neon Trees, Dale Earnhardt, Jr Jr, Jessica Hernandez, and many others.
The highly anticipated release of the upcoming If You Were Me has already met fans with much satisfaction and has them begging for more Bear Lake. Radio has taken a liking to the band, as Bear Lake debuted at number 16 on the CMJ Adds chart on July 5, 2011, and within three weeks has landed at number 127 on the CMJ top 200, a ranking that is sure to increase. Rachel May of the Detroit Free Press calls the album "captivating from the first song to the last," a true compliment from an accomplished musician and journalist.
Ford Arts, Beats & Eats, presented by Citizens Bank, was founded to celebrate the quality of life in Oakland County by offering a culturally unique presentation of artists, musicians and food exhibits, from the Metro Detroit area, and throughout the United States. In November of 2009, Arts, Beats & Eats announced it would be moving from its former location in the City of Pontiac to Downtown Royal Oak. In 2010, Arts, Beats & Eats celebrated its most successful year to date, hosting more than 400,000 people over four days, and raising over $350,000 for local charities. The economic impact to the region was measured at $39 million.
