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The Ice, Wine, Beer and Blues Fest is returning to downtown Marshall next year.

The vote served as the culmination of a nearly 8-hour meeting that began at 7 p.m. Monday and adjourned at 2:58 a.m. Tuesday.

The Franke Center has received a $5,958 grant to fund technical upgrades for its youth theater, courtesy of the Marshall Community Foundation.

The Ice, Wine, Beer and Blues Fest will be returning to downtown Marshall in 2023. The event will be held February 3-4.

Famed sketch comedy and improv troupe performing Saturday with a hits home take on local history and events

The Ice, Wine, Beer and Blues Fest is set to return to downtown Marshall on Friday February 4th and Saturday, February 5th with the theme “Winter Olympics”.

The Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall has announced a new, exciting season of concerts and events. It will kick off on September 11th with country rock artists Michigan Rattlers and will finish with a first-ever event, the Michigan Music Video Awards.  Other highlights include alternative rock icons The Verve Pipe and blues legend Savoy Brown.  Favorite events returning include: Wolf Tree Film Festival, Irish Pub Night, and The Second City. In addition to individual tickets, The Franke w...

MARSHALL, Michigan — The Franke Center for the Arts has announced a new season of concerts and events. It will kick off on Sept. 11 with country rock artists Michigan Rattlers and will finish with a first-ever event, the Michigan Music Video Awards. Other highlights include alternative rock icons The Verve Pipe and blues legend Savoy Brown. Favorite events returning include Wolf Tree Film Festival, Irish Pub Night and The Second City. In addition to individual tickets, The Franke will also...

MARSHALL, Michigan – Hip hop artist Jordan Hamilton will perform at The Franke Center for the Arts’ Downstage Club at 8 p.m., May 14th. The Kalamazoo-based rapper, vocalist and cellist also performs with Last Gasp Collective and the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. In his solo work, Hamilton merges songwriting, loop pedals, sample machines and vocals to create a sonic landscape of experimental hip hop, folk, soul and classical music. The Western Michigan University graduate aims...

The Wolf Tree Film Festival, showing on January 23, 2021 at 6:00pm ET, will showcase nine short films set in the Great Lakes region or by filmmakers who reside in or grew up in the Great Lakes region. Hosted by the Franke Center for the Arts and Marshall’s Youngish Professionals Committee, the Wolf Tree film festival in past years has been held at Franke Center, an arts complex that is the proud home of world-class concerts, inspiring theater, and award-winning movies.  The festival this yea...