
The Non-Electrified Musical UnFest is held at the
Whispering
Waters Campground
1805 N. Irving Rd.
Hastings MI
269-945-5166
Email: whisper1805@gmail.com
Whispering waters is just outside Hastings
Michigan, about 30 miles
north and 20 miles east of Kalamazoo. If you used to attend SMDF when
it was at the expo center in Hastings, Whispering Waters is the place
just south of the expo center that you may have turned into by mistake.
Maps and stuff.
Roger and Uta (the owners of the campground) have
been wonderful to
us each year and we have arranged once again to host a musical jamming
weekend. As of this writing, admission to the campground (and the UnFest) will be $5 per
person / per day
and includes tent or RV camping (with power) in the common area or
rustic tent camping in the field at the north end of the campground if
you stay overnight. Note that vehicles are not allowed in the
field to the north of the road at any time for any reason (it is over
the septic field),
so if you have a camper of any sort, you will need to either camp with
us in the common area or call the campground and make a reservation for
a regular campsite. Reservations are not required unless you have a
camping vehicle that requires a regular campsite.
Admission will also include all campground
facilities like showers
and the pool.... and they have a really cool building with a huge front
porch (suitable for jamming) that houses clean and plentiful showers
and bathrooms as well as a nice commons area with comfy chairs, a
microwave, a TV, a library, and in general a place to get in out of the
cold or rain if the weather dumps on us. However, that WON'T HAPPEN,
right? We will have a large canopy in the north end of
the campground (with bushes and trees) plus what the campground calls
the "common area" all to our selves to set up canopies and tents and
the like. There will be power available in both areas, and if you're
really into roughing it, most regular campsites have phone available!
Rafting, canoeing (sp?) and tubing are also available..... there's a
river that runs through the campground. Check out the link to the
campground, above.
PLEASE bring a canopy if you have one. Any kind of
canopy, big or
small. We rent a large one, but there is always need for additional
spaces for small jams.