[upbeat music]
- Kim Mauthe: Mile of Music is a all-original music festival
here in Appleton, Wisconsin.
It's a free festival for attendees,
and it's just a wonderful weekend of summer fun
and original music.
- Ian Thomson: It literally is a mile long of music,
and it's all very walkable.
We produce over 200 artists,
playing over 650-plus sets of music in 35 venues
over the course of the four days.
- Dave Willems: It's really a celebration of original music.
Multiple bands, singer-songwriters,
duos, trios from around the country,
as well as our Wisconsin singer-songwriters.
- What makes it different
than other festivals in the country?
One, again, the sense of discovery.
It is a developing artists' music festival.
- Melissa Freeman: Musicians that you don't know,
but you should.
- Ben Mulwana: People from all over the state,
people from all over the country come to Appleton.
- Jeff Gorman: Everywhere you turn, there's music.
Every street corner, every bar, in hotel rooms.
- Andrew Pierson: You can bounce around,
choose which venue you wanna go to,
choose which artists you wanna see.
You make your own plan, make your own route
throughout Appleton.
- Dave: It's an opportunity for us to show off
what this community has, what this one-mile stretch
of our downtown has.
Hence the name Mile of Music.
[audience cheering]