[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.

Dave: 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]