Alcona GospelFest

This alternate-year ecumenical event, returning in 2026, celebrates one of America’s most popular music styles. 

Singers practice for a few hours on Saturday, with breaks for lunch and snacks, then perform a free public concert.

The slide show at the right shows 2024’s event. The video below is from the 2017 program.

To sing this year, you must sign up in advance and pay $15 to help cover costs of your sheet music, snacks and lunch (scholarships are available). You can print or download the document below right for all the details. (It will print full size.)

The signup deadline is April 21.

Alcona GospelFest begins with practice for the choir, led by Jean Wilson of Saline, Michigan.
Alcona GospelFest begins with practice for the choir, led by Jean Wilson of Saline, Michigan.
The audience for Alcona GospelFest typically fills or overflows the pews at whichever church is used in any given year. That means 200 or more people.
The audience for Alcona GospelFest typically fills or overflows the pews at whichever church is used in any given year. That means 200 or more people.
Jean Wilson directs the choir, now dressed in their formal black clothing.
Jean Wilson directs the choir, now dressed in their formal black clothing.
The venue in 2024 was New Life Lutheran Church in Spruce, Michigan.
The venue in 2024 was New Life Lutheran Church in Spruce, Michigan.
The choir, made up of individuals singers, usually numbers between 25 and 45, plus four or five instrumentalists.
The choir, made up of individuals singers, usually numbers between 25 and 45, plus four or five instrumentalists.
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