Rothbury Music Festival To Return In 2011?

Rothbury festival organizers are holding negotiations to bring a music festival back to Double JJ resort, according to township and village officials.

The festival was canceled in 2010 because organizers said they were unable to book acts of the quality they had hoped.

Grant Township Clerk William Wagner said Madison House Presents president and CEO Jeremy Stein met with officials earlier this week to talk about plans for a festival, but no date has been set. Madison House Presents is the company that put on the Rothbury festival in 2008 and 2009.

Rothbury Police Chief Tom Hasper said the village of Rothbury has an agreement to supply a liquor license for a festival at Double JJ, because Grant Township is “dry.” He said nothing has been finalized yet.

“The liquor licenses are all ready to go; They’re just waiting for the date,” he said.

Hasper said he has heard rumors that Rothbury organizers are waiting to hear about the future of Muskegon’s Summer Celebration, and might hold a second festival if Summer Celebration doesn’t return this summer.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.