Common Ground Music Festival

The Common Ground Music Festival was an annual week-long music festival that took place in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The July festival, which began in the year 2000 and attracted 50,000-plus people each year, was located at the Louis Adado Riverfront Park along the Grand River. Co-created by Center Park Productions and Meridian Entertainment Group, it showcased national and regional artists in contemporary and classic rock, pop, alternative, folk, country, hip hop, and R&B music.

A year-round staff of about 10 people planned and organized the festival each year and got help from nearly 200 volunteers during the week of the event. Stage hands and temporary workers were hired to build the temporary structures.