Water is Life Festival

Title Track has been a partner organization for the Water is Life Festival, an annual event that celebrates our connection to the water and builds power through community so we can work towards living in a holistic way with the water and protect it from those who seek to exploit or endanger it. Title Track team members have also been actively involved in organizing, performing, and speaking.

The 2024 Water is Life Festival will be on Saturday, August 31 on the Petoskey Waterfront from 12-9pm.

“If you want to make reparations, you bend over backwards to protect this land and the water because this is my home.”

Water is Life Festival organizer, Jannan Cornstalk, reflecting on what non-Native people can do to be in solidarity with Indigenous water protectors in Episode 35 of State of Water.

2023 Water is Life Festival

The 2023 Water is Life Festival was held on Saturday, September 2 on the Petoskey Waterfront from 12pm to sunset.

Jannan Cornstalk, founder of the Water is Life Festival, is featured as the guest in Episode 35 of our State of Water Podcast. Tune in to hear Jannan share poignantly of her spiritual connection with the water and her hope that the Water is Life Festival can continue to be a space of connection, education, and inspiration for people of all ages to find a space of meaningful cultural exchange through music, art, conversation, and creativity.

Listen on Spotify, Soundcloud or Apple Podcasts.

Take a look back at past Water is Life Festival’s below…

2021 Water is Life Festival

Title Track was honored to be a partner for the 4th annual Water is Life Festival on September 4, 2021.

The Water is Life Festival is an annual event that celebrates our connection to the water and builds power through community so we can work towards living in a holistic way with the water and protect it from those who seek to exploit or endanger it. The festival is held the Saturday before Labor Day in Mackinaw City, MI. Indigenous women are at the heart of planning and executing the Water is Life Festival because, traditionally, Indigenous women are protectors of water. This is a deeply-seated spiritual and functional responsibility.

The Water is Life Festival is open to the public. The 2021 event will be Saturday, September 4th, in Conkling Park, Mackinaw City, MI. Be sure to register for the event online ahead of time for a chance to win exciting door prizes!

Learn more about this year’s musical lineup.

Support this year’s event by purchasing a 2021 Water is Life Festival T-shirt.

Share the Facebook event here.

2020 Water is Life Festival

Watch the the full 9+ hour 2020 livestreamed festival!

Title Track was honored to be a sponsoring partner for the 3rd annual Water is Life Festival on September 5-6, 2020. The online virtual festival celebrates “our connection to the water and builds power through community so we can work towards living in a holistic way with the water and protect it from those who seek to exploit or endanger it.”

2019 Water is Life Festival

Read the recap of the 2019 event here and watch the 2019 preview video below!