Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival

State Theatre will be one of the venues for the Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival from September 25th thru the 28th! Go to hhmfest.com for tickets and information!

Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival is an annual independent film and music film festival held each September in Bay City, Michigan. The four-day festival includes feature and short film screenings and live music events.

The festival was founded in 2006 by festival director Alan LaFave and Tommy Jenkins. It was initially conceived as a way to bring independent film and music to Bay City. Drawing approximately 600 people in its first year, by its ninth year the festival drew 3,600 people. The festival is named after a stretch of downtown Bay City's riverfront known as Hell's Half Mile in the mid-to-late 1800s, when it was lined with saloons and brothels. At the time, Bay City was a big logging community. Loggers and shipmen would come into Bay City to spend their paychecks, gamble and get into fights on the Hell's Half Mile strip.

In addition to independent films and indie bands, it includes social events, workshops, panels and a half-mile race.

You may also like the following events from State Theatre:

• This Saturday, 24th May, 07:30 pm, Andy Beningo Comedy Show in Bay City
• Next Friday, 30th May, 07:00 pm, Prima Documentary Film in Bay City
• Next month, 6th June, 08:00 pm, Genesis Retouched in Bay City

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