The Emberlight Festival

5th Anniversary Season

EMBERLIGHT FESTIVAL 2025

Emberlight is turning FIVE! From June 28 – August 23, 2025 Emberlight returns to Ironwood and Hurley for another summer of unforgettable art.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

SHAKESPEAREAN SALAD

Jul 26, 2025

Miners Memorial Heritage Park

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BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED

Jul 26, 2025

Theatre North

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CLICK • CAPTURE • CREATE

Jul 30, 2025

Theatre North

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PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTION

Emberlight Photographers is a captivating annual showcase spotlighting the region’s finest visual storytellers—an integral highlight of Emberlight’s festivals that brings together artistry and community. Accompanying the exhibition is an online auction, where attendees can bid on standout images and support future our festivals.

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Art in the Park Voting

Vote for your favorite installation to win the 2025 Audience …

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The Ember Club

Where international art meets first-class atmosphere. Back by popular demand, …

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2025 Films

This summer, the screen comes alive at the Emberlight International Film Festival, where true stories, bold experiments, and global perspectives ignite conversations across borders and generations.

Calendar

The 2025 Emberlight Festival returns to Ironwood, MI and Hurley, WI from June 28 – August 23.

2025 Sponsors

A standing ovation to the incredible businesses who stepped into the spotlight as our 2025 sponsors!

PERFORMANCES - MADELINE SLETTEDAHL AND ANN TOOMEY

who we are

Where else can you spend your afternoon hiking waterfalls off Lake Superior, enjoy a concert in the evening with world-renowned musicians, and catch the Aurora Borealis around a campfire before bed? Only at Emberlight.

Emberlight fuses small town charm with dynamic artistic experiences. The variety of our programming means we can bring you surprises and unforgettable events every summer. No two seasons are alike! At the heart of every festival are the high-caliber, professional, and charismatic artists who bring their work to our stages and screens.

Since 2021, we’ve welcomed audiences from 42 states across the country, in addition to visitors from Finland, Canada, Spain, and Mexico. The Film Festival has received over 2,600 films from 83 countries across the globe. Our performers come directly from Broadway, the Royal Opera House, and Carnegie Hall.

The National Endowment for the Arts figures Emberlight makes a $400,000-700,000 impact on the local economy every July and August. That means by the end of our fifth festival we will have generated over $3 Million dollars for our local businesses, hotels, restaurants, and attractions.

Simply put: We are bringing the world’s stages to Ironwood, Michigan and Hurley, Wisconsin while establishing Emberlight as a destination for tourists from across the country.

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Making a donation is the most direct way to support Emberlight and ensure we continue to produce art for years to come

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MILES MYKKANEN _ EMBERLIGHT FESTIVAL (PHOTO_ PAMELA MORELLO)

“The people of the western Upper Peninsula have been with me since day one — from my very first performances at Theatre North and the Historic Ironwood Theatre, to Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Opera. I carry them in my heart every time I step on stage. The Emberlight Festival is my love letter to the people who call this region home, and to the art lovers who’ve always wanted to visit.”

– Miles Mykkanen, Emberlight Artistic Director