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End of Year Fundraising Campaign
DECEMBERLIGHT
Consider Emberlight when making your end-of-year gifts.

All donations raised this month go directly to producing our 5th anniversary festival, opening on June 28, 2025.

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What we do

Live Performances

Concerts featuring world-class musicians from Broadway and The Metropolitan Opera

Performance Infusions

Unique presentations about what makes artists love and pursue their work

Art Shows

Art in the Park and Emberlight Photographers bring a stunning variety of work by local and regional artists

Film Festival

EIFF 2025 SUBMISSIONS OPEN OCTOBER 1 The Emberlight International Film …

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
“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