By Dave Strandberg
May 5, 2021 | 4:10 AM
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) â The St. Louis County Board has proclaimed the year beginning May 24th as the âYear of Dylan.â
The year is bookended with Bob Dylanâs 80th and 81st birthdays and will be celebrated in Duluth and Hibbing.
The Year of Dylan will kick off on May 22nd in Hibbing with the groundbreaking for the Dylan Monument at the Hibbing High School.
The annual Duluth Dylan Fest will run from May 22nd to May 30th with a variety of events.
Any organization or business interested in planning or hosting an activity during the Year of Dylan can get more information at duluthdylanfest.com
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St. Louis County is set to formally proclaim the Year of Dylan on May 4th to celebrate the Duluth and Hibbing native’s 80th birthday later in the month.
The Duluth Dylan Fest will bookend the year of celebrating Bob Dylan that will start on his 80th Birthday, May 24th 2021, and end on his 81st birthday, May 24th, 2022.
Unlike last year, the music will be able to be celebrated with live performances.
This includes multiple performances at Earth Rider Festival Field in Superior like the
Duluth Dylan Fest Party on the 24th and performances by this year’s artists recording the fifth in the series of
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Bob Dylan s native county will honor him with an entire year s worth of 80th birthday celebrations.
Born in Duluth and raised in Hibbing, Minn., the musician, writer and Nobel laureate hits the milestone birthday May 24, and St. Louis County is expected to proclaim that day until his next birthday The Year of Dylan.
A Dylan celebration needed to be big, said Zane Bail, a member of Duluth Dylan Fest, a grassroots fan group. Given the cultural icon he is in the U.S. and around the world, he deserved more than a day.
The proclamation, which organizers say will be read in front of his childhood homes in Duluth and Hibbing, lauds the cultural giant for his 60-year musical career and points to his many connections to northeastern Minnesota.
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