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Marah Evans
Thursday is traditionally Souptown night for the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival, with most shows happening in Superior and a pre-game soup potluck with music, dubbed #SoupB4Sup at 2104. In a way, this year’s Thursday activities were more like a normal Homegrown than previous nights, with a small gathering of soup-eaters and livestreams at 2104 plus live, in person shows across the bridge at Earth Rider.
The live shows started earliest, with the Misisipi Mike Allstars kicking off night two of what Earth Rider is dubbing “Starfire’s Unofficial Birthday Bash” during Homegrown week. The crowd trickled in as the evening went on, with some light sprinkles that did nothing to chase away the good vibes.
Marah Evans
Friday of Homegrown Week saw another night of live performances at Earth Rider Brewery festival grounds for their Starfire Unofficial Birthday Bash, and it was Duluth Homegrown Music Festival founder Scott “Starfire” Lunt’s actual birthday, which made everything even more festive. If it seemed as if more people than usual were clad in flannel, blame item #31 from the Unofficial Homegrown Scavenger Hunt task list, “Flannel Day!” The hunt continues through Sunday at 4pm.
The food truck of the day, Oasis del Norte, was on hand and the sun was shining as Kyle Ollah started the evening off with his rootsy folk trio, featuring Clancy Ward on fiddle and Jen Krussow on upright bass. Meanwhile, inside the Cedar Lounge, Ingeborg van Aggasiz was performing for her regular Friday residency, sharing a mix of originals and covers of tunes including Bob Dylan’s “Abandoned Love” and The Replacements’ “Swingin’ Party.”
This Duluth singer/songwriter released a new EP,
Goodbye, in October 2020. We ll find out more about his music and how he s weathered this past pandemic year when he joins us for a session on Wednesday, May 5 at 2pm. He ll perform on Thursday, May 6 at Earthrider Brewery s festival grounds for their Starfire Unofficial Birthday Bash (in conjunction with Homegrown week).
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Speaking of the DSSO …
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra s season finale is From Beethoven to Milhaud, a diverse showcase likened to a quilt. The program includes Milad Yousufi s Freedom, Osvaldo Golijov s ZZ s Dream, Darius Milhaud s Le Boeuf sur le Toit, Beethoven s Lenore No. 3 and Mozart s Clarinet Concerto with soloist Jennifer Gerth.
Per usual, the concerts have a limited number of in-person seats available, and they are available to stream. Duluth Homegrown is also streaming the concert concurrently on its YouTube page.
Gerth is the DSSO s principal clarinet player, and she has been with the orchestra since 1997. Visit dsso.com.
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