Marah Evans
Duluth Homegrown Music Festival Saturday dawned clear and with an expected high around 60, so it was a safe bet that a kickball game would spring up at Chester Bowl Park for the first time since 2019. In a way it was a throwback to the early days, when the smaller number of bands performing translated into a smaller number of players on the field. Find a complete rundown of the game from Mike Creger on Perfect Duluth Day.
A couple slow dances during Rick McLean s set at Earth Rider
It was the last night of Earth Rider Brewery’s Starfire Unofficial Birthday Bash. The evening started with New Salty Dog, wrapping up a busy Homegrown week for them that included a performance at 2104, a duo set from Jacob and Owen Mahon on KUMD’s The Local, and a fun video that was part of Homegrown’s pre-recorded content for this year’s festival. The early crowd was a little bigger than it had been the rest of the week, with folks bundled up against the chill wind but obviously e
Black-eyed Snakes ‘grind it out until the end’ during festival week show at Earth Rider
The long-time blues rockers played the finale at Thursday night s Starfire Unofficial Birthday Bash, a Homegrown Music Festival-adjacent event. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Alan Sparhawk leans into the microphone while performing with the Black-eyed Snakes during the Starfire Unofficial Birthday Bash, a Homegrown Music Festival-adjacent event at the Earth Rider Festival Grounds on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Superior. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
Around the 45-minute mark of the Black-eyed Snakes set on Thursday night at Earth Rider Festival Grounds in Superior, Alan Sparhawk, dressed in a work jumpsuit, a mustache wrapped from one side of his chin to the other, his stocking cap long since fallen from his curtain of curls, admitted to a tent s worth of fans: