Community Calendar

Brooke and Caleb Anderson are the wife and husband duo who make up Wetland Willows. The pair creates a full sound, with Brooke on vocals, guitar, stomp box, and foot tambourine, while Caleb adds depth with piano basslines, melodies, and syncopated rhythms. Brooke’s songwriting features rich melodies, gospel undertones, and thoughtful lyrics, influenced by the sounds of New Orleans and Gypsy-folk. Before they decided to start a musical project between just the two of them, they performed with other bands. They’ve played together in the Holy Hootenanners, they sit in with Boss Mama & the Jebberhooch, and Brooke is half of the MinorBirds duo that’s also often supported by a full band including Caleb. Wetland Willows’ fun Americana sound contains a seasoned and soulful depth.

Sister Veery is a Duluth-based electric folk rock band whose spacious sound blends electric piano and lilting vocal harmonies with an atmospheric band that will transport you to outer space and deep into your heart. Fronted by classically trained singer and pianist Molly Hilgenberg, Sister Veery brings together the talents of Shanna Willie on drums, Michael Geraci on bass, Chris Rourke on guitar, and Adeline Wright on vocals.

In 2025, Sister Veery released their debut full-length album, Cosmic Relevance, supported by an individual artist grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. Written over the course of a decade, the album draws inspiration from Hilgenberg’s years living among the redwoods and along the coast of Northern California, pairing expansive soundscapes with reflections on life’s bigger questions.

Opening for Sister Veery is beloved Duluth singer-songwriter Eldri Snow. Eldri is a radio host and champion of women in music through her programming on The North 103.3 FM.

Stella and the Lawless are a Northern Minnesota rock band blending alternative, grunge, and raw, guitar-driven songwriting. Influenced by the sounds of ’90s alternative rock, the band brings a mix of original music, gritty vocals, and melodic hooks, with a sound that’s equal parts heavy and offbeat.

Junkyard Mule is a three-piece folk-grass and old-time string band based in Duluth, Minnesota - Original songs with some traditional and old time covers.

Marv and Gina are back at the Keyport for an encore performance!

8:00 PM Show

“Writes like Dylan, looks like Hank Williams, walks like John Wayne, smokes like James Dean, and plays like no one else.”
— Spinout Records

AMERICAN ROOTS UK:
“…melodies that stay with the listener long after the last notes of the final track have died away.”

“Erik is very much his own man stylistically. Sub-genres are no use at all in describing Erik's music, and perhaps a new genre is more appropriate.”

MINNPOST:
“one of anti-country music’s up-and-coming stars.”

MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE:
"as dazzling a guitarist as he is an evocative storytelling songwriter.”
“the real deal”
“the best country songwriter in Minnesota.”

Opening the is Nieves del Norte, a family-rooted group from St. Peter, Minnesota, preserving the traditions of Norteño and Tejano music for a new generation.

The Cedar Lounge

Breathe deep, open your mind, and stretch your arms wide with us as we celebrate our vast American landscape. From the wide-spaced harmonies of An Outdoor Overture and Howard Hanson’s cinematic “Romantic” Symphony, through the celestial expanse of Jennifer Higdon’s meditation on loss, to Dvořák’s jubilant Te Deum, tonight we explore what lies beyond the horizon. 

Father Hennepin is an American alternative country band from Duluth, Minnesota. Since releasing the debut album "Crooked With Gin" in 2001, the band has been perennial headliners of the Homegrown Music Festival in Duluth.[1] Frontman Starfire is the founder of the Homegrown Music Festival,[2] pirate radio station Random Radio, and Perfect Duluth Day.[3] Father Hennepin is best known for their revival of the Moose Wallow Ramblers song written by John Berquist "I Like It in Duluth".

The Berserk Blondes! are Duluth's premier comic dance band. We'll make you laugh, make you groove, and maybe even play something resembling music. Iron Range Safety Hazard Steve Solkela and Duluth's Famous Kaylee Matuszak join funky forces, possibly with an extra pal or two. Join us on our adventure towards musical excellence.

8:00 PM Show

Freshwater bluegrass & Americana from the twin ports of Duluth, MN and Superior, WI. Using a bluegrass instrumentation BRR has crafted their own sound made up of mostly original music which can be heard on their debut album Garbage Pickin (released in April of 2013). Their sophomore album Spring Thaw (released June 2014) added another year of songwriting and live performance experience to their sound. Five years of touring, personnel change, and personal growth has inspired a third record Just Can't Win (released September 2017). Just Can't Win has had radio play worldwide, charted on independent and college radio states across the United States, and won album of the year 2017 in the Duluth Reader Weekly.

The Cedar Lounge