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Homegrown Music Festival 2024 Day 4

The North 103.3 | By Christine Dean,

Luke Moravec, Katelyn Brinza, Jeff Carmack

Published May 2, 2024 at 4:34 PM CDT

A band playing acoustic instruments on an elevated stage as seen from stage left.

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Coyote performs at Wussow's

Billie Jo Laitinen

A band performs on a stage bathed in intensely green lights

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Sadkin performs at Mr. D's

Katelyn Brinza

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Horse Fzce performs at the West Theatre

Billie Jo Laitinen

A young man sings and plays guitar on stage

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Austin Castle performs at Kom-on-Inn

Lexi Hausmann

A band performs on stage. In the foreground a man holds a microphone and has an open hand directed towards the crowd as he speaks.

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C-silence joined Breanne Marie and the Front Porch Sinners to add a hip-hop verse during one of their songs

Christine Dean

On Day 4 of the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival fans got warmer temps and break from rain for Westside Wednesday. The Western Wear dress-up theme was by far the most popular to date, with cowboy hats and fringe spotted all over West Duluth as patrons walked between the closely-clustered venues. It was even warm enough for busking, and a group did just that outside of Wussow's before Coyote kicked off the night.

Four musicians play string instruments in a parking lot with a tip jar in front of them. — Busking musicians outside of Wussow's

On the internet, this year's running bit, about musician Tyler Scouton being mistakenly referred to as Tyler Scotum (see Day 3), continued; hip-hop artist C-Silence (aka Chad Brown) even found time to write, record, and release a track about it.

With Wussow's the lone venue hosting music at the start of the night, it was quickly at capacity, with a one-in-one-out policy in force for Coyote's show. The group's set included a few new songs, and there was an emotional moment when they played "God," a song written for another Jerree Small project, Southwire; it felt like a sweet homage to that group's Ben Larson, who recently passed away unexpectedly.

View from the side of a stage at the audience looking up at the stage and applauding. — Audience at the Coyote show at Wussow's

Across the street, the West Theatre was better able to accommodate the number of music lovers who came out for Day 4. The venue remained nearly full throughout sets by Horse Fzce, Israel Malachi Orchestra, and Father Hennepin.

A woman onstage playing an acoustic guitar — Heather Surla of Horse Fzce

A DJ behind his gear with his hands over the headphones he's wearing — Jesse Jaze performs at Wussow's

A man in the foreground singing into a microphone and playing electric guitar with a man out of focus in the background playing a keyboard. — The Repairmen perform at Gopher Lounge

A band on a theater stage seen from behind the crowd. They are bathed in red, orange, and purple stage lights. — Israel Malachi Orchestra performs at The West Theatre

A seated man playing accordion and a woman standing playing guitar, both singing into microphones. In the foreground there's a kick drum and cymbal plus a music stand that says SOLKELA on it. — Berserk Blondes perform at Kom-on-Inn

A crowd packed into a bar seen from the side all looking to the left of the frame. — Audience for Berserk Blondes at Kom-on-Inn

A woman in goth makeup and clothing leans her head back while standing in front of a microphone while a man plays guitar to her left. — God's Holy Blood at Wussow's

A woman stands behind DJ equipment wearing headphones and with one hand on a fader. Her tank top says Freak 0 — DJ Nola performs at Gopher Lounge

A man wearing a helmet, a white shirt with a black tunic over it, and white gloves holds a microphone to his mouth and has one hand on the electronic equipment in front of him. — Flip Arkulary performs at Mr. D's

A band performs on a the stage of a theater. — Father Hennepin performs at the West Theatre

A band performs on a stage — Austin Castle performs at the Kom-On-Inn

In a crowded and dimly lit room a man stands on stage singing into a microphone — Salty Dog secret show in the former Gichi Gami Apothecary space

View looking over a crowd packed tightly into a bar. In the foreground a pair of hands makes the devil horns gesture. — Audience at the Wolf Blood show at Gopher Lounge

A woman in the foreground plays trumpet. Behind her a seated man can be seen from the shoulders up and a man playing guitar is out of focus in the background. — Breanne Marie and the Front Porch Sinners perform at Mr. D's

A band on stage as seen over the heads of the audience — Ryan van Slooten

A man stands on stage near a microphone looking out into the audience through a haze of stage fog — Sadkin performs at Mr. D's

Coming up:

Unofficial Homegrown event SoupB4Supe happens at 2104 E. Superior Street with music starting at 5:15. Dance Attic, Theory of Light, The Bitter Spills, and L I E F H I N K E L perform.

All of the action takes place in Superior tonight; there will be a trolley carrying patrons between venues from 7pm-1am.

Tonight's dress-up theme is Thrifty Thursday, a perfect excuse to wear your favorite thrift-store finds.

Coverage of the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.