After a mostly dreary week, on Day 8 of the 2024 Duluth Homegrown Music Festival the sun shone, robins were singing, dandelions were in bloom, and music fans and their dogs and kids enjoyed a beautiful spring day inside and outside on the patio of Canal Park Brewing next to Lake Superior.
Homegrown committee members in their distinctive red jackets mingled, swapping stories of the week gone by and taking time to relax and enjoy the final music sets of the festival.
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Four Mile Portage opened the festivities with a folk set that included a clog dancer, close harmonies, and a cover of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush."
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Up next, Bill Bastien, well-known locally for his opera skills, started his solo singer/songwriter set with a version of "O Solo Mio" and put his own spin on "After the Gold Rush."
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The afternoon of music concluded with the laid-back rock groove of Stardust Collective.
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