Homegrown Music Festival is a special time of year for Duluth, it’s like a yearly ritual where locals can party away seasonal depression and put the bitter cold behind us. Here are 5 ways the Smokehaus celebrates during Homegrown.
1 – Officially with music – The Smokehaus is full of folks who play music, so naturally we’ve got a pretty good representation in the Homegrown lineup! Here’s a list of the fine humans playing the festival, and the projects they play in
Brian Ring – Lion or Gazelle, Amy HZL
Amy Hazel (Performing with Secret Badass) by K.Prazlowicz
Amy Hazel – Secret Badass, Amy HZL
Cedar – Moondogs
Pete Biasi – RAW SPACE, The Ball Slashers
Jacob Swanson – Rick McLean, Heaven’s Gate Away Team
Ned Netzel – Prone, Àlamode, Yester
Jeremy Ehlert – Red Mountain
Kate Harrison – Homegrown Poetry Showcase
Greg Cougar Conley – Amy Abts
2- Unofficially with music – Since there’s so much fun to be had this time of year, Homegrown is just not enough to contain our needs and satisfy the masses. This is why several of our musicians are playing music during Homegrown, but not as part of the fest.
Greg Cougar Conley – Wino WI (Unofficial show at Red Herring Lounge)
Pete Biasi & Jeremy Ehlert – Low Forms (Soup Before Supe)
3 – With Food – The Smokehaus had a pop-up at Hoops Brewing for the Mayor’s proclamation and to make sure everyone had a good base before the festival started. We had a great time kicking off the fest! We’ll be there on Friday, May 4th as well with Polish
and German Brats. Come and get it!
4 – With Art – Beyond music, the Smokehaus is filled with visual artists as well as Prøve Collective co-owners Taylor Kline and Flo Matamoros. The Prøve Collective is now showing “The 20th Anniversary Homegrown Illustration Show” which features twenty different artist-rendered caricatures, depicting the region’s cultural luminaries dressed as the Homegrown Chicken mascot. The show will be up until May 18th, so stop in and check it out!
5 – With attendance! While we’ve got Smokehausers playing a lot music, there’s also plenty of us who like to make it out to as many shows as we can.It’s a long week but we’ve got several seasoned professionals who manage to make it out every night and even make it to work throughout the week!