Homegrown 2013 Photo Retrospective

Only one banjo in the slideshow as of 5/5 .

Out of 184 acts, I think I saw 30, which sounds like a lot, but I'll bet some people got out to maybe 60 or 70 shows. I could barely fit in the room for about half of the shows I went to. For the Boomchucks, I made it just inside the door and no farther.

More than anything else, it's always reassuring to be told each year that Freddie is going to do exactly as he pleases.



I would rank this year as the worst Homegrown weather ever. It always rains or snows for a day or two during Homegrown, but I can't remember eight straight days of cold, gray bleakness happening before. On the bright side of that, it's an indoor festival, so it doesn't matter.

This will also go down in the history books as the first year a venue owner pulled the plug on a band -- and it happened twice in a three-day span!

Link to photos by Rachel Kraft of Lake Voice News



And here is the Current's rundown:

Duluth Homegrown 2013: Highlights from the 15th annual music festival

And also from the Current:



Duluth artist Kip Praslowicz re-imagines the concept of concert photography

Opening night video from The PlayList.