Starfire’s 30th Birthday Party – Unofficial First Homegrown
May 8, 1998
Five acts at Lafayette Square on Park Point
Amy Abts
Father Hennepin
Gild
Mark Lindquist
Jon Olson
Inaugural Homegrown Music Festival
May 7-8, 1999
Ten acts in the NorShor Theatre Mezzanine
Amy Abts
Ballyhoo
The Black Labels
Crazy Betty
Father Hennepin
The First Ladies
Gild
Giljunko
Max Dakota
2 Sleepy People
Second Annual Homegrown Music Festival
May 4-6, 2000
22 acts at the NorShor Theatre and Fitger’s Brewhouse
Accidental Porn
ATF
Azure du Jour
Ballyhoo
The Black-eyed Snakes
The Black Labels
Bone Appetit
Both
Boxer
Crazy Betty
John Cron
Crush
The Dames
The Early Americans
Father Hennepin
The First Ladies
Gild
Giljunko
Need
Jerree Small
Andy Smentkowski
Gordon Thorne
Third Annual Homegrown Music Festival
May 3-5, 2001
38 acts at the NorShor Theatre, Fitger’s Brewhouse,
Beaner’s Central and Red Lion Bar
Accidental Porn
Teague Alexy with Medication
American Hip
Azure du Jour
Ballyhoo
The Black-eyed Snakes
The Black Labels
Bone Appetit
Both
Mary Bue
Crazy Betty
John Cron
Crush
The Dames
Dog Pookah
Fair-weather Friend
Father Hennepin
The First Ladies
Gild
Giljunko
If Thousands
Low
Mayfly
Jamie Ness
No Room to Pogo
Onatangent
Charlie Parr
Party Store Minnows
Mel Sando
Simple Junction
Jerree Small
Soul Prophets
Spoogees
Super D & the Double Chucks
Gordon Thorne
The Vets
Sterling Waters
Liz Zissos
Fourth Annual Homegrown Music Festival
May 2-5, 2002
67 acts at the NorShor Theatre, Fitger’s Brewhouse,
Beaner’s Central, Red Lion Bar, Sir Benedict’s, The Tap Room, RoundAbout Records and Pizza Luce
Teague Alexy with Medication
Average Sun
Azure du Jour
Ballyhoo
The Black-eyed Snakes
The Black Labels
Haley Bonar
Bone Appetit
Both
Mary Bue
Castle Band
Crazy Betty
Crew Jones
John Cron
Brian Dack
Max Dakota & Modern Life
The Dames
Ryan Deblock
Dog Pookah
Dog Rust
Dukes of Hubbard
Dwelling
Jeff Engholm
Estate Sale
Fair-weather Friend
Farewell Tour
Father Hennepin
The First Ladies
Gild
Giljunko
Jim Hall
Hot Toddy
I Am the Slow Dancing Umbrella
If Thousands
Bill Isles
Baby Grant Johnson
The Keep Aways
Kill Conformity
Jackie & the Ripoffs
Mark Lindquist
Mahmalade
Malec
Man in Water
Brad Nailer
Jamie Ness
No Room to Pogo
Number One Common
Oscar Goldmann Overthrow Initiative
P.A.K.
Charlie Parr
Party Store Minnows
Poorus
Red Book Standard
Remidi
Jerree Small
Sara Softich
Soul Prophets
The Spoogees
Starfire
The State Champs
Stel & Lefty
Sterling Waters
Sunny Wicked
Twilight Fair
The Undesirables
The Vets
Julie Zacharias
Fifth Annual Homegrown Music Festival
April 30 – May 4, 2003
77 acts at the NorShor Theatre, Fitger’s Brewhouse, Beaner’s Central, Red Lion Bar, The Tap Room, Pizza Luce, R.T. Quinlan’s Saloon and Fitger’s Spirit of the North Theatre
Amy Abts
Teague Alexy with Medication
Average Sun
The Black-eyed Snakes
The Black Labels
Blameless Days
Bloodstool
Haley Bonar
Bone Appetit
Both
Boy Girl Boy Girl
Mary Bue
Chad
Circa A.M.
Crazy Betty
Crew Jones
John Cron
Brian Dack
Max Dakota & Modern Life
Ryan Deblock
Diecyst
Dog Pookah
Downhill Nikki
The DTs
Dukes of Hubbard
Pete Ekstam Project
En Harmonic
Fair-weather Friend
Father Hennepin
Fattypants
Flamscheram
Bill Flannagan
4-wheel Drive
Gild
Simon Gray
Gypsy Cab Co.
Jim Hall
Heavyset
Hobo Alley
The Hoot Owls
I Am the Slow Dancing Umbrella
If Thousands
Indefinite Particle Article
Islero
Jackie & the Ripoffs
Baby Grant Johnson
The Keep Aways
Lake Superior Cacophonic Choir
The Lindquists
Malec
No Room to Pogo
Number One Common
Charlie Parr
Poorus
Railroad Street Jazz
Red Book Standard
Sirus Minor
Jerree Small
Sleepfarmer
Timothy Soden-Groves and His Delightful Band
Sara Softich Band
Soul Prophets
Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker
Starke and Adamczak
Stel & Lefty
Sterling Waters
Sunny Wicked
Glenda Thuener
Trampled by Turtles
The Undesirables
Vermont Connection
Verona
The Virgin Marcus
Words to a Film Score
The Julie Zacharias Band
Zion Uprising
Liz Zissos
Sixth Annual Homegrown Music Festival
May 5-9, 2004
74 acts at the NorShor Theatre, Fitger’s Brewhouse, Beaner’s Central, The Tap Room, Pizza Luce, Twin Ports Brewing Co. and the Twin Ports Music and Arts Collective
Ian Alexy
Teague Alexy with Medication
The Alrights
Anthony Bennett
The Black-eyed Snakes
The Black Labels
Blameless Days
Boku Frequency
Haley Bonar
Bone Appetit
Both
Boy Girl Boy Girl
Chad
Circa A.M.
Crazy Betty
Crew Jones
John Cron
Cutlass
Brian Dack
Max Dakota
Ryan Deblock
Diecyst
Dirty Thirty
Dog Pookah
The DTs
Dukes of Hubbard
Eeriearq
Pete Ekstam Project
Fair-weather Friend
Father Hennepin
Fattypants
Flamscheram
Bill Flannagan
The Hype
Giljunko
Jim Hall
Hardcore Jollies
I am the Slow Dancing Umbrella
If Thousands
Indefinite Particle Article
Bill Isles
Jackie & the Ripoffs
Baby Grant Johnson & the Babies
Jeff Johnson
The Keep Aways
Lake Superior Cacophonic Choir
Grady Larimer
Lookdown Moon
Malec
Bill Meier
Nono
No Room to Pogo
Charlie Parr
Portrait of a Drowned Man
Party Store Minnows
Annie Ragz
Resonance
Jeremy Serwer
Sight Like December
Sleepfarmer
Sara Softich Band
Soul Prophets
The State Champs
Spontaneous Combustion
Starke and Adamczak
Stel & Lefty
Sterling Waters
Sweetgrass
Swimming with Nancy
Trampled by Turtles
The Undesirables
The Virgin Marcus
Words to a Film Score
Julie Zacharias
Seventh Annual Homegrown Music Festival
May 5-8, 2005
84 acts at the NorShor Theatre, Fitger’s Brewhouse, Beaner’s Central, The Tap Room, Pizza Luce, Amazing Grace Bakery & Café, LakeView Coffee House, Red Lion Bar and Red Star Lounge
Teague Alexy
The Alrights
Virgil Caine
Bare Common
Kim Curtis
Anthony Bennett
The Black-eyed Snakes
Bloodstool
Boku Frequency
Bone Appetit
Bongatar
Both
Boy Girl Boy Girl
Chad
Crew Jones
Devil’s Flying Machine
Brian Dack
Max Dakota & Modern Life
Dander
Dan Dresser Project
DTs
Eeriearq
Father Hennepin
Flamscheram
Bill Flannagan
Dave Frankenfeld
Frankie D & the Brushstrokes
The Gaze
Brandon Hagstrom
Lori Hatten
Shaunna Heckman
High Bridge Flyers
Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
Hot Toddy & the Bluetones
If Thousands
Bill Isles
Baby Grant Johnson & the New Vintage
Bev Johnson
Junk Drawers
The Keep Aways
Tom Keteri & the Painkillers
Laura Kincaid
Lake Superior Cacophonic Choir
Laser Forever
Little Black Books
Lo-fi
Lookdown Moon
Jesse Luoma
Low
Malec
Dave Mehling
The Moons of Jupiter
Brad Nailer
Jamie Ness
No Wait Wait
Noble Haze
Olive Drab
Charlie Parr
Portrait of a Drowned Man
Annie Ragz
Pauline Russel
Mel Sando
Sight Like December
Skard Incorporated
Sleepfarmer
Jerree Small
Sloe Loris
Sara Softich Band
Some People’s Kids
Spontaneous Combustion
The State Champs
Stel & Lefty
Sterling Waters
Sweetgrass
Tango
Glenda Thuener
Trampled by Turtles
Uncle Kenny
Vintage Val Turcotte
The Virgin Marcus
Gus Watkins
Words to a Film Score
Jason Wussow & Steve Isakson
Julie Zacharias
Eighth Annual Homegrown Music Festival
April 30 – May 7, 2006
115 acts at 16 venues
Acceleratii
John Agacki
Teague Alexy with Medication
The Alrights
Anti-Anne
Bare Common
Batteries
The Black-eyed Snakes
Black Labels
Boku Frequency
Bone Appetit
Boy Girl Boy Girl
Bear Garden
Anthony Bennett
Biochemical Characters
The Brushstrokes
Cars & Trucks
Cellodreams
Chad
Charm School
Cheer Up Poems
Crew Jones
The DTs
Devil’s Flying Machine
Dan Dresser
Eeriearq
Fair-weather Friend
Farewell Tour
Bill Flannagan and Friends
The Flavanoids
Brendan Flynn and the Antmen
4321
Orley Francois
Andrew Gabel
Godhead and Manhood
Simon Gray
Groove Symphonic
Brandon Hagstrom
Hambone & the Catfish
Shaunna Heckman
Hewitt Station
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
Holding Pattern
The Hotel Coral Essex
Humanoid
I Am the Slow Dancing Umbrella
The Ice Cream Socialists
If Thousands
Bill & Kate Isles
The Junk Drawers
The Keep Aways
K9 Heart Sounds
Tom Keteri and The Painkillers
Laura Kincaid
Kritical Kontact
La Foret
Lake Superior Cacophonic Choir
Lament of Aporia
Josh Lassi
The Little Black Books
Lo-fi
Lookdown Moon
Low
Malec
Dave Mehling & Small Change
Bill Meier
Melodramatics
Mikey Talented
Mr. Kickass
Mooshy Cookie
Jamie Ness
The New Vintage
No Room to Pogo
Noble Haze
No Wait Wait
Number One Common
Charlie Parr
Leane Perius
Neal Peterson
Portrait of a Drowned Man
Prince Paul and the Conscious Party
Quetico
Quetico (changed name to the Brothers Quetico)
Arna Rennan & Brian Dack
Retribution Gospel Choir
Sara Softich Band
Sight Like December
Sirreal
Skard Incorporated
Sleepfarmer
Jerree Small
S.N.A.F.U.B.A.R.
Some People’s Kids
The State Champs
Stel & Lefty
Sterling Waters
The SuperTacks
Sweetgrass
Swimming With Nancy
Tangier 57
The Three Altos
Thunder Brothers
Trampled by Turtles
Vintage Val Turcotte
The Undesirables
Uncle Kenny
United Men Divide
Untame Bodies
Ryan Van Slooten
The Very People
Gus Watkins
Wet Dog
Wino, WI
Witrak Brothers
Wormsley Common Gang
Ninth Annual Homegrown Music Festival
April 29 – May 6, 2007
131 acts at 19 venues
A Corrosive Medley
Acceleratii
Teague Alexy with the Feelin’ Band
The Alrights
AM Rubin
Anti-Anne
Batteries
Bear Garden
Biochemical Characters
The Bitter Spill
The Black Labels
Black 13
Boku Frequency
Boy Girl Boy Girl
The Brushstrokes
Mary Bue
Canine Heart Sounds
Cannon
Cars & Trucks
The Centerville All Stars
Chad
Corporate Thunder
Cosmic Pit Orchestra
Crew Jones
Death Appears on Society
The DeLaney’s
Devil’s Flying Machine
Die(ode)
Seth Doud
The DTs
Eeriearq
Andy Elwell
Farewell Tour
The 550 Million Society
5NS-3
Bill Flannagan Banned From Duluth
The Flavanoids
Brendan Flynn and the Antmen
Orley Francois
Frankie D
Gable & Galynn
The Gallows
Goat Hill Jam
The Grasshoppers
Simon Gray
Group Too
Hambone & the Catfish
Happy Hour
Hattie & the Black Frames
Haus Meeting
Heavy J & the Fantastics
Hotel Coral Essex
Hot Toddy & the Bluetones
Humanoid
I Am the Slow Dancing Umbrella
The Iris Embrace
Karhujoki
Karmafist
The Keep Aways
Tom Keteri and the Painkillers
Rachel Kilgour
Kritical Kontact
Lake Superior Cacophonic Choir
Little Black Books
Lo-fi
Lookdown Moon
Malec
Manheat
Christian McShane
Medford
Dave Mehling & the Conquistadors
Melodramatics
Robi Meyerson
Mikey Talented
The Moon is Down
Sarah Morgan
Colleen Myhre & Tony Peterson
Paul Newberg
Noisefallen
Nordic Angst
Nordic Waste
Ashley Northey
No Wings to Speak Of
Number One Common
Ol’ Yeller
Charlie Parr
Penny Less
Portrait of a Drowned Man
Portraits of Judith
Prince Paul and the Conscious Party
Professor Hefner
Ray the Wolf
Rez
Rocket Ship to Nowhere
Ruby’s Elephants
Sassanach
Servanthood
Seven Car Pile Up
Skard Inc.
Sloe Loris
Jerree Small with the Trenches
Smokey Bogart
Some People’s Kids
Billy Southern
Southwire
The State Champs
Stel & Lefty
Suddendeath
The SuperTacks
The Surfactants
Sweetgrass
Tod Swenson
Taconite
Tangier 57
Tiger Blue Death Squad
Trampled by Turtles
Fred Tyson
Uncle Kenny
The Undesirables
United Men Divide
Tousue Vang
Ryan Van Slooten
The Very People
Gus Watkins
We’re All Going Blind
Winchell’s Machine
Dave Winchester Band
Witrak Brothers
The Wormsley Common Gang
Xhaust
Yeltzi
Tenth Annual Homegrown Music Festival
April 27 – May 4, 2008
150 acts at 23 venues
The Acceleratii
Teague Alexy
The Alrights
The Amniotics
AM Rubin
The Antmen
Bad Cop Bad Cop
Banned From Duluth
Batteries
Mike Behrends
Billy Southern
Biochemical Characters
The Bitter Spills
Black 13
Boku Frequency
Bone Appetit
Books on Tape
The Brushstrokes
Mary Bue
The Cancer Romancer
Canine Heart Sounds
Cars & Trucks
Catastrophe
Cellodreams
Centerville All Stars
Cheer Up Poems
Cheney’s Dick
Circa A.M.
Clyde Iron
Coal Car Caboose
Greg Cougar Conley
Corporate Thunder
Cosmic Pit Orchestra
Count Backwards From Ten
Cowards!
Coyote
Crew Jones
Jessica Dee
Die[Ode]
Eeriearq
Andy Elwell
Equal Xchange
Father Hennepin
Fearless Moral Inventory
The 550 Million Society
The Flashback Manatees
Freakers with Speakers
Gabel and Galynn
Giljunko
Gleam
A Godless Arbitrator
Gremlins
Grounds for Dismissal
Wes Hadrich
Jim Hall
Hambone & Catfish
Haus Meeting
Heavy J and the Fantastics
Hell Ass Nasty Bastards
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
The Hoot Owls
Horse & Rider
The Hotel Coral Essex
Hot Toddy & the Bluetones
Humanoid
Jackie & the Ripoffs
Jazz Time
Tim Kaiser
Karmafist
The Keep Aways
Rachael Kilgour
Kritical Kontact
La Foret
Lakeside
Lake Superior Cacophonic Choir
Lookdown Moon
Madagascar Massacre
Malec
Manheat
Medford
Bill Meier
Robi Meyerson
The Mighty Shock Tower
The Moon is Down
James Moors
Sarah Morgan
Colleen Myhre
Nell-E-A-3-O
Jamie Ness
Jamie Ness & Brad Nelson
Frank Nichols
Nordic Angst
Nordic Waste
Ariane Norrgard
North Shore Trio
Number One Common
Off the Mike Mark
Jeffery James O’loughlin
Ol’ Yeller
Opal
Sheila Packa and Kathy McTavish
Painfull Productions
Charlie Parr
Leane Perius
Hattie Peterson
Portrait of a Drowned Man
Portraits for Judith
Prince Paul and the Conscious Party
Range Debris
The Resonance
The Rez
Rocketship to Nowhere
Ronald Mr. Donald
Rosebud Social
Sammy Macon
Shaner’s Calm Uneasiness
Sight Like December
Soft Spot
Some People’s Kids
Songs in D
Southwire
Spotted Mule
Stel and Lefty and Chief and Neil
String Cinema
Suddendeath
Sullie J. Fields
The SuperTacks
Surfactants
Sweetgrass
Taconite
Tangier 57
Glenda Thuener
Greg Tiburzi
Tiger Blue Death Squad
Train Robbery Explosion
Trampled by Turtles
Tryke
Two Many Banjos
Fred Tyson
Uncle Kenny
The Undesirables
United Men Divide
Ryan Van Slooten
The Very People
Viv
The What For
Words to a Film Score
Wormsley Common Gang
Xhaust
Yeltzi
11th Annual Homegrown Music Festival
April 26 – May 3, 2009
141 acts at 22 venues
The Acceleratii
A Corrosive Melody
AKA Jack – Guitar Attack
The Alrights
A.M. Herculis
The Antmen
Bear Garden
Ben Durbin’s Modern Antiques
Bended Oak
Big Country and the Up North 33
Billy Southern
Bingham and Thorne
Biochemical Characters
Bitter Spills
Black 13
Boku Frequency
Books on Tape
Bradical Boombox
Burn Dollar Burn
Cancer Romancer
Cars & Trucks
Circa a.m.
Clyde Iron
Coal Car Caboose
Greg Cougar Conley
Cosmic Pit Orchestra
Cowards
Coyote
Shana David
The Deaccelerattii
The DeLaneys
Die[Ode]
The DTs
Duray and Green
The Easy Hearts
Eeriearq
Equal Xchange
Erth
Escapists
Father Hennepin
First Class Failure
The 550 Million Society
Bill Flannagan
Four Horse Johnson
The Good Colonels
Goodolnue
Grounds for Dismissal
Group Too
The Hadjis
Wes Hadrich
Healthy Band Music Club
Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
Humanoid
Indulge
Steve Isakson
James and Younger
Rory James
Jazz Time
Tim Kaiser
Karmafist
Karma Party
The Keep Aways
Kritical Kontact
Lakeside
Lake Superior Cacophonic Choir
Little Gray House
The Lone Rangers
Lulla
Malec
Mama K and the Fantastics
Manheat
Paul Mayasich
The Mean Darkleys
Dave Mehling
Robi Meyerson
Mikey Talented
Mr. Kickass
The Moon is Down
James Moors
Narcissistic
Jamie Ness and Brad Nelson
Nordic Waste
Ashley Northey
North Shore Trio
No Wings to Speak Of
Number One Common
Old Knifey and the Cutthroats
Pacific Phonograph Co.
Paradigm Collapse
Peace Babies
Pennies for a Dime
Leane Perius
The Plow Boys
Portrait of a Drowned Man
Portraits for Judith
Prince Paul and the Conscious Party
Bill Reichelt
The Resonance
The Rez
Eric Rhame
Rivulets
Road Warrior
Robotic Sound Check
Rocketship to Nowhere
Ronald Mister Donald
Rosebud Social
Sammy Macon
Sight Like December
Kyle Sitter
Sol Sponge
Some People’s Kids
Southwire
Sports!
Spotted Mule
Stel and Lefty Co.
The SuperTacks
The Surfactants
Sweetgrass
Tangier 57
Three Song Sunday
Thunder Brothers
Greg Tiburzi
The Tico Three
Tiger Blue
The Tisdales
The Toasted Roosters
Tokyo Stormtrooper
Total Freedom Rock
Trampled by Turtles
Tryke
Two Beat Band
Two Many Banjos
Fred Tyson
Uncle Kenny
The Undesirables
Ryan Van Slooten
Vincent Cadillac & Howlin’ Andy Hound
Vintage 63
Viv
Xhaust
Yeltzi
12th Annual Homegrown Music Festival
May 2-9, 2010
149 acts at 25 venues
The Acceleratii
Teague Alexy Trio
The Alrights
A.M. Herculis
Dan Anderson & His Silk Sheiks
Mark Anderson Trio
The Antmen
Atlas Mts.
Aurora Baer
Ballyhoo
Batteries
Biochemical Characters
The Bitter Spills
Blue Water Dance
Boku Frequency
Bone Appetit
The Boomchucks
Bradical Boombox
Bratwurst
The Bricks
The Brothers Band
Cancer Romancer and the Fortune Friends
Canine Heart Sounds
Cars & Trucks
Cellodreams
Circa A.M.
Circadian Nations
Clyde Iron
Coal Car Caboose
Coyote
Crew Jones
Shana David
Dewskiwater Grooves
Die[ode]
Dios Mio
The DTs
Duck Duck Punch
Duray and Green
Eeriearq
Equal Xchange
Excuse Me Princess
Father Hennepin
First Class Failure
500 Million Society
The Fish Heads
Bill Flannagan
The Fontanelles
The Fractals
The Fromundas
The Good Colonels
Group Too
Wes Hadrich & Greg Tiburzi
Healthy Band Music Club
Shaunna Heckman
Hidden Roots
High Volt Rustler
The Hotel Coral Essex
Humanoid
Charity Huot
Indulge
Iron Range Outlaw Brigade
Steve Isakson
James and Younger
Rory James
Kip Jones
Tim Kaiser
Lisa Kane
The Keep-Aways
Rachael Kilgour
Kritical Kontact
Sarah Krueger
The K-Tones
Leif Acoustic
The Little Black Books
Lookdown Moon
Jesse Luoma
Malec
Manheat
MC1980
Bill Meier & Poetry Motel
Robi Meyerson
Mikey Talented
The Moon is Down
James Moors
Mr. Kickass
Nobuddie with Nimo the Hooligan
Ariane Norrgard
North
Ashley Northey
North Shore Trio
Old Knifey and the Cutthroats
Jeffrey James O’loughlin
Paradigm Collapse
Charlie Parr
Peer Precious
Pennies for a Dime
The People Say Fox
Hattie Peterson
The Plow Boys
Phillip of Nazareth
Poor Howard
Portraits for Judith
Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses
Bill Reichelt
Retribution Gospel Choir
The Rez
Road Warrior
Rocketship to Nowhere
Eric Rhame’s Timber & Steel Band
Rock Brigade
The Rosebud Social
Rusty Borealis
Sing! A Women’s Chorus
Sitter
Somewhere But Who
Southwire
Sports!
Stel & Lefty
Sweetgrass
Spotted Mule
The Surfactants
Tangier 57
The Temporary Service
Theft by Swindle
This is Now
Three Song Sunday
Thunder Brothers
The Tico Three
The Tinsel Fairies
The Tisdales
Total Freedom Rock
Trampled by Turtles
Tryke
Turbo Rathvon
Two Beat Band
Two Many Banjos
Fred Tyson
Uncle Kenny
The Undesirables
Uprising
Ryan Van Slooten
Vintage Val
Voyages
The What Four
A Winter Downpour
Words to a Film Score
Wurm
Wyatt Famous
Xhaust
Yeltzi
