Homegrown Music Festival (Duluth)

The Homegrown Music Festival is Duluth, Minnesota's annual showcase of local music from the Arrowhead region, which includes Minnesota's Iron Range and communities on the north and south shores of Lake Superior. It happens every year during the first week of May. The 27th annual Homegrown is scheduled for April 27 to May 4, 2025.

The event grew from featuring 10 local acts in 1999 to a peak of 200 in 2015. The 2025 festival is expected to include roughly 160 acts.

Notable acts that have performed in the festival include: Low, Trampled by Turtles, Charlie Parr, Retribution Gospel Choir, Gaelynn Lea, the Keep Aways, the Black Eyed Snakes, Misisipi Mike Wolf and Haley Bonar.

The event was originally a for-profit venture but became a nonprofit in 2006. Cory Jezierski and Dereck Murphy-Williams are co-directors of the festival.

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