CABIN FEVER FESTIVAL
Cabin Fever Bulletin 3/18/13 1:00 PM: Having difficulty moving your hotel reservation for Cabin Fever? Try again. Both the Days Inn (218-728-5141) and the Edgewater (218-728-3601) now have room blocks set for us and they promise us the $86 room rate (there was some earlier confusion about this) as well as an extension to shuttle operation hours until 1:30 AM both nights to and from the festival hotel at Inn On Lake Superior. Coming from Canada? We hear that Canal Park Lodge (next door to festival hotel 218-279-6000) has a Canadian special rate - ask for it. Cabin Fever Bulletin 3/15/13, 4:30 PM Central: Due to major flood damage at the Radisson Hotel in Duluth, the Cabin Fever Festival is moving to The Inn On Lake Superior on Canal Park in Duluth. Lodging will be hard to come by but here is a list of places you can try: Inn On Lake Superior 888-668-4352. Three others within a couple blocks: Hampton Inn 218-720-3000, Comfort Inn 218-727-1378, and Canal Park Lodge 218-279-6000. The next two are a couple miles away but will offer shuttle rides and will honor the $86 festival room rate: Days Inn 218-728-5141, Edgewater (with water park) 218-728-3601.
Don't miss the newest of MBOTMA's festivals, the Cabin Fever Festival, on March 22-24, 2013 on Canal Park in Duluth. It will be another great indoor weekend of stage shows, workshops, draw bands, vendors, open mic, and all-day and late-night jam sessions. The Cabin Fever Festival is produced by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA) and made possible in part by RELS TITLE and PIKE LAKE DENTAL.
Friday Night Live! will be back on Friday night. It all starts with an open mic in Northern Lights Ballroom in the hotel conference center. Then on Saturday we’ll have an afternoon concert from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The weekend highlight will be the Saturday Night Headline Concert from 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM featuring GrassTowne from North Carolina plus The Roe Family Singers and Cousin Dad. Grasstowne is a band comprised of very well respected bluegrass veteran Alan Bibey and four of the finest young musicians in bluegrass today. This combination together is one of the hottest and energetic bands touring today!
“We’ve just finished compiling our top picks for the upcoming BEST OF 2010 year and special edition of Into the Blue and Grasstowne has firmly placed themselves in the line-up with ‘KICKIN UP DUST.’ Nicely done gentlemen!”
The Saturday afternoon stage shows will include many groups from all around the state of Minnesota, including Four Mile Portage, Tin Can Gin, Porcupine Creek, The Fish Heads, Bill & Kate Isles, Northern Lights Bluegrass, The Seldom Herd, and The Biscuit Boys. A detailed schedule can be found on our schedule page. You'll want to stay the weekend, so get a room (see bulletin at top of page for lodging information. Volunteers Needed - Visit our volunteer page for details.
CLICK HERE to download a festival flyer PDF. CLICK HERE to download a festival program PDF. # # # |
Where To Park - Hotel parking areas are reserved for hotel lodging guests. Public parking is available on the street and in five public parking lots, one on either side of, and another across the street from Comfort Suites (next door to Inn On Lake Superior), one on the north side of Hampton Inn (at the brew pub), and another north of that with the entrance in front of Canal Park Lodge. These lots are free this time of year.