33rd Annual Hiawatha Festival

July 22-24, 2011

In Marquette, Michigan

Spirit of Hiawatha documentary

To see a great overview of our Festival, please click the link above to watch the "Spirit of Hiawatha" documentary produced this year by WLUC-TV, our area NBC affiliate. Special thanks to Brian Cabell and Jason Swanson for this labor of love.

Please scroll down for links to our 2010 mainstage performers. If you need to refresh your memory about who you saw when, please click here for our mainstage, Friday dance, Workshops and Teen Scene schedules or click Festival Schedule on the menu at right.

Rest in Peace, Mitch Jayne

Songwriter, storyteller and longtime Dillards bass player Mitch Jayne died August 2, in Columbia, Mo., at age 82. Please click here for a link to a complete obituary.

Lost and found

Found items from this year's Festival will be held at the Hiawatha office until September 1. If you found something at the Festival and did not have a chance to turn it in, you may drop it off at the Hiawatha office on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons. Thank you.

2010 mainstage performers

Dixie Bee-Liners

Bryan Bowers

Big Medicine

Hot Club of Cowtown

Fishtank Ensemble

Bayou Grenouille

De Temps Antan

The Green Grass Cloggers

Claudia Schmidt

Charlie Parr

Artists and crafters selected

Congratulations to Lendved Headwear for winning Best of Show. Special thanks to all the artists for donating prizes for our raffle. To see a list of this year's crafters (as well as those from earlier years), please click here or select Artists and Crafters from the main menu. This juried show features all crafts made by the artists and is a fundraiser for Marquette's Oasis Gallery, as well as for the Hiawatha Festival.

Mary Beil wins Festival Logo Contest

Mary Beil of Ft. Shaw, Mont., designed this year's winning Festival logo (at left). Mary also designed last year's logo and attended the Festival for the first time.
"I came up with the design on the roadtrip back home to Montana from the Hiawatha Music Festival last summer," she says. "I had such a memorable time at the Festival. The music was outstanding, the people were very friendly, and the atmosphere was fun and relaxed. Thank you to the Hiawatha Music Co-op and to the people of the festival for making the event a wonderful experience. I also enjoyed the backdrop, Marquette, what a beautiful city. I can't wait to head back to the U.P. for some more festival fun this summer!"
Beil is a freelance graphic designer, photographer and painter. To see more of her work, you may visit www.m-e-designs.zoomshare.com
Thanks to all who entered our 2010 Festival logo contest. Our board of directors selected the winning entry in early February. To learn how you might enter next year's contest, please select Logo Contest from the main menu.

Office hours

Our regular office hours are noon to 6 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We're at 129 W. Baraga, Suite C, in Marquette. We check our messages throughout the week.