Past Performers & Music Links
2024 Main Stage Performers
2023 Main Stage Performers
2022 Main Stage Performers
2019 Main Stage Performers
- Sumkali
- Devil in a Woodpile
- Lula Wiles
- The Barn Owls
- Jeffrey Foucault with Kris Delmhorst
- The Fitzgerald’s
- Po’ Ramblin Boys
- Old Salt Union
- Red Tail Ring
2018 Main Stage Performers
- Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
- Roanoke
- Steppin’ In It
- Bone Tones
- The Steel Wheels
- Wild Goose Chase Cloggers
- Lakota John & Kin
- The Vogts Sisters
- Foghorn Stringband
2017 Main Stage Performers
2016 Mainstage Lineup
- Guy Davis
- The Jermey Kittel Trio
- Johnathan Byrd and the Pickup Cowboys
- Les Poules a Colin
- The Claire Lynch Band
- Red Tail Ring
- The Henrie Brothers
- Stolen Sweets
- The Dead Pigeons
- Dean Magraw and Peter Oshtroushko
2015 Mainstage Lineup
- Bonsoir Catin
- The Duhk’s
- The High 48’s
- Extra Crispy Brass Band
- Good and Young Band
- Michael Waite
- Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers
- Papa John Kolstad
- Polyphony Marimba
- Richard Scofano
2014 Mainstage Lineup
- Robin and Linda Williams
- Run Boy Run
- Ventucky String Band
- Teada
- Jonathan Byrd
- Susan Werner
- The String Doctors-Joel Mabus and Ray Kamalay
- Harp, art & Bones
- Good Lovelies
- Woodland Sky Native Dance
- Teen Scene Saturday Night Dance performers
Tin Can Gin and Dragon Wagon
2013 Mainstage Lineup
- Bonsoir Catlin
- Craver, Hicks, Watson, Newberry
- Door Cats
- Ante Duvekot
- John Gorka
- Kaivama
- Charlie Parr
- The Royal Garden Trio
- Solas
2012 Mainstage Lineup
Thanks to these wonderful mainstage performers for all the great music at our 34rd Festival.
- Ray Bonneville
- Dan Crary and Thunderation
- Josh Davis Band
- Lumber Jakki
- Ruth Moody
- Jim and Ray
- Pert Near Sandstone
- The Prairie All-Stars
- Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
- Wild Goose Chase Cloggers
2011 Mainstage Lineup
- Le Vent du Nord
- John McCutcheon
- Beachley and Scott Band
- Cane Creek Cloggers
- Ebony Hillbillies
- Harmonious Wail
- Big Ron Hunter and Ironing Board Sam
- Top Drawer with Joel Mabus (Square Dance)
- Jerry Mills
- Trees featuring Lindsay Tomasic and Jesse Fitzpatrick
2010 mainstage performers
- Dixie Bee-Liners
- Bryan Bowers
- Big Medicine
- Hot Club of Cowtown
- Fish Tank Ensemble
- Bayou Grenouille
- De Temps Antan
- The Green Grass Cloggers
- Claudia Schmidt
- Charlie Parr
Other Performers
- April Verch
- Bryan Bowers
- DC Fisher
- Carl Behrend
- Cephas and Wiggins
- Chasin' Steel
- Chris Brasher & Peter McLaughlin
- Conga Se Menne
- Dale Ann Bradley
- Four Shillings Short
- Garnet Rogers
- Ironwood Bluegrass Band
- Jive at Five
- Joel Mabus
- Judi Morningstar
- Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman
- Kaivama
- Mady Kouyate
- Michael Waite
- Royal Garden Trio
- Peter Ostroushko
- Solazo
- Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
- The Mammals
- Wild Goose Chase Cloggers
- Zydecology
Traditional (or mostly traditional) music festivals and venues
- Augusta Heritage Center
- Bayside Travelers Dance Society
- BlissFest Music Organization
- Bluegrass in the Park-Atlanta, MI
- Calumet Theatre
- Chamberlain's Ole Forest Inn
- Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann
- Crystal Theatre, Crystal Falls, Mich.
- Dune Grass and Blues Fest
- Erickson Cultural Center
- Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore
- Festival Chants de Vielles
- Finn Hall
- The Fox Valley Folklore Society
- Grand Marais Music Festival
- Great Lakes Folk Festival
- Heritage Farm Bluegrass Festival
- Indiana Fiddlers’ Gathering
- Insideout Gallery
- Marquette Area Blues Society
- Marquette Local Talent Concert Series
- Mid-Winter Singing Festival
- Mountain Arts Gathering
- Mt. Morris Bluegrass Jam Camp
- Pine Mountain Music Festival
- Paint Creek Folklore Society
- Porcupine Mountains Music Festival
- Portland (OR.) Old Time Music Gathering
- River Falls (WI) Roots and Bluegrass Music Festival
- Second Sunday Folk Dance
- Shawano Folk Music Festival
- Skandia Folk Dance
- Skiatook (OK) Bluegrass Festival
- The Ten Pound Fiddle
- Upper Peninsula Folk Life Festival
- Wheatland Music Festival
- The White Crow
Information about traditional music
- Crooked Road Music Heritage Trail
- Hetzler’s Fakebook
- Old Time Herald
- Pegram Jam Chord Charts
- “Picking Up Fiddle Tunes By Ear At Jam Sessions,” written by Michigan songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joel Mabus
- Sacred Harp Singing homepage
Music-related merchandise and services
- Classical Art Fabricators accordion shop
- Elderly Instruments
- Play Dem Bones
- Old Hat Records
- Arhoolie Records
- Harp Depot “Where Harmonicas Rule”
- Perfesser Bill Edwards ragtime and sheet music
- Sue Duda apparel and gifts Music apparel and other art gifts by Sue Duda
- Music Art. Original art by Hiawatha member Sue Duda
- Ruff Water Fake Book from Judi Morningstar
Other interesting sites and friends of Hiawatha
- ABO Tent Events
- ArtServe Michigan
- Beaumier Heritage Center
- Black Diamond Show
- Black Diamond Show Blog
- Bonifas Fine Arts Center
- Brian Cabell
- Campaign to put Bill Monroe on a postage stamp
- City of Marquette
- Christine Garceau Photography
- Everyday Wines
- Garden Bouquet & Design
- Globe Printing
- Lagniappe Cajun Restaurant
- Lake Superior Magazine
- Many Tracks
- Marquette Arts and Culture Center
- Marquette Food Co-op
- Marquette Regional History Center
- Marquette Mining Journal
- Marquette Monthly
- MIUpper Hand
- My Web Maestro
- Northern Michigan University
- North Star Academy
- Peter White Public Library, Marquette
- Pride Printing
- Screened Image
- Snowbound Books, Marquette
- soulsun media
- The Women’s Center of Marquette
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum
- UP Art Map
- William Bonifas Fine Arts Center
- WLUC-TV
- WNMU-FM
- WNMU-TV
- Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve