Grand Rapids Riverfest

Dessa is performing at the 2023 Grand Rapids Riverfest, Saturday, Sept. 9. Her latest album "Bury the Lede" debuts Sept. 29. Tickets are now sold out.

Amanda Shires is performing at the 2023 Grand Rapids Riverfest, Saturday, September 9. Her latest album is a collaboration with the late Bobbie Nelson, sister of Willie, called "Loving You."

Featuring headliner Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit along with Amanda Shires, Shemekia Copeland and Dessa, Grand Rapids Riverfest is expected to draw about 3,500 people. Tickets go on sale 8 a.m. Friday, April 28, at grandrapidsriverfest.com/tickets.

Also set to perform at the Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, festival in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, are Amanda Shires, Shemekia Copeland and Dessa.

Grand Rapids Riverfest is simply the best party around. Through a fabulous lineup with music that truly matters to the spirit, the festival also incorporates local restaurants and breweries, giving you a literal taste of small town life and culture in northern Minnesota.

Ashley Brubaker, owner/manager/stylist at True North Salon in Grand Rapids, has been working with a city-wide team to help make the Grand Rapids Riverfest a successful event. Brubaker stopped by the KAXE/KBXE Morning show to chat with Kari and Heidi about what it takes to pull of an event of this magnitude. Click the "Listen" player above to hear the full conversation, including some behind the scenes info about the fest from Kari.

Click the "Listen" player above to hear Tim Saxhaug, TBT bass player, chat with Kari Hedlund about their latest album, produced by Jeff Tweedy. Plus, get a sneak-peak listen to two tracks off "Alpenglow" that will be released later this fall.

Grand Rapids local band played their first gig as Wild Horses at last year's Grand Rapids Riverfest - this year the've got performing and a new album under their belt and will share the big stage with luminaries like Wilco.