Weekend tickets are priced at $150, $10 for kids ages 6 through 12 and children five or under are free. Single day tickets vary with Friday being $45, Saturday/Sunday is $80, children 6-12 are $10 and children five or under being free.

“The Hiawatha Music Co-op seeks to provide and promote traditional music and dance, to educate and inform society about traditional American music, and to encourage the appreciation of this music through our annual festival and various year-round events,” says the Hiawatha Annual Music Festival website.

Starting Friday night at 7 p.m., Brittany Haas and Nic Gariess will take to the stage followed by Cold Springs at 8:45 p.m. and finally Black Jake and the Carnies at 10:30 p.m. All the while, activities will feature like henna tattoos, creating peace flags and camp signs.

Saturday is filled with more than 12 hours of music, going from 11 a.m. and ending near midnight. This will feature, in order of performances on the mainstage: an open mic, Stina Jackson, Who Dat Brass, Brittany Haas and Nic Gariess, Crys Matthews, Breabach, Joe Robinson, Mulebone, Pixie and the Partygrass Boys and finally Tony Trichka’s Earl Jam Ft. Michael Daves.

The festival offers a variety of music including blue grass. (Journal file photo)

Also going on during this time will be a dance tent, workshops, beach tent, teen scene, children’s area and a children’s craft tent.

Sunday will see eight hours of music on the mainstage from 11 a.m. through 10 p.m. with, in order of performance: an open mic, Make-Believe Spurs, Mulebone, Crys Matthews, KID’S PARADE, Joe Robinson, Breabach, Tony Trichka’s Earl Jam Ft. Michael Daves, Black Jake and the Carnies and finally Pixie and the Partygrass Boys.

During this time, there will be six other tents holding music, dances, workshops, activities, crafts, a teen area and a children’s area.

More information can be found at the Hiawatha music festival website at hiawathamusic.org.

Antonio Anderson can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 550. His email address is aanderson@miningjournal.net.

Children practice their dancing skills at a past festival. (Journal file photo)