Once a year the dirtbag musicians of Duluth attempt athleticism in the Homegrown Kickball Classic. It’s always an epic battle of evil against evil, with plenty of stabs in the back, name calling and other things polite society shuns.

Mary Bue’s music touches upon archetypal themes of the human condition: love, loss, survival, dreams and the natural world. She played her first Homegrown in 2001 at the age of 19 and still looms large in the Duluth music scene though she hasn’t lived here since 2016. She is currently working on her ninth album, The Wildness of Living and Dying, set for release this spring.

7:30pm Henry Kneiszel
Stand up comedy and poetry

7:50pm Sam 14
Stand up comedian

8:10pm Danielle Thralow
Stand up comedy

8:30pm Pete Hannegraf
Stand up comedy

8:50pm Jeremy Lepak
Ventriloquist

9:10pm Dustin Fawcett
Stand up comedy

9:30pm Jess Morgan
Poetry reading

9:50pm Sam Bondhus
Stand up comedy

10:10pm Trauma Hotdish with Leah Simmons
Storytelling

In a brief presentation before Thursday night’s music at Earth Rider Brewery’s festival grounds, Superior Mayor Jim Paine will issue a proclamation in recognition of Homegrown’s annual Superior Night.