WTIP Community Radio is excited to announce the 2024 Radio Waves Music Festival, Sept. 6 to 8, at Sweetheart’s Bluff in the Grand Marais Recreation Area. This marks the 17th year of this community festival, which showcases three days of live music under the big sky and bright stars on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Twenty local, regional and national acts will join us in the park, including Keith Secola, Annie Humphrey, Dan Israel & Steve Brantseg and the return of John Ellison and The Carpenter Ants. WTIP welcomes seven acts new to Radio Waves, including local talent Emma Tweten, and Blues/Rock duo from Duluth The Brothers Burn Mountain and Americana duo Between Howls. The weekend features a great lineup representing many different musical genres including: Sam Miltich & the Clearwater Hot Club, SaltyDog, Rich Mattson & the Northstars, Al Oikari & Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, North Shore Swing Band, Fish Heads, The Splints, Barbara Jean Meyers & Mike Lewis, Kenna Rose, Eli Bentley, Portage, Lojo Russo and Zulu Link! Follow the Radio Waves event page for details at wtip.org – just look for “Radio Waves Music Festival” under the EVENTS drop-down menu. Festival hours are Friday, 4 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

A community music festival on the North Shore, Radio Waves is held rain or shine, with stages housed under a large tent. The event includes on-site food vendors and a community partner tent. WTIP offers $50 pre-sale weekend passes online at wtip.org. Daily admission available at the gate, is $20 per day. WTIP is happy to share that admission is free to teens and kids 17 and under. Campsite reservations at the Grand Marais Rec Park are recommended.

The Radio Waves Music Festival is made possible in part with funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, with additional support from Visit Cook County, the Gunflint Trail Association and the Grand Marais Area Tourism Association.

About WTIP:

WTIP is an independent, nonprofit radio station broadcasting from the north shore of Lake Superior in Grand Marais since 1998. This community radio station features local news, weather and events as well as eclectic music and programming highlighting the arts, culture and history of the region. Listeners can tune in at 90.7 FM Grand Marais/North Shore, 90.1 FM Grand Portage, and 89.1 FM Gunflint Trail, or stream online – via computer, tablet or phone – at wtip.org.