Bob Dylan in Minnesota - 2024 DULUTH DYLAN FEST MAY 21 - 26

2024 DULUTH

DYLAN FEST

MAY 21 - 26

SATURDAY

MAY 25, 2024

John Bushey Memorial Lecture

with Paul Metsa, Ed Newman,

Marc Percansky, and Matt Steichen

Authors of Bob Dylan in Minnesota

Wussow's Concert Cafe

2:00 - 3:30 PM | Free

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 2, 2024

Media Contacts:
Zane Bail: 218-393-7438

Mark Nicklawske: 651-225-1151

14th Annual Duluth Dylan Fest Schedule will be held May 21-26

Duluth, MN – The Bob Dylan Way Committee has finalized its schedule for the 2024 Duluth
Dylan Fest, the annual celebration of the Northland’s native son whose global significance was
affirmed by the Nobel Prize committee in 2016. The Fest will feature a range of events spanning

May 21 - 26 in conjunction with Bob Dylan’s 83rd birthday.

“Bob Dylan is undoubtedly one of the masters of American music, changing the way we create
and listen to popular music and establishing its importance on a world-wide scale,” said
Committee Chair Zane Bail. “We are proud of his northland roots and celebrate his artistic

achievements.”

A major highlight of the fest - as always - is the Bob Dylan Front Porch Birthday Party outside
the Duluth home where Dylan - born Robert Zimmerman - spent the first seven years of his life.
The event will feature opening remarks from Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert, live music from

songwriter and guitarist Greg Tiburzi and celebratory birthday cake.

“We always have a nice crowd outside the Dylan house that loves to sing “Happy Birthday,” said

Bail. The house is now owned by Dylan historian and collector Bill Pagel.

The full schedule is outlined below.

2024 Duluth Dylan Fest Schedule

Tuesday, May 21
Dylan Fest Acoustic Jam Session with Leslie Black
Carmody Irish Pub
308 E. Superior Street, Duluth
5:30 to 8:30pm | Free

*Bring your own voice, instrument and music stand

Wednesday, May 22
Basement Tapes Band Concert
Earthrider Festival Grounds
1617 N. Third Street, Superior, WI

7:00 pm | Tickets $8-$75 on Eventbrite/door

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-basement-tapes-band-duluth-dylan-fest-tickets-835984781987

Thursday, May 23
Willie Nelson Family Band
Bayfront Festival Park
Downtown Duluth
7:00 pm | Tickets: Jade Presents

* Visit the Armory Arts & Music Center and Dylan Fest table (concert ticket needed to enter)

Friday, May 24
Bob Dylan Front Porch Birthday Party with live music by
Greg Tiburzi
Dylan childhood home
519 N. 3rd Avenue East, Duluth

12:00-1:30 pm | Free

Dylan Fest Singer-Songwriter Contest
Sacred Heart Music Center
201 W. 4th Street, Duluth

7:00-10:00 pm |Tickets $10 on Eventbrite/door

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/duluth-dylan-fest-singer-songwriter-contest-tickets-863979163937

Saturday, May 25
Historic Armory Tour
Armory Arts & Music Center (annex)
1305 London Road, Duluth
10:00 am to noon | Free

*Self-guided Bob Dylan sites in Duluth tour map available

John Bushey Memorial Lecture
featuring Paul Metsa, Ed Newman, Marc Percansky and Matt Steichen authors of Bob Dylan in
Minnesota
Wussow’s Concert Cafe
324 N. Central Avenue, Duluth

2:00-3:30 pm | Free

Highway 61 Revisited Radio Show

The North 103.3 FM Streaming online at 5:00-6:00 pm | Free

Duluth Dylan Fest Dance Party
with music by Cowboy Angel Blue
Mr. D’s Bar and Grill
5622 Grand Avenue, Duluth

7:00 pm | Free

Sunday, May 26
Farewell Brunch featuring Greg Tiburzi and friends
Wussow’s Concert Cafe
324 N. Central Avenue, Duluth

11:00 AM -1:00 PM | Free (Brunch not included)

About the Duluth Dylan Fest
The Duluth Dylan Fest’s mission is to celebrate the spirit of artistic freedom, intellectual
honesty and integrity of Duluth’s native son, Bob Dylan. The Fest is dedicated to showcasing
Duluth’s vibrant art scene. The group of volunteers is committed to providing creative events

that tap the talents of artists, poets, and musicians in Duluth and surrounding region.

https://duluthdylanfest.com/duluth-dylan-fest-2024/

www.facebook.com/duluthdylanfest/ 

www.bobdylanway.com

MY GREENWICH VILLAGE: Dave, Bob and Me By Terri Thal, Published by McNidder & Grace

CONTACT: Marc Percansky

marc@magicmarcproductions.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MY GREENWICH VILLAGE: Dave, Bob and Me

By Terri Thal, Published by McNidder & Grace

Terri Thal was very much part of the folk music world in 1960s Greenwich Village. Few people

know that she was 21-year-old Bob Dylan’s first manager prior to his contracts with Albert

Grossman and Columbia Records. She also managed musician Dave Van Ronk (then her

husband) and others, including Maggie and Terre Roche and The Holy Modal Rounders. She

tells us about this in her new book, My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob and Me, published by

McNidder & Grace.

Terri Thal has two passions: folk music and social justice. Her book is a personal story of the

world of folk music in 1960s New York, written by a Jewish woman from Brooklyn who,

although not a musician, was an intrinsic part of this scene. Terri describes Greenwich Village as

a community that was supportive, musically exciting, and one in which people had fun. She tells

us what it was like to hang out in the Village coffee houses, to host folk singers like Tom Paxton

and Phil Ochs, who spent evenings at her apartment, and to be a manager. We hear her views of

the “old-left” socialist organizations she was close to or joined.

Terri later merged her social justice work with her professional work in not-for-profit agencies,

handling public relations and fundraising, then as executive director. She’s retired now, but

continues to do some writing and grant writing for not-for-profits, and does environmental and

criminal justice reform work as a volunteer. Terri is an avid reader, writer and editor.

Greil Marcus has described Thal’s book as having “…a voice so full of vehemence it makes

everything interesting.” (Substack, September 18, 2023)

# # #

US Publication Date
5 October 2023
Hardback $32.95
ISBN 9780857162489
EBOOK
ISBN 9780857162496
FORMAT
240x162mm
EXTENT
232 Pages
ILLUSTRATIONS

16pp colour plate section

McNidder & Grace
www.mcnidderandgrace.com

MY GREENWICH VILLAGE Dave, Bob and Me - PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE

A NEW BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR BY BOB DYLAN’S FIRST MANAGER

McNIDDER & 

GRACE

MY GREENWICH VILLAGE
Dave, Bob and Me
By Terri Thal

Terri Thal was very much a part of the folk music world in 1960s
Greenwich Village, New York. Few people know that she was 21-year-
old Bob Dylan’s first manager prior to his contract with Albert
Grossman and Columbia Records. She also managed musician Dave
Van Ronk (who later became her husband), and others to include the
Roche sisters, Paul Geremia and The Holy Modal Rounders. She
booked performances at coffee houses, clubs and basket houses. On 6
September 1961, she recorded a set from a young Bob at The Gaslight
Café – it is the first known live recording of his original songs - known
to Dylan fans as the First Gaslight Tape! Terri took this ‘audition’ tape
to clubs to try to get him gigs – and she still owns the original reel-to-
reel tape! She had many friends in Greenwich Village including Suze
Rotolo and a number of seminal 1960s folk musicians.

When Dave Van Ronk first saw young Bob performing in a club in
Greenwich Village he said ‘I just heard this kid who’s a fucking genius.
You’ve got to hear him.’ Within a few days I heard him play and agreed
with Dave. Bob Dylan asked me, ‘Would you get me gigs?’

US Publication Date
5 October 2023
Hardback $32.95
ISBN 9780857162489
EBOOK
ISBN 9780857162496

FORMAT
240x162mm

EXTENT
232 Pages
ILLUSTRATIONS
16pp colour plate section

DESCRIPTION

Terri Thal has two passions: folk music and social justice.

This is a personal story of the world of folk music in 1960s New York
written by a Jewish woman from Brooklyn who, although not a
musician, was an intrinsic part of this scene. Terri describes
Greenwich Village as a community that was supportive, musically
exciting and one in which people had fun.

Terri tells us what it was like to hang out in the Village coffee houses,
to host folk singers like Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs who hung out at
her apartment, and to be a manager. We hear her view and
involvement of the 1960s socialist organizations, and how she later
merged her professional work in not-for-profit agencies.

Terri Thal grew up in Brooklyn and in the 1960s and 70s lived in
Greenwich Village, hanging out with and managing folk singers such
as Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan and the Roche sisters. She was very
much a part of this vibrant and iconic music scene – as well as a
member of socialist organizations. As an avid campaigner for social
justice Terri went on to work for not-for-profit organizations, handling
PR and fundraising, then as executive director. She now spends her
time doing environmental and criminal justice reform work. Terri is an
avid reader, writer and editor.

Book launch September 12 at The Bitter End,
New York at The Village Trip Festival

‘No one was closer to all of it in Greenwich Village than Terri Thal.’
Tom Paxton, folk singer-songwriter

‘A fabulous glimpse into an era of music and politics that changed everything.’
Richard Barone, musician and author of Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s

‘Terri Thal’s candid and deeply personal memoir of the mythological Village of the Sixties answers questions so
many of us have had - and adds to our knowledge of the iconic musicians she befriended and worked with.’
David Browne, author of Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost
Story of 1970

‘When I began writing Bob Dylan In The Big Apple, there were a small number of key people that I was keen to interview. People who were integral not only to the Bob Dylan story but also to Greenwich Village and even New York itself. The most important of them all, Terri Thal, remained elusive. She was Dylan's first
manager, the spark at the heart of 60's Greenwich Village, and was eventually persuaded to contribute to my book. The most vibrant and informative of chapters. Of course. I whooped with delight at the news that Terri would give a rare interview to me... and finally with this book, the world at long last gets the whole story.’
K G Miles, co-author of Bob Dylan in Minnesota

‘Terri Thal, with her razor sharp wit, takes you right back to the late 50's and early

60's Greenwich Village folk scene along with behind the scenes on being Bob Dylan's

first manager. She was a huge link in Bob's chain of success. This is a must read book!'
Marc Percansky, co-author of Bob Dylan in Minnesota

CONTACT PUBLISHER
Andy Peden Smith
andy@mcnidderandgrace.co.uk

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