Radio Waves Music Festival 2025

The 18th annual Radio Waves Music Festival features 19 musical acts performing at Sweetheart’s Bluff on the west end of the Grand Marais Recreation Area from Sept. 5-7. The event is held each year on the weekend after Labor Day and is organized by WTIP Community Radio.

Friday Schedule
4 p.m. – Portage
5 p.m. – SonofMel
6 p.m. – Colleen “Boss Mama” Myhre
7:20 p.m. – Danny Frank & the Smokey Gold
8:30 p.m. – The Evening Stars

Saturday Schedule
10 a.m. – North Shore Swing Band
11:30 a.m. – Lynden Blomberg
12:30 p.m. – Ginger Bones
1:30 p.m. – Tina Hegg & Drew Heinonen
2:30 p.m. – Splints
3:30 p.m. – The Penny Peaches
4:30 p.m. – Moonshot
5:30 p.m. – Between Howls
6:30 p.m. – The Brothers Burn Mountain
7:30 p.m. – Rich Mattson & Germaine Gemberling
8:30 p.m. – Trailer Trash

Sunday Schedule
10 a.m. – Chris Gillis, Thomas Stamps & Friends
11:30 a.m. – Briand Morrison & Roxann Berglund
12:40 p.m. – Sam Miletich; New Music from the Old Country

Weekend passes are $75. Reduced-price advance tickets are available at wtip.org. Children ages 12 and under get in free.