Ennyman's Territory: A Backward Look: Duluth Dylan Fest Links -- 2011 to 2019

Here we are, approaching the last hours of March, 10 days after the beginning of Spring. Before you know it, May will be here and suddenly it's Duluth Dylan Fest (DDF). There's been a lot of planning this year, and some surprises are in the air. Since I am not permitted to unveil those surprises until they're announced, I thought it might be nice to take a sojourn through our past decade of Duluth Dylan Fest.

At one time it was Hibbing that held the torch for the annual celebration around Bob Dylan's birthday. The closing of Zimmy's broke our hearts, but not the Northland spirit of celebrating the region's native son. For a few years before Hibbing's festival took a sabbatical, Duluth had been celebrating the week previous as a kind of warm-up act.

The Pandemic last year disrupted our own DDF but not our efforts to find new ways to show respect and to share the various ways Bob Dylan has inspired the region's music, arts and poetry scenes. As a warm up act to what's happening in 2021, here is a list of stories that were written about past events, laden with memories and photos. Consider this an appetizer.

2011