Just two hours into its six-hour-long, free live music showing last Saturday, the July 4th Shagawa Shindig had already drawn about 200 people to the shores of Shagawa Lake to take in local Americana and bluegrass flavor.
Put on by Ely band Stony River, the family-friendly event celebrated its 10th year from 3-9 p.m. and featured six local music groups: Stony River; Dan Phipps; Shagawa Shorty, Julie Nester and Friends; Kearcher and Friends; Jeremy Harmon and Ambrose Richter.
“There never used to be music in town and I felt like there needed to be music for the Fourth of July, because there was this big dead spot in between the parade and fireworks,” said Nick Allen of Stony River. “We started doing this, and it’s turned into a really fun time.”
