minnesota homegrown kickoff

What to know what's happened around Central Minnesota this weekend? We have your weekend guide in this weeks addition of The Weekender. You can catch a baseball game with the St. Cloud Rox Home Opener, enjoy some music in the park in Big Lake, listen to the sounds of Bluegrass at the Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff at El Rancho Manana, rock out to the sounds of Meatloaf at Pioneer Place and get your 15 minutes of fame performing for a live audience at Great River Arts Theatre in Little Falls. Read more in The Weekender!

Twenty area bands are getting ready to take the stage at the El Rancho Manana Campground this weekend for the Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff. The Kickoff is a three-day outdoor music and camping festival with bands playing bluegrass, old-time stringband and acoustic music.

The Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff begins this weekend, marking the start to the bluegrass music season in Central Minnesota.

The summer festival season is getting underway this weekend with the Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff. It's a kickoff to the Minnesota Bluegrass season. The three-day outdoor music and camping festival features regional bands performing bluegrass, old-time string bands and other acoustic music.