Saturday in the Park is an annual festival that is held at the Grandview Park Municipal Bandshell in Sioux City, Iowa. Started in 1991, the festival falls on the Saturday closest to the 4th of July and attracts around 25,000 people from all over the Midwest for the weekend. The festival coincides with an annual pilgrimage of representatives from Sioux City’s sister city, Lake Charles, Louisiana, adding a Mardi Gras-inflected Cajun accent.
Saturday in the Park is one of the premier festivals in the upper Midwest and is best known for its eclectic mixture of musical traditions. Live music acts are offered throughout the day at one of two stages located within the park. Here are past performers from the festival’s history:
Avett Brothers
Buddy Guy
Elle King
Fetty Wap
Daisy the Great
Doc Robinson
Black Pistol Fire
Artificial Stars
Servant Shop
John Fogerty
AJR
Trombine Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Danny Seraphaine and CTA
WhizTheMC
Valerie June
Ultra Violet Fever
Ghostcat
Gallivant
Flo-Rida
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Liz Phair
Con Brio
Michigan Rattlers
Ben Grillet and the Black Bloods
Premium Draft
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Boz Scaggs
Galactic
Dave Mason and Steve Cropper
Delta Rae
Joss Stone
Joss Stone
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
The Revivalists
JOHNNYSWIM
Eric Lindell
35th and Taylor
Port Nocturnal
Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves
Sir Mix-a-Lot
KONGOS
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
The Wailers
Kim Simmons and Savoy Brown
Jo-El Sonnier
The Stockyard Kings
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Foster the People
Gogol Bordello
North Mississippi Allstars
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
Tribute to B.B. King
The Kelly Quinn Band
Avett Brothers
Avett Brothers
Bonnie Raitt
Ziggy Marley
Wild Feathers
Mat D and the Profane Saints
Titans of Industry
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Sublime with Rome
The Dirty Heads
ZZ Ward
Kris Lager Band
Tallgrass
The Harmony Project
Wilco
Wilco
Gary Clark Jr.
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Lissie
The Dirty Guv’nahs
Andre Williams and the Goldstars
Cheers
Ben Harper
Ben Harper
Cee Lo Green
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Los Lonely Boys
Bonerama
The Kickback
Lazer Rocket Arm
Santana
Santana
Steve Winwood
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Fitz & The Tantrums
Amanda Shaw
Indigenous
Ron Emory
Counting Crows
Counting Crows
Midwest Dilemma
Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys
Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int’l
Lenka
Mike Doughty
Shemekia Copeland
Phil Lesh & Friends
Phil Lesh & Friends
Snakebeard Jackson
The Nadas
Janiva Magness
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Umphrey’s McGee
The BoDeans
BB King
BB King
Mount Suzuki
Damon Dotson
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
ReBirth Brass Band
JJ Grey and Mofro
Dickey Betts & Great Southern
The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers
Mat d. and the Profane Saints
Honeytribe feat. Devon Allman
New Monsoon
Carbon Leaf
Cowboy Mouth
Chuck Berry
The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes
Curt St. Cyr and Boogie Chillin’
Dion Payton and the 43rd Street Blues Band
Josh Kelley
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women
Violet
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
Kelley Hunt
Los Lobos
Son Seals
Yonder Mountain String Band
Zucchini Brothers
Quartus
The Wallflowers
The Wallflowers
Dan Zanes
Garrett ‘Possum’ Judice and the Couillons
John Mayall and the Bluesreakers
Marcus Yabba Griffiths
Michelle Branch
Smoking Jay’s
John Hiatt
John Hiatt
Blues Traveler
Inda Eaton
Shemekia Copeland
Sonny Landreth
T. Wilson King and Painkillers
Terrance Simien
Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang
Barbarito Torres
Citigrass
Double Trouble
Junior Brown
Koko Taylor
The Rogues
Chubby Carrier
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Curt St. Cyr
Ratdog
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Susan Tedeshci
The Allman Brothers Band
Mike Langley Band
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Bernard Allison
Delbert McClinton
Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials
Marcia Ball
Spooncat
The Breakaways
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Alana Davis
Blue Moon
Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie
John Mooney and Bluesiana
The Robert Cray Band
Tuffy’s Klezmarim
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
After Alley
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco High Rollers
Earl King with the Butanes
Govt Mule
Indigenous
Rita Marley and the Maccabee Band
Tito Puente
Tito Puente Latin Jazz Ensemble
Coco Montoya
Lil’ Brian and the Zydeco Travelers
Sista Monica
Taj Mahal
The Funky Meters
General Public
General Public
Nathan Cavaleri
Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women
Third World
Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings
Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers
Terrence Simien and the Mallet Boys
Santana
Santana
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Little Scotty and the Big Tones
Bangkok Rooster
Duke Robillard
Luther Allison
Mt. Olive Choir
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
Chris Duarte
Dr. John
Jain Jeffer
Jimmy Thackery
Lil’ Scotty and the Big Tones
Little Brother
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Shirley Lewis
St. Cyr Roulette Band
The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers
Curt St Cyr and Boogie Chillin
Markiss and the Shades of Color
Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Walter Wolfman and the Roadmasters
Gatemouth Brown
Gatemouth
Bad Manners
Blues Cartel
Buckwheat Zydeco
Curt St. Cyr and Boogie Chillin’
Ian Moore and Moments Notice
Table Rockers
The Sharks