Dylan Days: Music, Literature and Art in Hibbing, Minn.

Thanks for a great Dylan Days 2010!

Stay tuned for updates on Dylan Days 2011, celebrating Bob Dylan's 70th birthday and the 10th year of Hibbing's citywide Dylan Days.

Welcome to the online home of Dylan Days, an organization supporting the arts and honoring Bob Dylan in his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota. Dylan Days will be held May 27-30, 2010. Over the past several years Dylan Days has built a grassroots tradition including the singer/songwriter contest, writing contest and literary showcase, one act playwright contest, visual arts competition, Bobby Zimmerman bus tour, live music series and the Hibbing Arts Council Dylan Days Benefit Concert, along with several other annual events.

The following excerpt from the May 2009 edition of Rolling Stone's Douglas Brinkley interview with Dylan explains why we organize Dylan Days:

“I ask Dylan if he minds people visiting Hibbing or Duluth or Minneapolis searching for the root of his talent. ‘Not at all,’ he surprisingly says. ‘That town where I grew up hasn’t really changed that much, so whatever was in the air before is probably still there. I go through once in a while coming down from Canada. I’ll stop there and wander around.’"

"Whatever's in the air" is still here in this blue collar mining town with a special past and curious future. We are a small town group with a big dream, to expand the arts in Northern Minnesota and welcome people from around the world for music, art, writing and stories. Dylan Days welcomes you to create art or experience art in the place where Bob Dylan and many others first learned about love, conflict and the human condition. The only way to really know what happens at Dylan Days is to come to Hibbing and see for yourself.

What's new at DylanDays.com

B.J. Rolfzen Dylan Days Creative Writing Contest announces 2010 winners, sets May 28 Literary Showcase
Dylan Days Benefit Concert Committee announces 2010 show at historic Hibbing Memorial Building Little Theater, site of Dylan's first paid gig.
Iron Range Tourism launches "Come Home Bob" campaign.
Changes to entry rules for the Dylan Days Visual Arts contest. Deadline for submission has moved up to May 21, 2010. There is now a small entry fee which allows exciting new benefits for the winners.
The Dylan Days Singer/Songwriter Contest showbill is now full; however, names are being accepted for the waiting list and there are plans for another event that would allow anyone interested in playing on a Dylan-significant stage the opportunity to do so. Stay tuned!
The Dylan Days 2010 schedule has been released. More to come!
Pre-order your Dylan Days 2010 button and "Talkin' Blues" journal

Couldn't make Dylan Days 2009? Order your souvenir buttons, posters and "Talkin' Blues" journals.
Our past winners in the Dylan Days Creative Writing contest are now listed in a Hall of Fame.

Dylan Days is organized by Dylan Days, Hibbing, MN, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advancing the arts in Bob Dylan's hometown.
All content not provided for promotional purposes copyright by Aaron J. Brown for Dylan Days. Contributor images and text used by permission.