Thanks for a great Dylan Days 2009!
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 2009 was held May 21-24, 2009.
This year takes on special meaning as the 50th anniversary of Robert
Zimmerman's graduation from Hibbing High School. Over the past eight
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 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
Details
on Dylan Days 2010 will be announced in January.
What's new at
DylanDays.com?
- Winners named from the Friday night Singer/Songwriter Contest:
- "Little Diamonds" Luke; North Minneapolis (13 years old!)
- Danny Fox; Peoria, Ill. (Defending Champion)
- Thomas Kivi; Minneapolis
- Greg Tiburzzi; Duluth, Minn.
- Hear the 2009 Dylan Days Benefit Concert
radio ad!
- 2009 Dylan Days Short Fiction, Poetry and One Act Playwright
winners are announced
- Can't make Dylan Days 2009? Order your souvenir buttons,
posters and "Talkin' Blues" journals to be sent at the conclusion of
this year's event.
- 2009 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Tickets
for the Hibbing Arts Council Dylan Days Benefit Concert featuring
headliner Scarlet Rivera, Bob Dylan's violinist in the mid-1970s, and
Gene LaFond and the Wild Unknown are ON
SALE NOW. Rivera and LaFond toured with Dylan's Rolling Thunder
Review in 1975 and 1976 and Rivera notably contributed to the Dylan
albums "Desire" and "Hard Rain." The concert will be held at the
historical Hibbing High School Auditorium on Saturday, May 23. (Download the Press Release). See the concert news page for more information on
this show.
- Enter the 2009 world-famous Dylan Days
singer/songwriter
contest.
- Our past winners in the Dylan Days
Creative Writing contest are now listed in a Hall
of Fame.
Dylan Days is an annual event organized by Dylan Days of Hibbing, MN, advancing the arts in Bob Dylan's hometown. Original content copyright by Aaron J. Brown Contributor images and text used by permission.