Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, USAJuly 27-29, 2023![]() |
The Prairie Dog is one of the most laid-back blues festivals out there! It is held every year on historic St. Feriole Island in a beautiful city park, right on the Mississippi River and nestled between jagged cliffs and green hills untouched by the Ice Age! Once you get that cold drink in your hand, great tunes in your ear and good, friendly people all around, you’ll realize you’re at one of the most beautiful venues anywhere and will soon be calling yourself a Prairie Dogger!![]() ![]() ![]() or by calling 800-732-1673. Like our Facebook page and watch to win free tickets to the Fest! ![]() ![]() |
Lodging: If you’re thinking about a motel, you need to book now and tell them that you are coming in for the blues fest, just in case we are blocking a room that they are not telling you about. You can even camp right at the fest grounds! Complete area lodging and camping information is available on our website. We hope to see you at the Fest! Tickets: You can order tickets online on May 15 or over the phone after June 15 at 1-608-326-0085. The handling and processing cost is lower through our online shopping cart vs. by telephone. Tickets are $40 for one day and $75 for both days. Advance ticket pricing good through July 15. Orders placed July 16-22 will not be mailed, and will be waiting at the Will Call gate. No online or phone ordering after July 22. Tickets will be available at the gate.Venue and Directions: The Festival is held on historic St. Feriole Island, right on the Mississippi River. Click here for detailed information on how to get to the Prairie Dog Blues Festival via automobile.Information: For additional information about accommodations or about the city of Prairie du Chien call 1-800-732-1673 or visit prairieduchien.org | Thursday, July 27th, 2023 – FREE KICK-OFF PARTY2 Bands – 6 hours of free live music! High Mileage & Kris Lager Band Free Thursday night Kick-Off Party! The party will start at 5:00pm and run until midnight featuring High Mileage & The Kris Lager Band on alternating stages, so music all-night long and its free! Did I mention this is a free night, no ticket required! If you are camping, you can still camp for free Thursday night! We are advertising our camping now as a 3-day campsite, but if someone just wants to come for Thursday and try out the fest, they can still camp for free. Now if they choose to leave, we’re guessing they’re either cheap or just crazy! Neither one is a crime, so all good! Shuttle service will be running to all hotels in Prairie du Chien & Marquette/McGregor, IA. Absolutely no carry-ins of food or drink. All food vendors and non-food vendors will be set-up and open for business at 5pm. Plenty of beer, pop, water, alligator, barbeque, etc. so you shouldn’t leave hungry!High Mileage has dedicated itself to reproducing rock from the 1980’s, 1990’s, and 2000’s (…throwing in some country and modern pop) as well as thrilling audiences all over the midwest with the best songs built around strong vocal harmonies, instantly recognizable melodies, and irresistible dance songs. High Mileage takes their cues from artists like Bon Jovi, Journey, Bryan Adams to Queen, Luke Bryan and AC/DC (to name a few). A High Mileage show is always a guaranteed good time, filled with high energy, crowd-pleasing performances that get everyone up on their feet and dancing! Kris Lager has become an underground cult hero of sorts. An uncompromising musician and charismatic performer who has cultivated a grassroots following and a career spanning over two decades. He has developed a unique ‘Celebrate Life’ message and mantra that emanates with every performance. A message that creates a congregation of dancing, singing, and clapping people with smiles on their faces everywhere he goes. He has fused together his passion for blues, soul, funk, zydeco, country, and almost every other ‘American Roots Music’ into a contemporary and refreshing musical gumbo full of soul and spiritually uplifting rhythms and melodies. Many people are calling him one of the finest songwriters, performers, and guitarists of his generation and for good reason too. Kris Lager’s gravely voice and stirring lyrics combine the realness and authenticity of the blues with a keen sense of the human condition. A Lincoln native based out of Omaha, Nebraska, Kris and his band have built a reputation as a hardworking Independent band refusing to play by industry rules or pander for awards and accolades. They just hit the road and the stage with an intense purpose of expressing themselves through uplifting music while engaging and respecting their audiences. Friday, July 28th, 2023Tullie Brae 5:30pm ![]() Not only are Tullie’s influences steeped in Gospel music, while traveling and performing she was introduced to the many sounds and forms of different genres of music. Her Gospel roots naturally segued her into the Blues where you can still hear and feel the hints of Soul along with her grit of Rock. Tullie’s self-penned original material ranges from Delta Blues to Rock infused Contemporary Blues music that tells the stories of love, happiness, heartbreak, pain and life experiences. She has powerful vocals, impeccable stage presence and engages with her audience from the time she steps on stage until the last note is played. John Primer 7:30pm ![]() He got his start at Maxwell Street playing for tips with Pat Rushing’s band, then getting hired at the famous Theresa’s Lounge as a lead guitarist for the great Junior Wells and Sammy Lawhorn. He was taught here by all the legendary bluesmen. From here he was noticed by Willie Dixon. After going on tour with Willie, Muddy Waters noticed him and took John as his bandleader fulfilling his lifelong dream! After Muddy’s untimely death John went to work with Magic Slim as a Teardrop for the next 13 years. John was signed by Atlantic Records in 1995 and went out independently with his own Real Deal Blues Band. He has his own Blues House Productions record label and tours all over the world. He is truly one of the very last real deal, traditional, bluesmen alive today! John Primer is a Blues Hall of Fame Artist with 2 Grammy Award Nominations. He won numerous awards including 2 Lifetime Achievement Awards, 3 Blues Music Awards and a Jus Blues Award for being a Blues Icon. Victor Wainwright & The Train 9:30pm ![]() Among his numerous accolades: Wainwright has won six total Blues Music Awards, charted #1 on the Top 10 in the U.S. Billboard and was Nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY. A man of many talents, Wainwright is a composer, producer, vocalist, piano player and award-winning entertainer. A long-standing leader of the boogie-woogie pack, he could refer you to his BMA and long list of Blues Blast trophies, or a catalog that has repeatedly hijacked the Billboard Top 10. But rather than dine out on past glories, this questing artist would rather you joined him for the ride ahead. “Of course, I still play and write songs that are just about kicking ass and taking names,” he laughs. “But if you listen, what I’m really saying is, we got to get on the train and move forward with our love of roots music, together.” Though his career began over a decade ago with genuine rock n’ roll honky-tonk, Wainwright has broadened his artistic scope over the years to include music representing virtually every corner of the roots music world. His insatiable interest in music discovery, sheer love for entertaining and curiosity have led him all around the world, and the resulting perspective is a reflection of his passion for entertaining and creating progressive roots music in an effort to move the art-form forward. Victor Wainwright is a raucous high-octane, dynamic performer and crowd pleaser with soul to spare. Wainwright is a charging locomotive – surging forward, crashing through boundaries of genre, sweeping up fresh sounds and clattering headlong past the doubters. On this white-knuckle ride, only The Train could keep the music on the tracks. “I ended up with a hit-squad of downright amazing musicians that shared my curiosity for all corners of the roots genre. We wanted to capture how we feel performing, right smack-dab on the records we make, and I believe we’ve done that. Now I just try to keep up.” Kris Lager Band Under the Tent ![]() He has fused together his passion for blues, soul, funk, zydeco, country, and almost every other ‘American Roots Music’ into a contemporary and refreshing musical gumbo full of soul and spiritually uplifting rhythms and melodies. Many people are calling him one of the finest songwriters, performers, and guitarists of his generation and for good reason too. Kris Lager’s gravely voice and stirring lyrics combine the realness and authenticity of the blues with a keen sense of the human condition. A Lincoln native based out of Omaha, Nebraska, Kris and his band have built a reputation as a hardworking Independent band refusing to play by industry rules or pander for awards and accolades. They just hit the road and the stage with an intense purpose of expressing themselves through uplifting music while engaging and respecting their audiences. Saturday, July 29th, 2023Kyle Renfro 1:00pm ![]() 3:10pm ![]() Duwayne also began playing in his Dad’s band, Sound Machine Groove, where he further honed his skills as a guitarist and showman. He recorded for Hightone and Fat Possum Records with his father’s group before moving to Memphis, where he opened his own club, Burnside Kitchen and Grill, near Highway 61. He booked the music, cooked the food, sold the beer, and had his own band perform there on a weekly basis. In 1998, Duwayne traveled to Los Angeles to record his first album, Live at the Mint, as Duwayne Burnside & the Mississippi Mafia. After returning to Memphis, he decided to take a break from the bar business and settled back home in Holly Springs. In 2001, he joined the North Mississippi Allstars on-stage for the first time in Birmingham, Alabama, and that led to incessant touring with the band. He recorded with them on their third album, Polaris, and is featured on two of the group’s EP’s. In 2004, he opened another version of the Burnside Blues Cafe in Holly Springs and formed a new band that fused soul blues with hill country blues. His albums under his own name include Live at the Mint (1998) and Under Pressure (2005), both for B.C. Records. Burnside continues to tour, helping to keep the North County, Mississippi hill-style blues flourishing. Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys (Featuring Westside Andy) 5:20pm ![]() Nick Schnebelen 7:30pm ![]() 9:30pm ![]() Orphan Jon & The Abandoned Under the Tent ![]() |
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