Wade Westin Music Festival
Annual Wade Westin Music Festival features cast and band members of the Medora Musical plus talented musicians from cross North Dakota.
The festival pays tribute to the life of former Burning Hills Singer and previous host of the Medora Musical, Wade Westin.
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Sunday, September 1
Town Square Patio
FREE
Special Guests
Blair Edwards
12:00 pm
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Blair Edwards started singing in local churches and was later enrolled in dance class before he was 10 years old. After graduating from Baltimore School for the Arts for dance, he attended UARTS before starting his professional career as an artist and performer. He‘s trained with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theater of Harlem, Debbie Allen, and more. He looks forward to “The MEDORA Musical” as a new and exciting experience for Summer 2024!
Misti Koop
1:00 pm
Fan favorite and former Burning Hills Singer (2012, 2014-2019), our very own Grand Forks native, is back in Medora! Catch her at the Town Square Patio for the festival fun or at the Andrist Stage with her kid’s show Mistified.
Bridges Home
2:00 pm
Bridges Home is Tami Belzer-Gunter and Dave Gunter – dual lead vocalists and multi-instrumentalists, performing Americana, Celtic, Roots & Originals. They are sometimes joined by third member, Paul Gunter, on bass and vocals.
Felicity Jemo
3:00 pm
Felicity is so thrilled to spend her summer in beautiful Medora! Before moving to New York City, Felicity lived in Dayton, Ohio, and received her BFA in musical theatre from Kent State University in 2021. She’s been dancing for over 21 years, has sung in choirs, jazz groups, and cabarets, and also enjoys playing the piano and guitar! Some of Felicity’s favorite credits include Rock of Ages, Chicago, Shrek the Musical, and Anything Goes!
The Needmores
4:00 pm
Reoccurring guests from last year, John Lardinois and Brent Voigt, now hold down their own set! Brent’s “in-the-pocket” bass riffs and smoked honey vocals are the perfect palette for John’s fingerpicking, blazingly sweet, lead-guitar solos on whichever guitar he decides to play; acoustic, electric, or steel.
Misti Koop
5:00 pm
Fan favorite and former Burning Hills Singer (2012, 2014-2019), our very own Grand Forks native, is back in Medora! Catch her at the Town Square Patio for the festival fun or at the Andrist Stage with her kid’s show Mistified.
The Great American Folk Show
6:00 pm
Join Grand Forks native, Tom Brosseau to hear songs from the Great American Songbook with great stories sprinkled in. Tom comes from a working family with a musical background. His grandmother taught him the acoustic guitar while he was in grade school. Since then he has toured Japan, Canada, Portugal, Iceland, Australia; performed in bars, backyards and grand halls.
Bridges Home
8:00 pm
Bridges Home is Tami Belzer-Gunter and Dave Gunter – dual lead vocalists and multi-instrumentalists, performing Americana, Celtic, Roots & Originals. They are sometimes joined by third member, Paul Gunter, on bass and vocals.
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