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Annual Boats and Bluegrass Music Festival – The Winonan

  • October 1, 2025
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From Sep. 25-28, Prairie Island was filled with tents, campers, and music lovers. Staying for the day or the whole weekend, the annual Boats and Bluegrass Music Festival is a highlight in the local music scene in Winona. Welcoming artists from the Midwest and beyond the two-stage festival ensures that you can enjoy and see everyone that performed.  

Couple sat in a sea of lawn chairs and blankets placed on the ground to get a seat looking at the Riverside stage as Erik Koskinen plays. (Elly Herrick)
Set up at both stages were easels holding up painting of performers playing at the stage. The paintings were completed throughout the weekend. (Elly Herrick)
Audience members cheering in between songs during Erik Koskinen’s set (Elly Herrick)
Vocalist Lee Henke performs at Boats & Bluegrass playing the guitar and the banjo with his band The Last Revel on Sep. 26. (Elly Herrick)
Vincenzio Donatelle (left) on the fiddle and Ryan Krauss (right) on the upright bass from The Last Revel playing together on the Riverside stage on Sep. 26.
The Boats Saloon sat right next to the Sanborn Stage tent and saw many festival goers throughout the weekend.  (Elly Herrick)
From Chicken Wire Empire Vocalist and Banjo Player Jon Peik (on left) and Guitar player Starr Moss (right) play at Boats and Bluegrass on the Sanborn stage. (Elly Herrick)
High & Rising’s vocalist and upright bass player, Laura Farley, takes the stage on Sep. 25. The group is supported by Jym Farley playing acoustic guitar, Ben Rohde playing percussion, and Harrison Olk playing the Banjo. (Elly Herrick)
Playing with The Last Revel on the Riverside stage. (Elly Herrick)
Drummer from Texas Toast, Ryan Amble, plays during Boats & Bluegrass on Sep. 26. (Elly Herrick)
Keys player and vocalist, Dante DeGrazia, plays with Texas Toast during Boats & Bluegrass on Sep. 26. (Elly Herrick)
Bass player and vocalist, Sam Wilson, from Mountain Grass Unit plays at Boats & Bluegrass on Sep. 26 at the Riverside stage. (Elly Herrick)
Crowd from Mountain Grass Unit on Sep. 26. (Elly Herrick)
Evin Haukos on the fiddle plays supporting Maygen & the Birdwatcher. (Elly Herrick)
Mandolin player and vocalist, Drury Anderson, from Mountain Grass Unit performing at Boats & Bluegrass on Sep. 26. (Elly Herrick)
Vocalist Maygen Lacey from Maygen & the Birdwatcher playing at the Sanborn stage at Boats & Bluegrass on Sep. 25 with Noah Neumann. (Elly Herrick)
From Kirkwood Hollow, MN, the Roe Family Singers, perform at Boats & Bluegrass on Thurs. Night Sep. 25, at the Sanborn Stage. The group is led by husband and wife, Quillan Roe (not pictured) and Kim Roe (on left). (Elly Herrick)
All members Chicken Wire Empire lean into the microphone singing their specific key creating a harmony at the Sanborn stage on Sep. 26. (Elly Herrick)

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