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Lakeside Guitar Festival is a free outdoor music festival set at the Historic Como Lakeside Pavilion, a lakefront community arts oasis in Saint Paul. LGF is run by community-conscious musicians and presents a diverse lineup of local and international acts across musical genres, focusing on encouraging new artistic collaboration and highlighting the world class small business and arts communities of Saint Paul. Previous headliners have included Keb Mo, Sunny War, and Steve Cropper performing alongside Minnesota greats.LGF 2024 returns to Saint Paul, featuring Jamaaladeen Tacuma, one of the world’s great creative bass players as Saturday headliner as well as innovative guitarist Ava Mendoza.
Yohannes Tona presents 'Made In Abyssinia', an Ethio-Jazz project featuring a small ensemble playing Ethiopian traditional music with a blend of funk and jazz on Friday night, both at the Como Lakeside Pavilion and both FREE.
With 15 acts across 3 stages, a vendor village, a Minnesota legend Al Sparhawk will host a collaboration “stage” Saturday with other luminaries. Community activities from a pedal swap to bike and walk paths, LGF 2023 offers fun for the whole family of music lovers. Saturday August 12th closes with Minnesota’s Last Waltz (ticketed) at the Como Lakeside Pavilion.
She Rock She Rock will host this year's “Strum Along Sing A Song”. All levels are invited to create this giant community strum along! Bring your guitar and strum along to a couple songs or chords alongside your fellow humans. Sing along! ( any stringed instrument accepted even air guitars! )
This activity is funded, in part, by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Como Lakeside Pavilion 1360 Lexington Pkwy N, St Paul 55103, Lake Como, 1360 Lexington Pkwy N, St Paul, MN 55103, United States,Saint Paul, Minnesota
