Glensheen launches 11th annual Concerts on the Pier in Duluth
Glensheen opened its free pier concert series with The Harlow Pennies and Danny Frank & the Smoky Gold, drawing a Wednesday crowd to the Lake Superior shoreline.
Glensheen opened its 11th annual Concerts on the Pier season Wednesday with The Harlow Pennies and Danny Frank & the Smoky Gold, starting another nine-week run of free music at the historic estate on Lake Superior. The concert series runs Wednesdays from July 1 through Aug. 26 at Glensheen Mansion, 3300 London Road in Duluth.
Opening acts play from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., then headliners take over from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Glensheen’s 2026 lineup also includes Slope City, Water Cat, Joyann Parker, Clayton Ryan, Sydney Hansen, The Roadside Lupines, Maria & the Coins, Dead End Friends, Lazerbeak, Little Fevers, Climes, Skarlett Woods, Brothers Burn Mountain, Long Sleeves, Adam & The Dynamite Club and Squid City Slingers.
Glensheen’s 12-acre estate includes a 39-room mansion, gardens, a boathouse and a remaining 30-foot pier that serves as the summer main stage. Concertgoers arrive by car, foot or watercraft, and the event is open to all ages. Food and beverages are available for purchase, and a free shuttle runs between the University of Minnesota Duluth campus and the estate for each concert, with parking at UMD free and a suggested donation for the bus.
Glensheen’s sponsorship page puts the nine-week run at more than 13,500 friends and supporters who attend the weekly event, and the first full pier lineup was in 2015. Crowd counts climbed from about 200 to 300 people in 2014 to 1,700 at the final concert of 2016, and a later Facebook post thanked more than 1,600 people for coming to a Concerts on the Pier night.
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