If opening day of the Minnesota Yacht Club music festival is any indication of what the rest of the weekend will hold, the success of last year’s inaugural festival was no mere beginner’s luck. On a relatively cool Friday afternoon,

Hozier, Alabama Shakes, Train, Sheryl Crow and Father John Misty are some of the performers at the musical fest on Friday.

The last time Minneapolis musician Mike Kota played on the same stage as Hozier was in 2023, when she opened for the Irish singer-songwriter at a pop-up concert at First Avenue in Minneapolis. She played for a crowd of about 1,500 people.