JazzFest at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls attracted tens of thousands of fans over two nights in July with acts like blues rockers the Fabulous Thunderbirds, zydeco great Terrance Simien and saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Newton Hills State Park near Canton hosts a folk festival the first weekend of August and for the past few years has scheduled a series of acoustic concerts throughout the summer. The Old Courthouse Museum's free winter and summer concert series have proven exceptionally popular. The Mondays at McKennan summer concert series at McKennan Park is also doing well. About the only uncertainty surrounding the Sioux Falls music scene these days are club shows.
Local bands complain they have no place to play.
Clubs like Jamz, Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse and Skelly's thrive with a regular mix of recorded music and occasional live bands. Bucks used to be Sioux Falls' premier country-dance club, and it still is. But it's more than that. Top 40 Tuesday is huge so big that most competitors don't even try to put anything up against it. Bucks also has done an exceptional job of scheduling occasional outdoor concerts.