5th annual Shipyard Music Festival at Century Casino Cape Girardeau 2023

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Photos and words by Kyrié Padberg

The 5th annual Shipyard Music Festival was at Century Casino in downtown Cape Girardeau on Sept. 22-23. The Cape Girardeau community came together to create an event for all ages with music everyone could dance to.

Drew Holcomb, lead singer of Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors takes the last performance of the Shipyard Music Festival. Holcomb was originally a solo artist but in 2006 the band formed because all the band members lived in the same area. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Anna Zembsch and her friend watched The Local Honeys perform on the main stage at Shipyard Music Festival. (Photo By Kyrie Padberg)
Seratones lead vocals and guitarist AJ Haynews performed with her band on the main stage at the Shipyard Music Festival. The band met each other through attending different punk rocks shows around Louisiana in 2013. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Lead singer Dawon Hollow performed on Scout Stage on Thursday, Sept. 22 with his four other siblings. The Indie-Folk-Rock band started in 2016 but have been making music since 2001. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Fans rock out to ending performance by The Infamous Stringdusters, who are an acoustic/bluegrass band. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Founding member of The Infamous Stringdusters Andy Hall playing the dobro instrument with his band on the main stage at Shipyard Music Festival. The band has won many awards including a 'Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Mom and son cheer for a performance by The Jumper Cables, a local Cape Girardeau band. The trio played 'You've got a friend in me' by Randy Newman, and dedicated it to the children who were in attendance at the Shipyard Music Festival. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
FEEL Vocalist Garrett Barcus sings on the closing performance on the Scout Stage on Saturday, Sept. 23. FEEL is a four member rock band from St. Louis. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Hembree Guitarist Alex Ward performed on the main stage with his band members at the Shipyard Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23. Hembree is a band from Kansas City, Missouri but is currently located in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Juliana Pearson (LEFT), Madison Diehl (MIDDLE) and Zoe Mathews (RIGHT) were busting out the moves for the band Hembree. This is the second year they have attended Shipyard Music Festival and plan on continuing the tradition. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Fans in the front row reach out towards the band Ax and the Hatchetman on the main stage on Saturday, Sept. 23. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Ax and the Hatchetmen co-lead vocals and guitar Axel Ellis sings on the main stage at the Shipyard Music Festival. Az and the Hatchetman was formed in 2018 and is from Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Ax and the Hatchetmen vocals and guitar Sal Defilippis looks out to the crowd from the main stage on Saturday, Sept. 23. The band is a seven-member band who are a group of lifelong friends. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Shaun Munday performed vocals and base on the Scout Stage at the Shipyard Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23. Munday has the ability to play multiple instruments including the drums, guitar, keyboard and base. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
Southern Avenue harmony vocalist and classically trained tambourinist Ava Jackson performed on the stage with her family. Jackson is the sister to the lead singer, Tiernii Jackson. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
In the Pines band was the opener performance on the main stage at the Shipyard Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)
National Park Radio Stefan Szabo performed with his wife, Kerrie Szabo at the Scout Stage on Friday, Sept. 22. The husband/wife duo have been songwriting and singing since 2012 with an original indie-folk type music. (Photo by Kyrie Padberg)