High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Da Yoopers is a traveling comedy show and musical group from Ishpeming, Mich. They are known primarily for their humorous songs and skits, most of which center around life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The band`s name includes the term "Yooper," slang for residents of Michigan`s Upper Peninsula, and the use of "da" instead of "the" is typical of the Yooper dialect.