Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: August Blues Festival


Related Topics

In the News (Fri 18 Dec 09)

  
  TBH, Blues Festivals, Blues Societies
Blues By The Bay In The Tawases 2003.
Malmoe-Copenhagen Blues Connexion In Malmoe and Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stichting Rhythm & Blues Breda In the Netherlands with regional blues news.
www.thebluehighway.com /links6.html   (681 words)

  
 11th Annual Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival, Roots Music, Concerts and Musicians - Maple Ridge Jazz and Blues ...
The Maple Ridge Jazz and Blues Festival Society is a registered
Prizes can be claimed by calling the festival’s office at 604-466-9808 and will be held for 90 days.
The Maple Ridge Jazz and Blues Festival Society is a registered non-profit society promoting Jazz, Blues and Roots Music and Musicians.
www.jazzblues.ca   (288 words)

  
 elyblues.com - Home
The Boundary Waters Blues Festival wants you to
Drawing August 25, 2007 - Need not be present to win.
Sponsored by Boundary Waters Blues Festival Inc. permit number by request
www.elyblues.com   (308 words)

  
  Kentucky Lake Explorations - Kenlake's Hot August Blues Festival
An annual tradition at Kentucky Lake, the Hot August Blues Festival was the largest-ever this year.
Featuring over a dozen artists, the festival spanned three days and drew a record-setting 8,000 people.
The artists included Michael Hill and the Blues Mob, Big Mike Griffin and the Unknown Blues Band, Blue Mother Tupelo, Billy Blues, Rubber Soul, Lew Jetton and 61 South, Sacred Blue, Johnny Jones, Mr.
www.explorekentuckylake.com /explorations/2002Blues/blues.htm   (144 words)

  
  August Blues Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The August Blues Festival (originally called Augustibluus) is a blues music festival in Haapsalu.
The festival takes place inside the walls of Haapsalu Castle and since its inception in 1993 has become the biggest blues festival in Estonia.
Besides hosting Estonian blues musicians, there have been guests from Finland, Sweden and the United States of America, including Jimmie 'Bluesman' Lawson from Oklahoma.
www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/au/August%20Blues%20Festival.htm   (94 words)

  
 Hot August Blues Fest
The forecast was for rain, but we lucked out with only a few showers and by about 5:30, the sky was showing blue and “Sonny”.
Hell at home was awesome, he really started bouncing and wailing on his guitar on that one, and it seemed he started to turn it up a notch after that.
Sonny was glancing out at the front of the crowd and singing about “the dog wagging his tail” when he saw some Krewe members waving their outstretched arms like the tails of a dog.
www.sonnylandrethfan.com /sonnypages/hotaugust.html   (851 words)

  
  Blues On Stage - Bayfront Blues Festival 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
But the founders of the festival, Chris Mackey, Tracy Lundeen, Chuck Poet and Steve Grazier must of had a prescient moment because from that inauspicious beginning ten years ago the Bayfront Blues Festival has grown into one of the premier blues festivals in the country.
One of the main reasons for a blues festival being held here rather than the larger metropolitan area of Minneapolis or St. Paul is the fact that the entire town gets behind this event.
The Bayfront Blues Saloon in Superior was host to many of the daily performers including Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards, Anson Funderburgh, Eddy Clearwater, The Busters, Shawn Pittman, The Delta Resonators, Lavelle White and Susan Tedeschi.
www.mnblues.com /review/bayfront98.html   (1182 words)

  
 August Blues Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
On warm August evenings and even hotter nights, blues has been played inside the walls of Haapsalu Castle since 1993.
Over the years, almost all the best blues players and bands from Estonia have appeared at the festival: Ultima Thule & Tõnis Mägi, Compromise Blue, Saxap-peal Band & Siiri Sisask, Rein Rannap, La'Ment & Dave Benton, Hedvig Hanson, Peeter Volkonski, Sass Müller, and Gunnar Graps, to name but a few.
In addition,the 1998 festival introduced the first American Car Convention in Estonia.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/au/august_blues_festival.html   (190 words)

  
 Pocono Blues Festival Live Review
No wonder it is known as the 'blues lover's blues festival.' Unfortunately, the price of food and drink was ridiculous and coolers aren't allowed into the grounds.
He is totally committed to the blues as evidenced by being on the board of directors for the Blues Foundation and the Blues Music Association.
Billy was so dissatisfied with the stage conditions he announced, 'this is a typical blues festival, everything on the stage is messed up but we are trying hard'.
www.mnblues.com /review/2001/poconobluesfestival2001th.html   (2725 words)

  
 Madison Blues Festival 2000 Live Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
On August 25 & 26 each of these performers were on the third annual Madison Blues Festival 2000 billing.
B.B.'s entrance was greeted with awe and enthusiasm by a crowd that was riveted to the 74-year-old legend of the blues as he caressed his guitar Lucille.
If the organizers of this festival can ever match this line-up and learns from some of the idiosyncrasies that an outdoor feast can present, this annual event will become a late summer standard for fans of Blues from further reaches each year.
www.mnblues.com /review/mbf2000sw8-00.html   (811 words)

  
 August Blues Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The August Blues Festival (originally called Augustibluus) is a blues music festival in Haapsalu, Estonia.
The festival takes place inside the walls of Haapsalu Castle and since its inception in 1993 has become the biggest blues festival in Estonia.
Besides hosting Estonian blues musicians, there have been guests from Finland, Sweden and the United States of America, including Jimmie "Bluesman" Lawson from Oklahoma.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/August_Blues_Festival   (115 words)

  
 Notodden Blues Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notodden Blues Festival (NBF) is one of the largest blues music festivals in Europe and the largest in Scandinavia.
The festival is held in Notodden Norway, usually in early August.
In 1988, thirteen local blues enthusiasts gave their personal guarantee to the bank and were granted a cash credit, and the first Notodden Blues Festival became a reality.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Notodden_Blues_Festival   (312 words)

  
 Excite Deutschland - Arts - Music - Styles - B - Blues - Festivals
Blues festival in Binkom - Lubbeek (Oktober) Website offers general festival information such as lineup, schedule, tickets, sponsors, volunteers and location.
Annapolis, MD. (May) Website offers festival information, musical line up, tickets and VIP information, benefiting charities, venue directions and accommodations, sponsorship opportunities and an archive of years gone by.
Giethoorn (August) Annual festival in the Venice of the North.
www.excite.de /directory/Arts/Music/Styles/Blues/Festivals   (1128 words)

  
 Yank Rachell Memorial Blues Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Blues Inc. presents the 2nd Annual Yank Rachell Memorial Blues Festival, Saturday, August 28th, 1999, 3 —11 PM on the scenic Canal Walk in downtown Indianapolis at the St. Clair Street Bridge.
The festival is held annually on the last weekend in August to honor the memory of Yank Rachell, who passed away at his Indianapolis home on April 9th, 1997.
Its purpose is to preserve the rich heritage of Indiana's beloved blues mandolin man, composer, lyricist, and recipient of Indiana's highest citizen award, "Sagamore Of The Wabash".
www.bluesworld.com /Yankfest.html   (280 words)

  
 WTMD
The festival brings great music to the area and helps out some great causes like Common Ground on the Hill, the Baltimore Blues Society, and the Brianna Terry Trust.
WTMD is very excited to be apart of the Hot August Blues Festival for the third year in a row.
To get us ready for the day of blues music WTMD will be counting down the greatest blues artist of all time.
www.wtmd.org /bluesvote/bluesvote.htm   (279 words)

  
 Onset Summer Events
What's new this year are the 'Blues in the Evening' shows at venues throughout the village.
Blues Train with Jack Jennings at Salerno's 9:00 p.m.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the amphitheater gate for an all day pass including all the evening shows.
www.onsetvillage.com /events.html   (305 words)

  
 Lebanon Blues Festival
The Red Hot Blues Band is opening for the 2006 Lebanon Blues Festival!
Long-time fan and student of the blues, Gene Jestice leads this group of talented musicians through acoustic Delta, Country and Piedemont blues.
Powerful vocals from II Juicy and strong backup from her experienced band make this group a real festival favorite.
www.lebanonbluesfestival.com /bands.html   (449 words)

  
 St. Helens American Music Festival
The year’s St. Helens Music Festival (alias Blues Festival) will be held on Saturday, August 14th and Sunday, August 15th, from 11 am until 11:30 pm at Columbia View Park located on the Columbia River in St. Helens’ Historical Old Towne.
Workshops will be held by local Blues artist David Moore, and regional bands, and they will donate their time at the Tea House Ballroom, located on 1st Street, both days.
And on the Ballroom Stage, performing at this year’s Festival will be Ben Rice and the Youth Of Blues, KC Murphy Band, Aric Riley and Kathy Angel, Bad Mother Trucker, John Brown and a Blues piano workshop hosted by David Moore.
www.cascadeblues.org /Specials/2004-08/0408-st_helens_fest.htm   (526 words)

  
 Festival Links
Butterfield and Musselwhite will probably be forever linked as the two most interesting, arguably most important, products of the "blues movement" of the mid-to-late '60s — not only because they were near the forefront logistically, but because they each stand out as being especially faithful to the style.
Hagerman IDEA, Inc's 4th annual "Blues in the Park" is scheduled for September 9, 2006 at Billingsley Creek State Park, 1/4 mile north of Hagerman, Idaho.
Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival – a totally free 5 day Blues music festival which is renowned for nurturing Australian Blues talent and this year will feature ‘local’ leading blues acts including Psycho Zydeco, Chubby Rae and The Elevators, Renee Geyer and Andy Cowan, just to name a few.
www.boiseblues.org /FestivalLinks.htm   (1004 words)

  
 8th Annual Mohican Blues Festival
In the case of no entirely correct or of incomplete returns, the one with the most correct answers returned by the closing date of Friday August 11th wins first.
The answers to the questions can be found on the websites of our participating sponsors and on the websites of the performers of the 2006 Mohican Blues Festival.
Prizes: Tickets to the 2006 Mohican Blues Festival (August 19th), an indescribable Coors Light Guitar CD Player, two free guitar or drum lessons from K&K Drum n Strum, Joe Bonamassa items CDs, DVD, &/or Joe’s vintage guitar calendar.
www.bluesinvasion.com /contest_rules.html   (434 words)

  
 August Blues Festival at Directory Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Mississippi's got the blues: in the cradle of the blues, new museums and clubs join annual festivals to foster a blues r
Mixing it up at Spoleto: annual festival shaping up to be one of the most diverse events on the arts calendar
The 2006 Cowpie Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, August 12th.
www.wpc2002.com /august-blues-festival.htm   (286 words)

  
 Notodden Blues Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Blues gave birth to Rock music and the Notodden Blues Festival has been working actively to set a focus on this fact.
Together with the United Nations and their Millennium Development Goals the Notodden Blues Festival is proud to present for the first time in Norway, Tinariwen.
Every year the audience is given a chance to meet some of the greatest Blues artists, in close quarters, at the festival’s Workshops.
www.bluesfest.no /english/arkiv/nyhetsarkiv/1113844351   (879 words)

  
 Kenlake's Hot August Blues Festival - KyFestivals.com
Well-known blues groups and artists, concessions & more.
make every effort to verify the accuracy of this data, we cannot guarantee festival information, as it is gathered and verified from multiple sources.
We welcome all corrections, updates, and new festival listings.
www.kyfestivals.com /details.php?id=115   (70 words)

  
 Humboldt Folklife Society, Blue Lake Blues Series
The Blue Lake Blues Series, a non-profit, volunteer group, is the blues music element of the Humboldt Folklife Society.
Our flagship event is the Buddy Brown Blues Festival (previously the Blue Lake Blues Festival) named in memory of our first headliner and local blues favorite, Buddy Brown, who passed away last year.
The Blue Festival is the premiere showcase for local blues talent in Humboldt County and was wildly successful in its first year, raising much-needed funds for the SAFE Program (Safe Access For Everyone), a wheelchair ramp construction program for low-income residents of Humboldt County.
www.rcaa.org /housing/blues/photos/index.html   (462 words)

  
 Pollstar -- The Concert Hotwire
The Bellamy Brothers sing of angels and outlaws during an August 26, 2004, concert at the Hawthorne Street Boat Ramp in Dubuque, Iowa.
Alex Kapranos leaps several feet in the air, possibly to avoid flying mud, during Franz Ferdinand's performance on the main stage of the Carling Reading Festival in England August 28, 2004.
Shemekia Copeland stuns blues lovers wither her powerful pipes August 6, 2004, at San Diego's B.B. King Blues Festival at Humphrey's By The Bay.
www.pollstar.com /news/viewphoto.pl?Mode=Thumb&Artist=LA&Page=24&List=&PhotoID=   (596 words)

  
 Blues Clubs Worlwide. Blues Festivals
A key focus of the Society is educating the public by spotlighting the Blues' influence and impact on our history, society and popular culture.
The mission of the Ozark Blues Society is to foster the development in the community of an appreciation of all types of blues music by promoting and producing meetings, lectures, seminars, concerts, musical productions and entertainment involving the blues.
The Annual Delta Blues Festival on the San Joaquin Delta, in Antioch CA.
www.blues-clubs-worldwide.com /docs/festivals01.htm   (666 words)

  
 The Legendary Luther Allison Memorial Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Saturday August 12th, 2006 - RiverFront Park - East Peoria, IL The Luther Allison Memorial Blues Fest is being produced by the River City Blues Society to honor BLUES LEGEND Luther Allison and to feature other Central Illinois blues artists.
Luther Allison was one of the world's most talented and respected blues guitarists.
Not many people knew he spent many years in central Illinois as he struggled to make it to the top of the blues ladder.
www.rivercityblues.com /luther.htm   (86 words)

  
 August News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne can be seen at the Mont Tremblant Blues Festival August 1-3, the Silver Dollar Room August 9, at Hamilton's Festival of Friends August 8-10, and as a special guest with the Maureen Brown Band at the Ploughman, August 7.
Blues Brothers invade Toronto: Blues Brothers sightings are being reported all over town for the last couple of weeks.
Blues in Kingston: The First Annual Limestone City Blues Festival happens August 21-23 in Kingston, Ontario, hosting both indoor and outdoor shows, centering around a Market Square performance by Colin James and Colin Linden.
www.torontobluessociety.com /9708lbn.htm   (1937 words)

  
 Blues Book Online - Toronto Blues Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Blues festival on the beach in Port Burwell Sept 3, 2005 Non Profit charity event for local stream restoration.
The Nanaimo Blues Festival Society is proud to present the 2nd annual "Summertime Blues!" We are featuring acts on both weekend days throughout August 2006.
A 3 day outdoor family musical event celebrating the history, heritage and tradition of Rhythm and Blues Music nestled in the foothills of the beautiful cascades Mountains that happens the 3rd weekend of July every year and is just a few hours from Canada.
www.torontobluessociety.com /bluesbook/festivals.htm   (949 words)

  
 Fargo Blues Fest Home page
The Fargo Blues Festival is a 2-day, 12-band blues explosion that features worldclass bands, great food, and plenty of ice cold brews.
The Blues Fest has received national exposure and has been recognized as one of the best blues fests in the country.
Bootleggin™ the Blues contains eight songs performed by five of the bands that delivered soul-infused, guitar-drenched, horn-blowing, vocal-chords-thumping, knee-jerking and hip-swaying blues at the 10th Annual Fargo Blues Festival.
www.homestead.com /fargobluesfest   (592 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.