Events : USA : FL : Bonita Springs : Bonita Blues Festival
Events : USA : FL : Bonita Springs : Bonita Blues Festival
When : Friday March 8th & 9th, 2013
Where : Old US-41, Bonita Springs, Florida (Riverside Park)
Time : 11:30am-9:30pm
Phone : (512) 467-7979
Price : TBD
We are happy to announce that we are close to having our
line up set for the 2013 show and we hope everyone who came in 2012 can make it
back this year and bring one new comer with you.
If you live locally or will be visiting this weekend, one of
our local bands who will be playing for the first time for us in 2013 - Big
Buck and the Biscuit Boys - will be playing at the Lansdowne Street Block party
on 8-11-12.
Lansdowne Street is in Bonita at 24851 S. Tamiami Trail #7
Bonita Springs, FL 34134 (near the north intersection of 41 and Old 41). Come
on out for a day of music, a Pig roast and Big Buck around 8pm and help us get
revved up for some Blues.
In other news, the Bonita Blues Charitable Foundation would
like to announce the addition of two new committee members to our fantastic
committee that works together to put on the Bonita Blues Festival. The new
additions are Terry McDonald and Robert Morrison in the past if you had a beer
at the show it was Roberts hard work that keeps the beer cold and he has been
there for years helping to set up and tear down. Terry has been very
instrumental in all the behind the scenes work, the dirty work that people
don't think of and don't realize it is even going on. So we welcome them to our
Blues family.
Bonita Blues Festival Review By Special to Coastal Life : News Press
The Seventh Annual Bonita Blues Festival will be a two-day
musical event: Friday, March 8, gates opening at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday, March
9, gates opening at 11 a.m. at Riverside Park in downtown Bonita Springs. Both
days will feature award-winning blues artists from around the country and a
wide variety of food and other vendors. Friday will include “happy hour” prices
on beer and wine from 1:30 to 5 p.m..
Proceeds of the Bonita Blues Festival will benefit the
Bonita Springs Assistance Office, Music for Minors Foundation Inc., providing
musical instruments to local youth and the Children’s Hospital of Southwest
Florida for the benefit of the Music Therapy Program.
The national blues bands set to perform on Friday are
legendary Jimmy Thackery, Southern Hospitality featuring JP Soars, Damon Fowler
and Victor Wainwright and The Reba Russell Band. The local favorites starting
the show on Friday will be Big Buck & the Biscuit Boys and The Certified
Band.
The national blues bands performing on Saturday are
Chicago’s favorite, Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials, Lil Ronnie & the Grand
Dukes, Biscuit Miller & the Mix and Skyla Burrell. The local favorites
starting the show Saturday are The Juice Blues Band, Deb & The Dynamics and
the Cracker Blues Band.
Tickets to the festival are just $30 in advance for a
weekend pass. Ticket prices at the gate are $20 for Friday, $25 for Saturday
and $40 for the weekend. For additional information and to purchase tickets,
visit www.bonitablues.com.
2013 Line Up
Certified Band | Big Buck & the Biscuit Boys | Reba
Russell Band | Southern Hospitality | Jimmy Thackery | Cracker Blues Band | Deb
& the Dynamics | The Juice | Skyla Burrell | Biscuit Miller & the Mix |
Lil Ronnie & the Grand Dukes | Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials
Contact Bonita Blues Festival
Address Old US-41, Bonita Springs, Florida | Phone (512)
467-7979
Contact News-Press
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