To be honest, something’s on my mind as I write this. My weekend plans.
Within the next few days, I’m going to a show at The Black Sheep, seeing live music at Axe and the Oak during a Kentucky Derby party and more music at Front Range Barbecue.
A note from “future me”: It was a good weekend.
It sounds like a surreal dream from another time to say that live music can be part of my plans again. It’s just so exciting that there are this many options around town again.
And it seems like there’s going to be more options, like a brand-new blues festival in Colorado Springs.
Bayfront Blues Festival limiting tickets for 2021
COVID-19 forced festival organizers to cancel last year s event.
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The 32nd annual Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth is on for this summer.
After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of last year s event, festival organizers shared last week that the 2021 festival is now confirmed for Aug. 13-15. Several blues bands are slated to perform, including headliners The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tab Benoit and CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band.
Others scheduled to perform include Tommy Castro, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jack Knife and the Sharps, the Cole Allen Band, and Miss Myra and the Moonshiners.
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Janiva Magness will headline Octoberâs Blues on the Mesa, featuring Grammy winner Alvin Youngblood Hart and others. Paul Moore
Amy Whitesell and her husband George have been staples of the Colorado Springs blues community for nearly two decades. In 2003, Amy was one of the founders of the nonprofit
Pikes Peak Blues Community, which supports blues and American roots music along the Front Range. In 2006, she parted ways with them to start her own company with George, and thatâs when
A Music Company Inc. was born.
Since then, theyâve brought in tons of national touring blues artists such as
CLEARWATER â Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist Tab Benoit will perform with special guests The Whiskey Bayou Revue featuring Josh Garrett Saturday, May 8, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.
Tickets start at $35. Call 727-791-7400 or visit www.rutheckerdhall.com. Tickets are limited as this concert will be presented at 50% capacity.
Born in 1967, Benoit grew up in Houma, Louisiana. A Cajun man who knows his blues, he began playing guitar as a teen when he hung out at the Blues Box, a ramshackle music club and cultural center in Baton Rouge. Learning the ropes from guitarist and club owner Tabby Thomas, Benoit played alongside some high-profile regulars such as Raful Neal and Henry Gray.