MAYOR BUDDY DYER BRINGS BACK THE BLUES
Free Blues Music, Barbeque and Fun!
The City of Orlando’s Blues B-Q has quickly become one of Orlando’s most original events. Injecting the blues genre into the Downtown culture, this FREE blues festival has attracted music fans from across the state.
Mayor Buddy Dyer is proud to announce that John Mayall, with special guest Shemekia Copeland, will headline this year’s Blues B-Q. John Mayall, known as “The Godfather of British Blues”, is a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has been influential in the careers of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Peter Green, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor and Don "Sugarcane" Harris. Shemekia Copeland is a GRAMMY nominated blues singer and released her latest album, Never Going Back, in February 2009.
Also playing at this year’s event will be The Legendary JC’s and The Kevin Maines Band.
Blues B-Q is one of the City of Orlando’s four signature events and features national and local blues acts as well as Orlando’s finest mouth-watering barbeque available for purchase. Now in its fourth year, Blues B-Q boasts previous headline acts such as GRAMMY Award winning artists Buddy Guy, The Robert Cray Band, Jonny Lang and Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor.
WHO:
John Mayall
Shemekia Copeland
The Legendary JC’s
The Kevin Maines Band
WHEN:
Saturday, February 20, 2010
2:00 to 10:00 p.m.
WHERE:
City Hall Plaza
400 S. Orange Avenue (Corner of Orange Avenue and South Street)
PARKING: For parking information, please visit cityoforlando.net/bluesbq
The free LYMMO Circulator is recommended for Downtown residents and attendees parking at the Orange County Library Garage (located at 112 E. Pine St.)
For information on LYMMO stops, please visit http://www.golynx.com/.
Press Contacts:
Heather Allebaugh (407) 246-3423
On-site April Reynolds (407) 956-0431
Posted by:
Jazz & Blues Florida
www.jazzbluesflorida.com
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