Tampa Bay Blues Festival

The Tampa Bay Blues Festival is an annual blues festival that has been held in St. Petersburg , Florida since 1995 and is attended by blues fans from all over the world. It takes place in the spring at Vinoy Waterfront Park, a park in downtown St Petersburg. The festival spans a range from bluegrass to country blues to Chicago blues. The festival was founded by Chuck Ross, who still produces it today.

In 2011 it received the Blues Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award . In its justification, the Foundation states that the festival has always attached great importance to the fact that, in addition to the big acts, roots music is also represented, making it accessible to a larger audience.

2011 festival

In 2011 the festival will take place from April 8th to 10th.

Artist

• April 8, 2011
  • Mike Zito
  • Michael Burks
  • Janiva Magness
  • Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers
  • Robert Cray Band
• April 9, 2011
  • The Lee Boys
  • Curtis Salgado
  • Tommy Castro
  • James Hunter
  • Johnny Lang
• April 10, 2011
  • Eric Lindell
  • Jon Cleary
  • Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
  • Irma Thomas
  • Tab Benoit and The Voice of the Wetlands All Star

Artists at previous festivals

Reba Russel, Sonny Landreth , Joe Louis Walker , Shemekia Copeland , Lucky Peterson , Walter Trout , Robben Ford , Buddy Guy & Double Trouble , Little Feat , Jerry Lee Lewis , Tutu Jones, Roy Rogers, Delbert McClinton , Irma Thomas , Darrell Nulisch , Bernard Allison , Coco Montoya , Otis Clay, Jimmie Vaughan , Kenny Wayne Shepherd , JJ Gray & Mofro , Bettye Lavette, Lil 'Ed and The Blues Imperials , Magic Slim , Joe Louis Walker, Renee Austin, Chris Duarte, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Carl Weathersby, Sam Myers, Anson Funderburgh , Susan Tedeschi , Marcia Ball

Web links

• Tampa Bay Blues Festival 2004 photos by Gary W. Miller

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Homepage Tampa Bay Blues Festival
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3. ^ Blues Foundation
4. ↑ Google search