Bradenton Blues Festival

🎤Only 9 days until the 2023 Bradenton Blues Festival 🎸
We hope to see you December 1-2 at the Riverwalk for the 12th annual Blues Fest!

If you don't have your tickets yet, get them here: https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

Kindly note that ticket prices will increase the day of the event.

Saturday night of the Bradenton Blues Fest will close with the award winning band, Rick Estrin and The Nightcats 🎤

The band will be joined by talented American Sign Language interpreters so that everyone is included in the musical fun!

Get your tickets here 🎟 https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

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Mattison's Riverwalk Grille will feature Damon Fowler at the annual Blues Brunch on Sunday, December 3rd 🥂

This year, the Blues Brunch will have a cover charge of $10 which includes a Blues drink and then you will order from Mattison's award winning menu.

This event is hosted by Mattison's Riverwalk Grille. Please contact them for tickets or questions.

🎤 Saturday morning at the Bradenton Blues Festival will be rocking with The Shaelyn Band!

Fronted by Shaelyn Mulberry, a singer and poet who can wail like Joyce Kennedy, charm like Aretha Franklin, and soliloquize like Erykah Badu. With their highly energized live show, The Shaelyn Band is poised to take on the music industry.

If you don't have your tickets yet, get them here 🎟 https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

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The Shaelyn Band - Good Time Soul/Blues/Rock

🎶Join us on Saturday, December 2nd for a James Cotton Tribute! The James Cotton Blues Band will take the stage with Mark Hummel playing and singing James’s role as front man.

Get your tickets to the Bradenton Blues Festival here 👉 https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

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Mark Hummel doing “The Creeper” at James Cotton Tribute December 9, 2018

Son of the Blues harp legend, Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell began sitting in at his father’s sessions from the time he could walk. He quickly came into his own as a talented and in-demand guitarist. See Lurrie at the Bradenton Blues Festival on Saturday, December 2 🎸

Get your tickets here 👉https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

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Lurrie Bell & His Chicago Blues Band - "Wine Headed Woman" @ Moulin Blues 2017 Lurrie Bell & His Chicago Blues Band (USA) performing "Wine Headed Woman" at the Moulin Blues Festival 2017 in Ospel, the Netherlands. Every year the first w...

🥁 Introducing.... the 2023 Bradenton Blues Fest poster art!

This year's art was was created by local artist Tim Jaeger, painter. Posters, t-shirts, and stickers with this amazing art will be available for sale at the festival.

🎟 If you don't have your Blues Fest tickets yet, get them now at:
https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

Chicago Blues living legend, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band will be at the Bradenton Blues Festival on Saturday, December 2 🎶

🎟Get your tickets now at BradentonBluesFestival.org. You don't want to miss these award winning performers!

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John Primer & The Real Deal Bluesband ❤️🇺🇸 Blues Alive Šumperk 2021

The second day of the Bradenton Blues Fest will kick off at 10 am on Saturday, December 2nd with Memphis Lightning ⚡️Their energetic performances will bring you back to the days when the Juke Joints were rockin’ and the Blues was King.

🎟 Get your tickets at BradentonBluesFestival.org

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Congratulations to the 2023 Bradenton Blues Festival performers who have been nominated for Blues Blast Music Awards!

Traditional Blues Album
John Primer – Hard Times

Live Blues Album
John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim

Blues Band Of The Year
Rick Estrin and The Nightcats

Male Blues Artist
John Primer

Electric Guitarist Of The Year
Kid Andersen (Rick Estrin & the Nightcats)

Percussionist Of The Year
Derrick D’Mar Martin (Rick Estrin & the Nightcats)

Be sure to get your tickets for the Bradenton Blues Fest 👉

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🎶 You are going to be soaring high when JP Soars Gypsy Blues R***e with Anne Harris close the first night of the Bradenton Blues Fest 🎶

The Bradenton Blues Festival will be rocking Friday, December 1 - Saturday, December 2 on the beautiful Riverwalk!

JP Soars Gypsy Blue R***e Ft. Anne Harris & Jason Ricci - OLD SILVER BRIDGE - Villages Blues Society Listen to JP Soars play the Merlin stick dulcimer on this toe-tappin' song.The Villages Blues Society was fortunate that the JP Soars' Gypsy Blue R***e made...

🎶 Make your reservations for Mattison's Riverwalk Grille’s Blues Brunch on Sunday, May 28th!

Join us at Mattison's Riverwalk Grille THIS Sunday, May 28th for this month's Blues Brunch. 🎶

Kat Crosby & The Rhythm Gators will be performing from 11-2pm, and brunch will be served from 11-4pm!

Make reservations by calling 941-896-9660. 🤩

The grass is greener at the Bradenton Blues Festival!

If you thought the location of the Bradenton Blues Fest along the Manatee River was beautiful before, you should see it now!

City of Bradenton Government has added a forever lawn to the Pavilion at Rossi Park. This means you will have a permanently perfect green lawn to enjoy the Blues with your friends.

See the lineup and purchase your tickets here 👉 https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

🎶 Eliza Neals, a Detroit born blues-rock star on the rise, honors the gut-wrenching, soul splitting intent the American roots of contemporary blues represents with inspired songwriting, live performances, and magic not seen in years.

See her perform on Friday, December 1 at the Bradenton Blues Festival 🎶

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The 2023 Bradenton Blues Fest will kick off on Friday, December 1 at 5:00 pm with GeminiiDRAGON 🎤 A vocal dynamo that channeled her love for the late 60s era and 70s blues and AOR bands/artists into a ferocious mix of blues, rock, and soul!

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WOW! We are thrilled to announce that the Bradenton Blues Festival received the PLATINUM award for Best Local Festival from SRQ Magazine's Best of SRQ Local competition!

Thank you to everyone who took time to vote for us. Let's make the 2023 Blues Fest the best one yet!

Get your Blues Fest tickets here ➡️ https://tickets.bradentonbluesfestival.org/event/bradenton-blues-festival-12-01-2023/tickets/seg?e=J6D

🎶 Congratulations to all of the 2023 inductees to the BLUES HALL OF FAME 🎶

Did you know that one of those honored will be playing at the Bradenton Blues Festival in December?

Get your tickets now to see JOHN PRIMER - Blues Hall of Fame Class of 2023!

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🎸Blues News🎸

We are thrilled to announce the lineup and ticket sales for the 2023 Bradenton Blues Festival which will be held at the Riverwalk Pavilion on December 1-2, 2023.

🎶 Friday, December 1, 2023, 5:00 pm - 8:40 pm
GeminiiDRAGON
Eliza Neals
JP Soars Gypsy Blues R***e with Anne Harris

🎶 Saturday, December 2, 2023, 11:00 am - 7:25 pm
Memphis Lightning
John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band
Lurrie Bell
James Cotton Tribute with Mark Hummel & James Cotton Band
Rick Estrin and The Nightcats

🎟 Purchase your tickets here bradentonbluesfestival.org.

The Bradenton Blues Festival has been nominated for Best Local Festival by SRQ Magazine's Best of SRQ Local! We would appreciate it if you took a moment to vote for us - you can vote once a day through February 8th.

https://www.srqmagazine.com/2023/bestof #/gallery/354097120?group=437421

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Thank you to Dylan Campbell at SRQ Magazine for capturing the essence of the Bradenton Blues Festival in this excellent article.

https://www.srqmagazine.com/srq-daily/2022-12-08/20719_Bradenton-Blues-Festival

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It is the final countdown to the 2022 Blues Festival Weekend!

It all begins at 5 pm on Friday, the fun continues on Saturday beginning at 11 am, and wraps up with a Blues Brunch at Mattison's Riverwalk Grille!

If you don't have your tickets yet, get them here before we sell out ➡️ https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

🥂 The final event of the Bradenton Blues Fest Weekend is a Blues Brunch hosted by Mattison’s Riverwalk Grille. Chef Paul Mattison creates a special menu every year to highlight delicious, all-natural brunch items sustainably sourced. The Blues Brunch is the perfect way to round out the weekend of music, dancing, and enjoying our beautiful weather.

Get your Blues Brunch tickets here 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-bradenton-blues-brunch-tickets-243734856517

ANA Popovic is ready to rock the Bradenton Blues Festival 🎶
Will you be rocking with her?

Check out Ana's amazing 'Turn My Luck' video here ▶️ https://youtu.be/ptDIqTYMqDU

And get your Bradenton Blues Fest tickets here ➡️ https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

🎸Only 3 more weeks until the Bradenton Blues Festival! Who already has their tickets?

If you haven't purchased your tickets, don't delay, they are going fast 🎟

Get your tickets here before they are sold out:
https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

Local artist, Alfredo Garcia, just finished signing 300 posters featuring his artwork for the 2022 Bradenton Blues Festival 🎸

Only 5 weeks until we will be back together dancing along the river!

Get your tickets before they are gone 👉 https://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org/tickets/

to Bradenton Blues Festival t-shirts of years past! Do you have any of these?

Every year, the official artwork of is created by a local artist and plastered across posters, t-shirts, merch, and more to serve as a custom memory of each year for the attendees and musicians.

Who's excited for this year's t-shirt? 🙋‍♂️
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"When we started playing together, we all wanted the band to be a space where we could play anything we wanted to" - Dustin Arbuckle on him and his group, Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations.

Not easily associated with any specific genre, that's exactly what he and his group accomplished. Playing together since 2017, Arbuckle, a veteran of the progressive roots music scene and the Damnations, composed of diverse musical sensibilities, come together to create a cross-genre electric Americana vibe.

Catch this talented group LIVE at Bradenton Blues Festival this December!
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Only 3 short months away from a weekend of music filled fun at the Bradenton Riverwalk! We'll CHEERS to that! 🍻

Tag your friends and make sure they're coming to , December 2-4 with you!
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Blues + Brunch = the perfect way to end the Bradenton Blues Festival weekend! 🤩

Mattison's City Grille Bradenton Riverwalk's monthly Blues brunches are only a tease of what you'll get when you purchase a ticket to The Blues Brunch that ends our weekend!

Enjoy a private show from Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations and a delicious brunch on Sunday, December 4, 2022!
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