The Long Beach Blues Festival
The Long Beach Blues Festival will take place this year on Labor Day Weekend (September 5-6, 2009) at Rainbow Lagoon Park (East Shoreline Drive, Long Beach, CA). Hosted every year by jazz and blues radio station, KKJZ 88.1 FM, the Long Beach Blues Festival has been going strong for three decades. The festival’s aim is to bring together the crème de la crème of jazz, blues, funk and soul, all for the listening pleasure of California jazz n’ blues enthusiasts. Not only is the Long Beach Blues Festival a terrific source of entertainment, but it also serves as a major fundraiser for KKJZ, a publicly sponsored, non-commercial radio station. This year’s festival features two stages full of funk, jazz, blues n’ soul and will also be serving a large amount of finger lickin’ good food and drink.
The Music
Saturday Main Stage: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Funky Meters, Johnny Winter, BettyeLavette, Homemade Jamz Blues Band, and Hill Country Revue
Saturday Second Stage: Laurie Morvan Band, Monkeypaw, Sugaray and Kimberly KC Allison
Sunday Main Stage: Bobby Womack, Mavis Staples, Blind Boys of Alabama, Sonny Landreth, Diunna Greenleaf and the Andy Walo Trio
Sunday Second Stage: Flattop Tom & His Jump Cats, BB Chung King & The Buddha Heads, Pat O’Brien and the Priests of Love, Bernie Pearl
The Cost
Each day, the festival will open its gates between the hours of 1:00-2:00pm, but the definite starting time will be posted on http://www.jazzandblues.org/ by August 26. The Long Beach Blues Festival has a few different types of VIP passes, but general admission starts at $49.50 for an advance one-day pass. Day-of-show prices go up to $55.00 per day. A weekend pass goes for $90.
Tickets can be purchased at the following locations:
World of Strings *cash only
1738 E. 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90813
(562) 599-3913
West L.A. Music *cash only
11345 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310) 477-1945
Leon Russell
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