Kalamazoo Blues Fest returns
Contact: Deanne Puca
July 5, 2016
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The 23rd annual Kalamazoo Blues Festival will feature three days and nights of local, regional and national blues bands Thursday through Saturday, July 7-9, at the downtown Arcadia Festival site.
Tickets
Sponsored by the Kalamazoo Valley Blues Association, tickets are $5 Thursday, $10 Friday and $12 Saturday. A three-day pass may be purchased in advance for $20 or $25 at the gate. Three-day passes are also available at:
- Educational Community Credit Union, all seven branches
- Green Light Music
- Marshall Music, Portage
- Kalamazoo State Theater Box Office
- The Union Cabaret & Grille
Schedule
Thursday, July 7
- 5 p.m., Jake Kershaw
- 5:50 p.m., The Snyders
- 6:40 p.m., Laura Rain & The Caesars
- 7:55 p.m., Monkey Junk
- 9:15 p.m., Groove Council
- 10:30 p.m., All Star Blues Review
Friday, July 8
- 5 p.m., SWB
- 5:55 p.m., Marci Linn Band
- 6:50 p.m., Paul DesLauriers Band
- 8:30 p.m., Karen Lovely
- 10 p.m., Sugar Ray & The Bluetones
- 11:35 p.m., The Hoopties
Saturday, July 9
- 12:05 p.m., Blue Veins
- 1 p.m., Amaze & Blue
- 1:55 p.m., Barrelhouse Catts
- 2:50 p.m., Steve Hilger Band
- 3:45 p.m., James Reeser
- 4:40 p.m., Kev Nichols & Blue Tuesday
- 5:35 p.m., Bex Marshall
- 6:55 p.m., The Jimmys
- 8:25 p.m., Cash Box Kings
- 10:05 p.m., Royal Southern Brotherhood
- 11:45 p.m., Big Trouble
For more information, visit kalamazoobluesfestival.com.
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