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This Saturday! The Gloucester Blues Festival 2015 August 8th 11am to 7:30 pm @ Cressy’s Beach

Posted on by Joanne

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Spread the word…The fourth annual Gloucester Blues Festival  is this Saturday, August 8 2015 ON THE BEACH AT STAGE FORT PARK…. Tickets $28 The last day of sale in advance price is Monday 8.3.2015 then  $40 at the gate. Check out the lineup and listen to the great mix of musicians! See You There!

click here for info and tickets > https://gloucesterbluesfestival.com/

Here’s the line up

JUKE JOINT FIVE 11:00am
ALEXIS P. SUTER 11:45
ALBERT CASTIGLIA 1:00
MITCH WOODS 2:15
JOANNA CONNOR 3:30
LITTLE ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS 4:50
SUGAR BLUE 6:15

FYI:
PARKING- City owned parking lot for 1100 cars, $15.00 fee,
beside the festival grounds
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION:
CATA (978)283-7916 Shuttle trolley “park n ride” with stops between Stage Fort park, downtown,and Good Harbor Beachhttp://www.canntran.com/Trolley.cfm
Gloucester Taxi – (978)283-0099
Lighthouse Taxi & Livery Service – (978)281-6161
A-1 Airport Livery of Cape Ann – (978)281-8121

MBTA COMMUTER TRAINShttp://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/
leave regularly from Boston’s North Station,
exit 75 Railroad Avenue in downtown Gloucester.

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photo by Joanne Silva  Gloucester Blues Festival 2014

Check out last years festival photos. https://www.flickr.com/photos/joey_grl/sets/72157646528871617

Q: Who’s the Hendrix of the Harmonica? A: Sugar Blue and you can see him LIVE at the Gloucester Blues Fest Aug 8

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Three months from today on Saturday, August 8th, The 4th annual Gloucester Blues Festival kicks summer into high gear at Stage Fort Park featuring top national blues stars, including the man who’s known as Hendrix of the Harmonica, Sugar Blue. You’ve heard his signature playing on “Miss You” by The Rolling Stones. (You didn’t think Mick played that harp did you?)

Now you have the chance to see this blues icon (who’s also recorded with Willie Dixon, Prince, Stan Getz, Bob Dylan and many other) LIVE IN GLOUCESTER at The Gloucester Blues Festival on August 8th at Stage Fort Park.

What kills me is how much cheaper the tickets are if you buy them in advance — only $28 (GET TICKETS HERE) as opposed to $40 at the gate.  So stop what you’re doing right now and GET A PAIR OF TIX FOR YOUR MOM (and a pair for yourself too).

Here’s Sugar Blue live (Ooooh, what a tight band he’s got too!)

And here’s the Rolling Stones’ multi-platinum hit “Miss You” — you don’t see a harp in Mitch’s mouth, do you?