Festival

October 21, 2007 Blues Heritage Festival 2007

FREE FESTIVAL IN THE PARK! This annual event is a family-friendly, FREE musical event held in Reid Park at the DeMeester Outdoor Performance Stage. There will be a brief Annual Membership Meeting at 11am. Artists scheduled to appear: 11:05am-12:05pm The Reed Family featuring Francine Reed; 12:25-1:10pm Train Wreck, 2007 Blues Challenge Winner; 1:25-2:25pm 56 Deluxe; 2:40-3:40pm Del Rey and Steve James; 3:50-5:00pm  John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - leading exponents of the Piedmont Blues; 5:15-6:15pm George Howard and the Rhythm & Blues Review; 6:30-7:15pm Arthur Migliazza and New Town; and 7:15-8pm GRANDE FINALE.

ARTISTS: Our lineup for 10/21/07 is complete, however, you are welcome to submit your promotional packages including CDs and photographs to SABHF, PO Box 42168, Tucson, AZ 85733-2168. All applications received will be considered for the Blues Heritage Festival 2008. This is a day event -- approximately 10am until 6pm. If you are hired, you may be required to perform early in the day. Thank you for your interest.

VOLUNTEERS: If you would like to volunteer to assist with the Festival planning or the actual event, please let us know. You may contact us through the website: info@azblues.org; P.O. Box 42168, Tucson, AZ 85733-2168; or Gary Bagnoche (520) 349-0899; Pat Desmond (520) 490-7958; or Char Rogers at (520) 325-3893.

PAST EVENTS

October 15, 2006 Blues Heritage Festival 2006
Approximately 6,000 people enjoyed the Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation's FREE family-friendly day-long music festival. National and regional artists were sponsored by The Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation, Budweiser Light, Tucson Parks & Recreation, and The Tucson Weekly. Artists included: Marcia Ball; Scott Holt; Leon Kittrell and Statesboro Blues Band; Big Pete Pearson with Bob Corritore & the Rhythm Room All-Stars; Hans Olson; Winners of the SABHF Blues Challenge - the King Bees; Apocalypse Horns; AND the SABHF Blues Challenge alternate band - Triple Threat! A free pre-festival party was held at the Hotel Arizona featuring Big Pete Pearson with Bob Corritore and the Rhythm Room All-Stars and opening by Tucson's own, The Sinners. A free post-festival jam was held at the Boondocks Lounge and featured many of the artists who had performed during the day. Thank you to all our guests and thank you to all the hard working folks on the planning committee, our generous sponsors [Alliance Bank of Arizona, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona Shuttle, The Boondocks Lounge, Budweiser, The Chicago Store, Dizzy G's Restaurant, 5 Star Termite & Pest Control, The Hotel Arizona, Kalil Bottling Co., KXCI 91.3 FM, National Endowment for the Arts, NIHOTO, Rhythm & Roots Concert Series, 17th Street Market, Tucson (City of) Parks & Recreation Department, Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association (TKMA), Tucson Weekly, Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, Zia Record Exchange, and Zivaz Mexican Bistro], the talented musicians, Marty Kool and KXCI Community Radio for the live festival broadcast on 91.3 FM, AND, last but not least, to all the eager volunteers who helped make the festival a great success. Please support our sponsors--let them know how much you appreciate their support of the festival.  We look forward to seeing all of you next year.

October 16, 2005 Blues Heritage Festival 2005
SABHF, Golden Eagle Distributors & Tucson Weekly presented the Blues Heritage Festival 2005. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people attended the free festival featuring Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Kelley Hunt, Dennis Jones Band, Lazy Ed & The Stratoloungers, Wayde & the Southside Healers, Markiss Band, Philip R. Borzillo and Jovert. A free pre-festival party was held at the Hotel Arizona featuring Bad News Blues Band and a post-festival jam was held at the Boondocks and hosted by Wayde and the Southside Healers. Thanks to the artists, the hard-working volunteers, Tucson Parks and Recreation, Finley Distributors, Golden Eagle Distributing, The Tucson Weekly, Arizona Commission on the Arts through funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts, Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association, Rhythm & Roots Concert Series, Zia Record Exchange, Famous Sam’s, Dizzy G’s, Hotel Arizona, Boondocks, KXCI Community Radio, NiHoTo, IKON Office Solutions, Photographers David Horwitz & Ken Paul Chernock, Tucson City Councilmembers Carol West & Jose Ibarra, Beowulf Alley Theater, Signs by Kurt, Print Management, Sun Station, Del Sol Stores, and Pepsi.

April 9, 2005  Blues Revue
Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation, Finley Distributing and many other sponsors presented the free Blues Revue. Thousands of people enjoyed the cool weather and hot music. The performers were outstanding and the crowd had a great time. Artists included: Guitar Shorty, Mem Shannon & The Membership, Terry Hanck, Arthur Migliazza, Stefan George, and The Night Owls. A post-festival jam was held at the Radisson in downtown Tucson.

September 20, 2003 Blues Heritage Festival
The inaugural Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation Festival was held on Saturday, September 20, 2003 -- a great start for this young blues organization. Among other sponsors, Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation and Finley Distributing presented a free Blues Heritage Festival, featuring Kid Ramos, Lynwood Slim, Huckfelt & Ramsey, Ken Tucker, Tony & The Torpedoes, Dr. Mojo & The Zydeco Cannibals, The Fremonts featuring Mighty Joe Milsap, Hurricane Carla & Jovert. Thousands of people enjoyed beautiful weather and a well executed event. The performers were in top form, the crowd enjoyed themselves, there were plenty of food and beverage vendors to choose from, the broadcast on KXCI Community Radio sounded great, and the whole thing was finished off by a wonderful post-festival gathering at the Boondocks.

Might Joe Milsap and the Fremonts