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Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival

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Genre
  
Blues,

Dates
  
25 Aug – 27 Aug 2017

Years active
  
1999-?

Location
  
Heritage Amphitheatre, Edmonton, Canada

Similar
  
Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Salmon Arm Roots and Blue, Harvest Jazz & Blues Fes, Bluesfest Windsor, Notodden Blues Festival

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The Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival (or Edmonton Labatt Blues Fest) was an annual blues music festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, which was first held in 1999. The festival runs for three days (a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) in mid-August at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park. In 2008, the festival was the recipient of the 'Keeping The Blues Alive Award' from the Blues Foundation, based in Memphis, Tennessee. 2010 saw a name change as the festival became simply The Edmonton Blues Festival.

Contents

Friday 20 August

  • Morgan Davis
  • Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band
  • James Cotton

    • Saturday 21 August

  • Donald Ray Johnson
  • Lil' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials
  • Sugar Ray Norcia and the Bluetones
  • Angela Strehli
  • Roomful of Blues

    • Sunday 22 August

  • Steve James
  • Gary Primich
  • Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
  • Sista Monica Parker
  • Jimmie Vaughan

    • Friday 19 August

  • Curley Bridges
  • W. C. Clark
  • Koko Taylor and her Blues Machine

    • Saturday 20 August

  • Mike Kindred
  • David Gogo
  • Mem Shannon and the Membership
  • Downchild Blues Band
  • The Mannish Boys featuring Finis Tasby, Kid Ramos, and Johnny Dyer

    • Sunday 21 August

  • Mary Flower
  • Craig Horton
  • Zac Harmon and the Mid-South Blues Revue
  • Bob Margolin with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
  • Delbert McClinton

    • References

    Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival Wikipedia
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