The Pender Harbour Blues Society presents the 10th annual Pender Harbour Blues Festival, June 7 to 9 at various venues in the Harbour area.
This year's festival is slated to be a reunion celebration, with the return of some of the fabulous musicians who have performed at past festivals.
Some of the familiar faces include: Jim Byrnes, David Vest, John Lee Sanders, Willie MacCalder, Steve Kozak, Tim Hearsey, Brickhouse, Steve Hinton, Dr. Fun, Mark Vance, Joe Stanton, Simon Paradis and more.
Kozak, winner of the 2013 Maple Blues Award, kicks off the festival on Friday, June 7, at the Garden Bay Pub.
Legendary bluesman and Juno Award winner Byrnes will be making two appearances, at the Garden Bay Pub Saturday night and at the Sunday Gospel Show, at the Pender Harbour School of Music. He will be joined by the multi-talented, multiple award winning Sanders.
Be sure to catch Southern-bred boogie-woogie piano player and blues shouter David Vest, this year's Maple Blues Award winner for piano player of the year, performing dinner shows at the Garden Bay Pub dining room both Friday and Saturday nights.
The Painted Boat Restaurant will host founding member of the Powder Blues Band, the ever popular master of the 88 keys, Willie MacCalder.
Vancouver's best party band, Brickhouse, will be rockin' the dance party at the Pender Harbour Community Hall.
Everyone's favourite is the Sunday All-Star Jam hosted by Hearsey.
Closing out the festival Sunday night at the Garden Bay Pub will be a spectacular Piano-rama show featuring three super talented piano players, Vest, Sanders and MacCalder.
There will be free shows on Saturday afternoon. Enjoy the outdoor blues stage in Madeira Park showcasing some of the Coast's most talented local musicians including Hinton, Dr. Fun, Vance and special guest Kozak. See Stanton and Paradis on the acoustic stage at John Henry's Marina and Dustin Fike at the Crossroads Grill.
For full information, and tickets to the shows visit: www.penderharbourbluesfestival.com/.
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