AACW presents the 15th annual Blues and Jazz
festival. The festival will begin August 23 at 7:00 pm at Peach’s
Grill 104 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs, Ohio featuring Blooz ‘n’
Pomes. This will be a poetry open mic open to the public. Poets
will be backed by a blues band featuring headliners from the festival. Blooz
‘n’ Pomes will continue until the poets and musicians run out of
words and music.
On Friday, August 24, the festival will
move to the Antioch College Amphitheater on
Corry Street in Yellow
Springs. There will be a variety of vendors as well as the
following performers: Audio Show Band, The Carl Schumacher Band, Karen
Patterson and the 5 YZMen, The Larry Humphrey Band and Preston Shannon.
Saturday, August 25 will begin at 12:00 pm to
2:00 pm with a blues workshop hosted by Festival Performing Artists. This
will be followed by Innovation Stage performances by a variety of area
musicians from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Evening performers include: Dean Sims
Hot Notes Band, Preston Shannon, Veronica Jackson, Nerak Roth Patterson Band
and the 5YZMen.
The festival will culminate on Sunday August
26 with a Gospel Fest and Basket Meeting. The Gospel Fest will consist of
live performances from local, national and international gospel artists. The
Basket Meeting is basically an old time community tradition similar to a
community potluck where participants are encouraged to pack a picnic lunch and
socialize.
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