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It's big city sound in your own backyard. It's the Nothin' But The Blues Festival in its 7th year of keeping the blues alive and kicking in central Illinois. Enjoying its new location at Bloomington's Tri-Lakes, the festivals crew is ready to roll. The Blues festival has grown from a one-day affair with 5 artist to a two-day, 5,000 plus attendee open air extravaganza with the biggest blues names in the country including Grammy and WC Handy award winners and nominees. Families come for the entire festival, spread out blankets, feast on New Orleans style food and enjoy a day of top-notch musical acts. It's summertime and the livin' is easy, especially at the Nothin' But The Blues Festival. It's parents, it's kids, it's blues fans from all over the country, kicking back and having a great time. The Time - July 18th & 19th Nothin' But The Blues Festival has traditionally been held on the third weekend of July which is far enough away from the Fourth of July and before the McLean County Fair. This year's festival will again be held on that weekend, July 18-19. The Place - Bloomington Tri-Lakes How do you make the hottest blues concert in It's a journey as old and varied as the blues themselves. Traveling through the mountains of abandoned cars piled one on top of the other; you feel the desperation, the emptiness that is the junkyard blues. Then you unexpectedly reach Tri-Lakes, the beautiful jewel of pastoral beauty, and you feel the sexual, healing power of the blues. It's all there, in one place, in one moment, in one festival that is the 7th annual Nothin' But the Blues Festival. Be there to feel the heat and the power that is the Blues The Food - Awesome What kind of food goes with the blues - How about some walleye or catfish? Or some gumbo? Or some ribs? All washed down with a cold beverage of your choice. And there's plenty of corn dogs, ice cream and cotton candy as well. Whether you want to enjoy a taste of 'Nawlins' or play it safe with a corn dog, if you crave it, you'll find it here. |
