Blues Concerts, Venues & Friends
PLAN AHEAD
APRIL 8, 9 & 10 - Tampa Bay Blues Festival, St. Petersburg, FL in Vinoy Park.
MAY 20-21 - Mount Dora (FL) Blues n Groove Weekend ... In fact, there always are plenty of entertaining things to do in and around Mt. Dora, a beautiful little town just northwest of Orlando.
2016 - Jazz and Blues Festivals throughout the Sunshine State as well as many other venues across Tampa Bay!
- Suncoast Blues Society
- Blues & Jazz Venues Across Tampa Bay, with some YouTube performances.
- The Mighty Skipper’s Skipperdome (Tampa)
- Hideaway Café & Recording Studio (St. Petersburg)
- Ace’s (Bradenton). Now ALL of Ace’s live shows are NON-Smoking, but Ace’s is only about four miles from Anna Marie Island and points south to Holmes and Bradenton beaches, as well as beautiful Long Boat Key and plenty of cigar sunsets.
- Blue Rooster (Sarasota)
- Mo Blues Monday – with Tampa blues institution Larry Lisk - at WMNF Radio
Check Out Some Blues Acts
Listen to the downloads. If there's something you like, support these musicians!
- Betty Fox Band - Hear THE voice at Reverbnation.
- Selwyn Birchwood Band – His YouTube promo. The Tampa Tribune wrote a profile of him earlier in 2014. Here are 3 of his songs from Reverbnation.
- T.C. Carr and Bolts of Blue - YouTube vid of a 90-minute live set at the Palladium in St. Petersburg.
- Damon Fowler - YouTube vid of "Old Fools, Bar Stools and Me"
- Dukes of Juke - YouTube vid of "You Gotta Serve Somebody."
- Rebekah Pulley - YouTube vid of "The Good Guy" with Rob Pastore.
- Paul Stott Group - Some of his songs at Reverbnation.
- Jonathon “Boogie” Long – Some videos to see.
- Franc Robert & the Boxcar Tourists
- Walker Smith Group
- Thomas Wynn and the Believers
- Loretta James Band – Here are her downloads at iTunes.
- Ellie Lee and Blues Fury - Here's a play list.
- Sean Chambers Band - YouTube vid of "Brown Sugar"
- Conrad Oberg – Young Conrad has met several celebrities. Here’s his YouTube version of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Foxy Lady’
- Memphis Music Festival – Here’s Fun by Booker T.
- Iron Mike Norton (from Bradenton). Got’dem Moves and several other songs to play with.