24th Annual Carolina Blues Festival May 8, 2010

Move over, guys. It’s the ladies’ turn in the spotlight this year as the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society presents the 24th Annual Carolina Blues Festival, in association with YES! Weekly, Saturday, May 8th at Festival Park, downtown Greensboro. The Carolina Blues Festival is the closing event in the annual EMFjazz&blues Series.

1:00 Gates open
2:00 Sleepy-Eyed Jay & Chicago Slim
3:15 Charlley Ward Band
4:45 Matt Walsh Band
6:30 The Debbie Davies Band with Robin Rogers
8:30 Tinsley Ellis

Two of the top nationally touring female blues artists will co-headline and perform together at the Carolina Blues Festival: guitarist/vocalist Debbie Davies and singer/harmonica player Robin Rogers.

One of the world’s hottest blues guitarists, Tinsley Ellis, will make his first appearance at the Carolina Blues Festival. Also on the bill this year is Raleigh-based retro blues guitarist Matt Walsh, and the two winners of the 2009 PBPS Blues Challenge, Greensboro’s Charlley Ward Band and Richmond, VA-based duo Sleepy-Eyed Jay and Chicago Slim.

Once again this year, The Music Academy of North Carolina will operate the Kids Area at the Carolina Blues Festival in partnership with the PBPS. The Academy will offer exciting events including demonstrations of Early Childhood Music programs and the very popular instrument petting zoo. Popular activities such as face painting and arts & crafts will continue. Information about the MANC and its programs will be available, and faculty and staff will be there to answer questions. This year we are proud to welcome MANC’s own Kevin Dollar as our Kids Area performer.

A huge thank you our Associate Sponsor YES! Weekly. Big thanks to Rock 92, WNAA 90.1 FM, Smith Stokes Chrysler, Dodge Jeep Chevrolet, The Bank of Oak Ridge, Greensboro City Arts, Stonefield Cellars Winery, Natty Greene’s Brewing Co., Grateful Bread, City Arts - Greensboro and Downtown Greensboro, Inc.

Official Website: http://www.piedmontblues.org