The Blues Calendar

• Deke Dickerson, Tuesday, August 17
• Hank Mowery, Friday, August 20
• Hip Pocket, Saturday, August 21
• Blue Molly, Friday, August 27
• Big Sandy & his Flyrite Boys, Tuesday, September 21
• The Steepwater Band, Friday, October 1
• Kenny Kinsey, Saturday, October 2
• The Slackers, Tuesday, October 5
• Mike Milligan, Saturday, October 9
• Hip Pocket, Saturday, October 16
• Thirsty Perch, Friday, October 22
• Root Doctor, Saturday, November 6
• Harper, Saturday, November 20

For more information, call (616) 459-5757

• Blues on the Mall, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. This is free
  • John Lee Hooker, Jr., August 11

• The Cowpie Blues Festival, Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14
  • Friday: The Thirsty Perch Blues Band, Harper, Larry McCray, Biscuit Miller and the Mix. Gates open at 2:30 p.m., music starts at 4:40 p.m.
  • Saturday: The Matt Besey Band, The Jimmie Stagger Band, Freddie Cunningham & the Root Doctor Band, The Steve Strongman Band, Big James and the Chicago Playboys, Motorcity Josh & the Big 3, Joanne Shaw Taylor. Gates open at 9:00 a.m., music starts at 11:30 a.m.

Camping is free with a weekend ticket. No pets and no open fires allowed.

For tickets and more information, go to www.cowpiebluesfestival.com or www.starticketsplus.com

• Open Jam every Monday at 9:00 p.m. No cover!
• Out of Favor Boys host a blues jam session, Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
• The Wild Woodys, Saturday, August 14
• Crossroads Blues Band, Friday, August 20
• The Wonder Boys, Saturday, August 21
• Candye Kane, Sunday, August 22
• Big Trouble, Friday, August 27
• Brian Lee & the Blues Power Band, Friday, September 17
• Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings, Saturday, October 2
• Harper, Friday, November 19

For more information, call (269) 276-9240

• Duffield/Caron Project, Saturday, August 28

For more information, call (269) 381-5677

• Cats in the Hat Blues Jam, Sunday, August 15
• Seventh Son, Friday, August 27
• Rangamut, Sunday, August 29

For more information, call (269) 624-6445

• Tom Duffield and Lorraine Caron perform blues the third Friday of every month from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

For more information, call (269) 655-5282

• Blues on the Grand, Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. This is free
  • Joanne Shaw Taylor, August 12

For more information, call (517) 536-0007

• Open Jam with Bad Gravy, Sunday nights starting at 9:30 p.m.
• Stan Budzynski & Third Degree, Wednesday, August 11
• Smooth Daddy, Saturday, August 14
• Frog & the Beeftones, Wednesday, August 18
• Big Willy, Thursday, August 19
• Those Delta Rhythm Kings, Saturday, August 21
• Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bad Gravy, Sunday, August 29

For more information on the event venue, please log onto http://www.greendoorlive.com All shows start at 9:30 pm. For more information, call (517) 482-6376

• Old Town BluesFest, Friday and Saturday, September 17 and 18. This is FREE.
  • Friday: Happy Hour with Paul Miles, Greg Nagy, Rusty Wright Band, Dave Herrero, Larry McCray, Twyla Birdsong & the Big Willie Band, William “Yak” Smith & Mike Espy
  • Saturday: EJ Philips & the Electric Blues Band, Tommy McCracken & the Force of Habit Band, Shirley Johnson & Her Blues Band, Frog & the Lansing Allstars, 6 Hands Down, Delta Highway, Bryan Lee, Big Ben Acoustic Allstar Jam, Jimmy G & the Capitols, John Latini.

There will also be presentations and workshops.

For more information, call (517) 371-4600 or go to www.oldtownbluesfest.com

• 7th Annual Marquette Area Blues Fest 2010, Saturday and Sunday, September 4 and 5
  • Saturday: Greg Nagy, Chick Willis, Teeny Tucker
  • Sunday: Flat Broke Blues Band, Moreland & Arbuckle, Candye Kane, Jason Ricci & New Blood

Gates open at noon and music begins both days at 1:00 p.m.

For tickets, call (906) 227-1032; information, call (906) 226-5451 or go to www.marquetteareabluessociety.com

• 9th Annual Blues by the Bay, Friday, August 27 - Sunday, August 29
  • Friday: Bryan Michael Fischer Band, Teeney Tucker
  • Saturday: Blues Abusers, Ashford Gorden Band, The Rusty Wright Band, Rev. Raven & the Chain Smokin' Alter Boys, Funky Mojo Daddy (Hot From Chicago)
  • Sunday: Kraig Kenning, Motor City Josh

For more information, contact tawasbayblues@gtmail.com or call (989) 362-5276

• Chris Duarte, Saturday, September 4
• Larry McCray, Sunday, September 5

For more information, call (877) 453-9682

• Blues on the River featuring Ronnie Baker Brooks, Tuesday, August 24 at 6:00 p.m.

For more information, call (989) 892-2660 or (989) 776-219

• Marcia Ball, Saturday, August 14
• John Lee Hooker, Jr., Sunday, August 15
• The Siegel-Schwall Band, Friday, August 27
• John Primer, Wednesday, September 29
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Wednesday, October 27
• Los Straitjackets and Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Friday, October 29

For most shows, doors open at 7:30, with music at 8:00. For more information, call (734) 761-1451

• Measured Chaos, Saturday, August 14
• Jimmy McCarty and Mystery Train, Saturday, August 21
• Howling Diablos, Saturday, August 28

For more information, call (734) 769-9800

• Robert Noll's Gathering, Tuesdays
• Motor City Josh open jam, Wednesdays
• Deke Dickerson, Wednesday, August 18
• Mike Zito, Wednesday, August 25
• Rory Block, Thursday, September 9
• Kenny Neal, Friday, September 10

For more information, call (248) 858-9508

• Leon Russell, Saturday, August 28

For regular shows, doors open at 8:00. For more information, call (248) 544-3030

For comments and corrections, contact Robert Barclay at robert.barclay@cmich.edu