Thank you to the New Bremen Blues Guild, new Platinum Sponsor of the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest.
Congratulations to No Right Turn from Lima, Ohio, winners of the Riverside Bluesfest 2008 Blues Challenge. No Right Turn will open the Saturday, August 30, 2008 show.
Congratulations to Barb Fitzgerald of St. Marys, Jerry Wendel, Sophia M. Rodriguez and Bryan Davenport of Celina, and Steve Schmidt of Coldwater, winners of 2 Riverside Bluesfest tickets each at the Mercer County Ribfest drawings.
The St. Marys Blues Guild is pleased to announce that Elvin Bishop will be the headline performer at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest, Saturday, Aug. 30, at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio.
Tonight, the St. Marys City Council voted to pass a resolution permitting the consumption and sale of alcoholic beverages in KC Geiger Park on August 29 and 30, 2008, officially approving the KC Geiger Park Committee's Bluesfest Kick-Start and Riverside Bluesfest fundraising events on Labor Day weekend.
The St. Marys Blues Guild is pleased to announce that European blues sensation Ana Popovic will be performing at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest, Saturday, Aug. 30, at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio.
The St. Marys Blues Guild is pleased to announce that Houston, Texas blues harp master Sonny Boy Terry and band will be performing at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest, Saturday, Aug. 30, at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio.
The St. Marys Blues Guild is pleased to announce that Nashville blues guitarist Stacy Mitchhart and his seven-piece band will be performing at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest, Saturday, Aug. 30, at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio.
The host K.C. Geiger Park Committee and the organizing St. Marys Blues Guild are pleased to welcome Midwest Electric, Inc. as a Gold Sponsor of the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest.
The host K.C. Geiger Park Committee and the organizing St. Marys Blues Guild are pleased to welcome Americas Best Value Inn & Suites and Country Hearth Inn & Suites as Gold Sponsors of the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest.
Blueswater Productions and the Riverside Bluesfest Committee are pleased to announce that the Jimi Vincent Band has been scheduled to perform at the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest music festival Saturday, Aug. 30, at K.C. Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio.
The host K.C. Geiger Park Committee and the organizing St. Marys Blues Guild are pleased to welcome Minster Bank as a Silver Sponsor of the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest.
The host K.C. Geiger Park Committee and the organizing St. Marys Blues Guild are pleased to welcome Wal-Mart Stores as a Gold Sponsor of the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest.
Venues and dates have been set for the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest Blues Challenge. Watch your favorite blues bands compete
- Sun. Jan. 27, Varsity Lanes Bowling Alley, St. Marys
- Sun. Feb. 24, Buffalo Wild Wings (BW3), Lima
- Sun. Mar. 16, C&C Loft and Lounge, St. Marys
- Sun. Apr. 13, Moose Lodge, Celina
- Sun. May 18, FINALS at Eagles Lodge, St. Marys.
Note: April 13 date rescheduled from April 20.
The St. Marys Blues Guild is excited to announce plans for the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest Blues Challenge.
The Blues Challenge will be a series of blues-band playoffs to take place through the winter and spring months of early 2008, with the Finals to take place at the St. Marys Eagles Lodge on May 18. The band winning the Finals will be the opening artists for the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest on August 30, 2008.
Preliminary dates and venues will be announced. Band entry applications will be taken through Jan. 1, 2008.
The host K.C. Geiger Park Committee and the organizing St. Marys Blues Guild are pleased to welcome the St. Marys Eagles as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2008 Riverside Bluesfest.
Two thousand blues fans attended the first annual Riverside Bluesfest yesterday. The bands were great, the sound was unbelievable, the food was excellent and the weather was perfect. See review below:
Steppin' Out review.
Columbus Blues Alliance "Bluespaper" review.
See 2007 Riverside Bluesfest news.
The St. Marys Blues Guild holds regular meetings for planning and coordinating the Bluesfest on the second Thursday of each month.
The next committee meeting will take place at 7:00 pm, Thursday November 12, 2009, in the meeting room of the Jaybird Lounge in Varsity Lanes Bowling Alley in St. Marys.
Anyone interested in volunteering is welcome to attend our meetings.
