Springing the Blues is an annual
blues
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festival held in
Jacksonville Beach, Florida. It is one of the largest and oldest blues festivals on the
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coast, coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean; it has always pla ...
. It was first held in 1990 and has been held yearly on the first weekend of April.
History
The first Springing the Blues festival was held in 1991. The 20th anniversary edition in 2010 featured new features including an exhibit at Beaches Historical Museum and a story contest. The event is free.
Past festival lineups
Past performers have included
Joe Bonamassa
Joseph Leonard Bonamassa ( ; born May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has released fifteen solo albums through his inde ...
,
Derek Trucks,
Sharrie Williams,
Larry McCray,
Phillip Walker,
Tinsley Ellis,
Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women,
Maurice John Vaughn,
Earl King,
Mitch Woods And His Rocket 88's,
Susan Tedeschi,
North Mississippi Allstars,
Tab Benoit,
Little Jimmy King,
Henry Gray and the Cats,
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown,
Ruby Wilson,
Charlie Musselwhite
Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American blues harmonica player and bandleader who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago ...
,
Roger "Hurricane" Wilson (2006),
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers,
Eric Steckel,
Robert Jr. Lockwood,
Trampled Under Foot,
Alexis P. Suter Band,
Victor Wainwright and the Wildroots,
R. L. Burnside,
Otis Taylor,
Smokey Wilson,
Coco Montoya,
Smokin' Joe Kubek,
JJ Grey & MOFRO,
Bnois King, and in April 2022, the
Bridget Kelly Band.
Accolades
*Named by ''
DownBeat
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'' magazine as one of the top 50 Music Festivals in the World.
*Named by SouthEast Tourism Society as one of the top 20 destination events in the country.
*Voted in 1997 as "Best Festival in Northeast Florida" by the ''
Folio Weekly'' magazine annual poll.
*Sam Veal is the festival's founder. Springing the Blues was the first festival he produced.
See also
*
List of blues festivals
Blues festivals are music festivals which focus on blues music. Blues is a genreKunzler's dictionary of Jazz provides two separate entries: blues, an originally African-American genre (p.128), and the blues form, a widespread musical form (p.131) ...
*
List of folk festivals
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods.
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References
External links
Springing the BluesPerformance schedule (PDF)The Blues Foundation
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Music festivals established in 1990
Music of Jacksonville, Florida
Blues festivals in the United States
Folk festivals in the United States
Music festivals in Florida
Tourist attractions in Jacksonville, Florida
1990 establishments in Florida
Events in Jacksonville, Florida