Tag: Kitchener Blues Festival
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Kitchener Blues festival celebrates 50th anniversary of Woodstock
On a clear and beautiful Friday evening revelers rejuvenated themselves as they traversed a bridge in time and danced like crazy to Lance Anderson and his troupe of talented musicians re-enacting the magic of Woodstock on its 50th anniversary. They started off with a Richie Havens song “Freedom”, bringing back memories of the 60s when…
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Blues legend Lucky Peterson kicks off Kitchener Blues Festival party
KITCHENER: The cavernous up tempo bar and nightclub Elements in Kitchener was the scene for the launch party of the Kitchener Blues Festival this past weekend. The Kitchener Blues Festival is one of the few tightly run annual music festivals in Ontario announcing its line-up way ahead of its scheduled event in August. This four-day…
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Kitchener Blues Festival set to raise the bar as it gathers star line-up
KITCHENER: It was a packed house at the Wax Club in Kitchener, Ontario, about an hour’s drive from Toronto, as hundreds of people gathered this past weekend to see Juno Blues Album of the Year Award winner Paul Reddick and his band sock it to the crowd! The merry folks came in droves to groove…
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Diggin’ The Blues at Kitchener Blues Festival
KITCHENER: Summer in Canada means festivals galore! And so it was in Kitchener, less than an hour’s drive from Toronto, as they revved up this past weekend with amazing bands like Eric Burdon and The Animals, Foghat , Earl and The Agitators, Pat Travers, Chilliwack and more! The festival kicked off on Thursday, August 4,…