 Michael
Burks, Bobby Rush, John Hammond, Pinetop Perkins & Bob Margolin,
The Cate Brothers, Lil Dave Thompson, Lonnie Shields, T-Model Ford
and Big Jack Johnson are among the acts slated for the Sonny Boy Main
Stage and the Lockwood-Stackhouse Stage Thursday, August 8 through
Sunday, August 11.
Formerly known as the King Biscuit Blues Festival, The Arkansas
Blues and Heritage Festival was founded in 1986. This year's event,
the festival's 24th anniversary, will be held in historic downtown
Helena, Arkansas. ABHF officials have projected attendance figures
for this year of around 65,000.
Formerly a free festival, this year's main stage tickets will cost
$5 a day and $10 for a three-day pass. All other stages and areas
of the festival, including vendors, will be open to the general public.
Tickets are available for presale online and in Food Giant and Tobacco
Warehouse stores starting September 10.
Publishers note: People, this is the real deal, an event that
draws blues lovers worldwide. It's the location, the history &
culture, the people, and of course, the music. Come experience this
event, with a warning - you'll become a lifer, just like us! Look
for the STLBlues booth just behind the main stage, at 100 Cherry Street,
and tell them all that STLBlues sent you!
-- Here's the 2008 AHBF
| Official
ABHF website | ABHF
in the Live Music Calendar --
Here's a glimpse of the music, keep in mind it's only the main
stage.......
| Sonny
Boy Williamson Main Stage |
Thursday,
8 October 2009
12:00
pm- Emerging Artists
1:00
pm- Kings of the Delta- 2008 Emerging Artists Winner
2:00
pm- 2009 SBBS Battle of the Bands Winner
3:00
pm- Johnny Billington
4:00
pm- J.P Soars & The Red Hots- 2009 International Blues
Challenge winners
5:00
pm- Lucious Spiller
6:00
pm- Sterling Billingsley
7:15
pm- Lil Dave Thompson
8:50
pm- John Primer
10:30
pm- The Cate Brothers
Friday,
9 October 2009
12:00
pm- Harmonica Shah
1:15
pm- Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys
2:35
pm- Sam Carr with Dave Riley
4:00 pm- Red Holloway
5:30
pm- Hubert Sumlin & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith Band
7:00
pm- Billy Boy Arnold
8:45 pm- Michael Burks
10:30
pm- Bobby Rush
Saturday,
10 October 2009
12:00
pm- Willie P & The NTO Band
1:15
pm- Hamilton Loomis
2:35
pm- Reba Russell
4:05
pm- John Hammond
5:40
pm- Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets
7:10
pm- Pinetop Perkins & Bob Margolin
8:45
pm- Mitch Kasmar
10:30
pm- Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonton
For
more information, please visit
the website or contact the festival office at 870.338.6583 or
314.580.3764.
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