Highway 61 Blues

The Leland Blues Project proudly presents the 11th Annual Highway 61 Blues Festival on Saturday, June 5, 2010. This year's festival will be dedicated to John Dawson Winter III who will headline the festival. The festival will also honor the memory of Lil' Dave Thompson who was tragically taken from us in an auto accident while returning home from his last tour.

Sunday, June 6th, the Holly Ridge Store will host a blues jam featuring performers from the festival. The Holly Ridge Jam will be dedicated to David Burchfield who was taken from us in an auto accident. This free event is sponsored by The Leland Blues Project in conjunction with The Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola. Holly Ridge is located 10 miles east of Leland.

Saturday June 5, 2010
12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m.

Performers:

Johnny Winter

Big Jack Johnson

Big George Brock

T Model Ford

John Horton and the Special Occasion Band

Mickey Rogers and the Soulmasters

The Mike Holloway Band

The Duff Dorrough Band

Eddie Cusic

Pat Thomas

Alphonso Sanders and Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry

Adam Gussow

The Jimmy Phillips Band

Lazy Bone

19th Street Red Band

Kairos Gospel and Blues Band

Tickets

$10 in advance
$15 at the gate

*Performer Schedule

Location

Railroad Park,
just west of
Main Street in
Downtown Leland

Show starts at 12 noon, gates open at 10:00 AM.

18 Mississippi Blues acts on 2 stages for 10 hours of entertainment.

Benefit for the
Highway 61 Blues Museum

Please: No Pets! No Coolers!

No Video Cameras!

*Performer Schedule

For Lodging we recommend:

Express Inn
2500 Hwy 82 East
Greenville, MS
Phone: 662-335-1999

Pictures from the 2010
Highway 61 Blues Festival

For more information call:

Washington County Convention
and Visitors Bureau
1-800-467-3582

or

Highway 61 Blues Museum
662-686-7646
Toll Free:
1-866-285-7646

Email

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