24th Annual FREE Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival
(Lineups are subject to change – visit website: https://www.sunflowerfest.org for updates)
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The 2011 Festival is celebrating the lives of our ‘Sunflower Family’ – musicians/artists/key contributors in our history for more than two decades until their recent deaths. James Alford, Michael James, Wesley Jefferson, Big Jack Johnson, Sarah Moore, and Foster “Tater” Wiley.
| FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011 – Main Stage | |
| 4:15pm – 4:45pm | The Delta Blues Museum Band |
| 5:00pm – 5:45pm | Richard ‘Daddy Rich’ Crisman |
| 6:00pm – 6:45pm | Deuce & Quarter Band |
| 7:00pm – 7:45pm | Joshua ‘Razor Blade’ Stewart |
| 8:00pm – 8:45pm | David Brinston |
| 9:00pm – 10:00pm | Nathaniel Kimble |
| SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011 – Main Stage | |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Neicy Keyinessa |
| 2:15pm – 2:45pm | Terry ‘Harmonica’ Bean |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | All Night Long Band |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | Dr. Feelgood Potts |
| 5:00pm – 5:45pm | Terry ‘Big T’ Williams & The Family Band |
| 6:00pm – 6:30pm | Tribute to Blues Legends |
| 6:45pm – 7:30pm | Bill ‘Howl-N-Mad’ Perry |
| 7:45pm – 8:30pm | Earnest ‘Guitar’ Roy |
| 8:30pm – 8:45pm | Presentation of Early Wright Blues Heritage Award and Julius Guy Heritage Awards |
| 8:45 pm – 9:45pm | Johnny Rawls |
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm | Dorothy Moore |
| Acoustic Stage #1 | |
| 9:00am | Arthneice ‘Gas Man’ Jones |
| 9:35am | Robert Belfour |
| 10:10am | Eddie Cusic |
| 10:40am | Pat Thomas |
| 11:15am | T-Model Ford |
| 11:50am | Johnny Billington and the Midnighters |
| 12:20pm | Sharde Turner & The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band |
| Acoustic Stage #2 | |
| 1:00pm | Mellow Blues Duo |
| 1:35pm | Charles Fowler |
| 2:10pm | Anthony ‘Big A’ Sherard |
| 2:45pm | Lucious Spiller |
| 3:15pm | Bill Abel & Cadillac John |
| 3:50pm | Jimmy “Duck” Holmes |
| 4:30pm | Kenny Brown |
| 5:05pm | Terry ‘Harmonica’ Bean |
| 5:45pm | Johnny Lowe Bow |
| Sunday, August 14, 2011 – Gospel Festival – Clarksdale Civic Auditorium | |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm | Chris Coleman |
| 4:45 – 5:15 pm | Edna Nichole Luckett |
| 5:30 – 6:00 pm | Chapel Hill Men’s Chorus |
| 6:15 – 6:45 pm | The Myles Family |
| 7:00 – 8:00 pm | Jamar Esaw Triad & Christ |
| 8:15 – 9:15 pm | Evelyn Turrentine-Agee |
| Special Free Blues Events Open to the Public At 2 p.m. Friday, August 12, A Walk of Fame Bronze Plaque honoring the late Big Jack Johnson will be unveiled on the sidewalk outside Red’s Blues Club on Sunflower Ave. The event is sponsored by the Coahoma County Board of Supervisors. At 3 p.m. Friday, August 12, a memorial program paying tribute to six key Sunflower Festival figures: James Alford, Michael James, Wesley Jefferson, Big Jack Johnson, Sarah Moore, and Foster ‘Tater’ Wiley, will be held at Ground Zero Blues Club sponsored by the Rock River Foundation: Morgan Freeman and Bill Luckett. (Time/ location of the panel is subject to change) The Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival is produced by the Sunflower River Blues Association – a 501 c 3 non-profit organization – composed of bi-racial volunteers – 50 percent African-American – 50 percent Caucasian – who donate their time and services all year to showcase the unique cultural heritage of Mississippi Delta blues and gospel music. New members are welcome to join and attend meetings at the Delta Blues Museum. Membership dues are $25 per year. Tax-exempt donations are welcome, needed, and may be mailed to the Sunflower River Blues Association, Box 1562, Clarksdale, Miss. 38614. Many thanks. For additional information, view www.sunflowerfest.org. | |
