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| Rochester Blues Festival Announces Line-Up Rochester Main Street volunteers will celebrate downtown with a Blues Festival on Saturday, July 21 from 10 am until 5 pm on Hanson Street in downtown Rochester. Also featured that day is a Cruisin' 100 Chevy Car Show from 10 am to 2 pm on Hanson Street sponsored by the Spaulding High School Alumni Class of 1960. Guests are asked to bring a lawn chair and enjoy some blues as there is a full line-up of entertainment for your enjoyment! At 11 am vocalist Kat Murphy starts the day off at the Hanson Street Stage, followed by Charlie Strater at noon. The band Dancing Madly Backwards takes over at 1 pm and Linda Pouliot takes the stage and sings the blues at 2:00. Featured Blues artist TJ Wheeler and Friends will close the day with two sets from 3-5 pm. Happy Times Squares will be on hand with demonstrations during the 12:45 and 1:45 changeovers and visitors will be able to enjoy a performance by Right Attitudes dance students during the day. BBQ, Vendors, crafts and games will line the upper end of Hanson Street and there is still room to sign up. Rochester Main Street volunteers will be dishing up blueberry dumplings while they last. Downtown businesses are also participating by coming out onto the sidewalk on North Main, especially Mel Flanagan's Irish Pub & café with scrambled hamburg rolls and steamed dogs. Vendor forms are available online at www.rochestermainstreet.org. In addition to the vendors the Rochester Historical Society will be open that day. There is no admission charge and free parking is available in the City Hall, Congress Street, Columbus Avenue, Union Street and North Main Street Municipal Parking Lots, all just a short walk away from Hanson Street. If you are enjoying a walk, then don't forget to take in the art esprit project "The Mythology Of Rochester", an outdoor exhibition of 12 art installations partnered with stories by local authors. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Jazz News :: home page |