Chuck Berry, Sly & the Family Stone Headline
The Long Beach Blues Festival will get a face-lift this year with a new home and will feature an 81-year-old headliner who made musical history because he wouldn't play the blues.
The Long Beach Blues Festival will get a face-lift this year with a new home and will feature an 81-year-old headliner who made musical history because he wouldn't play the blues.
Chuck Berry, who became one of the titans of rock 'n' roll because he didn't think he ever would become a credible blues artist, headlines the opening day of the 29th annual festival on Aug. 30 at its new home at Rainbow Lagoon park next to the Long Beach marina.
Pioneering R&B-funk group Sly & the Family Stone will top the lineup on Aug. 31. Other acts slated for this year's bill include John Mayall, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Pinetop Perkins, Booker T. Jones and Charlie Musselwhite.
Tickets will go on sale June 7.
Information:
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