13th Annual Blues by the Sea

Date: Sunday, April 9, 2017

Location: Freshfields Village

Time: 3:00-7:00 pm

Price: Complimentary

Ticket Release: No Tickets Required

The Arts and Cultural events fund brings you another FREE blues extravaganza, fun for the entire family at the 13th Annual Blues by the Sea. Bring a lawn chair or blanket (rain or shine – we are tented) and enjoy three national Blues acts!  Delicious food and beverages for sale on site. Coolers are allowed. Plenty of free parking.

Join us for this exciting line-up:

3:00pm: The Sauce Boss (Bill Wharton) Legendary performer (as chronicled in Jimmy Buffett’s 1999 hit “I Will Play for Gumbo”) Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton brings his Florida slide guitar blues, his gumbo, and his own hot sauce for a multi-sensory performance. His show includes a culinary demonstration with audience stirring and sampling the gumbo. Sauce Boss is a powerhouse of energy.

 4:00pm:  Packrat’s Smokehouse with Robert “Top” Thomas

Packrat’s Smokehouse are national recording artists out of new Smyrna Beach, Florida who are masters of swamp blues slow grind and rhythm.

 5:30pm:  The Lucky Losers

Danger meets sophistication in the soulful music of The Lucky Losers, San Francisco’s premiere male/female duet fronted band. Accompanied by a dynamic six-piece ensemble, veteran Bay Area artists, Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz deliver a truly signature sound.