PORTSMOUTH BLUES FESTIVAL 2005

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DATE:.....Saturday August 27th, 2005
TIME:.....Noon to 8PM
LOCATION:.Redhook Brewery
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SPONSORS: Redhook Brewery, The River 92.5 FM Radio, WMUR TV, WGBH, WUMB Public Radio & WUNH Radio, The Wire & Jam Magazines, Blues Audience Magazine, The N.H. State Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, Inn On The Blues, Fishtrak Recording Services, and Wakeda Campground.

The following is the lineup for this year's Portsmouth Blues Festival, to be held from Noon to 8 pm at the Red Hook Brewery, 35 Corporate Dr., Pease International Trade Center, Portsmouth N.H.

The festival is a fundraiser for the Blues & Diversity education programs of the Blues Bank Collective that are performed throughout N.E.,as well as the rest of the country & beyond.

SHEMEKIA COPELAND

AMOS LEE

NATHAN & THE ZYDECO CHA-CHAS

BALLA TOUNKARA

THE ROCKIN' JAKE BAND (from New Orleans)

BOB HALPERIN (95 North recording artist)

THE JAMES COHEN CARAVAN FLAMENCO/JAZZ BAND

THE SEACOAST'S OWN FUNKY RIVER BAND, DOUG BENNETT, TJ WHEELER & MORE!

TICKETS:
$25 advance purchase or $30 day of festival.
Advance tickets can be purchased in Portsmouth at The Redhook Brewery, The Press Room, Bull Moose Music, and other retail outlets to be announced.
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VOLUNTEERS: Work a 3-hour shift (or shorter, 2-hour shift for parking lot) and get free admission!
For information on volunteering at this year's festival, contact bluesfest@comcast.net

DIRECTIONS TO RED HOOK BREWERY
From Boston:

Interstate 95 to Exit 4 (Rtes 4, 16 & the Spaulding Tpke - White Mtns and Lakes Region) which is a left hand exit.

Take Exit 1 (Pease International Tradeport/Gosling Rd)
From North:

Interstate 95 to Exit 5 (Spaulding Tpke, Rtes 1, 4, 16 - Portsmouth/Dover).

Stay to the left as you merge off the exit (follow signs for Routes 4 and 16).

Take Exit 1 (Pease International Tradeport/Gosling Rd)

At the bottom of the off-ramp, take a left.

At the second light, take a left onto International Drive.

At the stop sign, take a left onto Corporate Drive.

Redhook is the second driveway on the left.

For more information, email:
T. J. Wheeler
Children 12 & under admitted free!
Photo ID required for admission to Beer Tent. No pets, please.