The Up the River Blues Festival has officially announced the lineup for this year’s celebration of all things blues, set to arrive this fall.
This year’s festival is slated for Saturday, September 13, and features an impressive lineup of blues performers.
The Up The River Blues Festival is a free concert held at Louis Engel Waterfront Park in Ossining. The festival celebrates and honors the richness of blues music with performances from local, national and international blues artists. In addition to live music entertainment, festivalgoers can also enjoy food trucks, craft beer and a variety of vendors.
Kicking off the Up the River Blues Festival is New York born and raised blues singer and guitarist King Solomon Hicks. New York State Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Willa Vincitore takes the stage as the front woman of her band, Willa & Company, followed by The Traveling Riverside Blues Band, whose sound draws from acoustic/electric blues, folk and roots genres.
Other featured performances from blues artists at this year’s festival is four-piece group BlueFireSoul, Backbone featuring Rae Simone, and blues duo Big Frank & Mike Smith, made of vocalist and guitarist Frank Mirra and harmonica player Mike Smith.
For more information on the Up the River Blues Festival, visit here.
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