(Here you'll find links to all the content in the official guide to the 2009 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, along with previous coverage of this year's performers from the River Cities' Reader.)
Thursday, July 2
Bandshell (Performer Bios)
5 p.m.: Bob Dorr & the Blue Band (2001 interview, 2006 review)
7 p.m.: Peña Brothers Band
9 p.m.: Cobalt Blue
11 p.m.: Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings (2009 interview)
Tent Stage (Performer Bios)
5 p.m.: Radoslav Lorkovic (2009 interview)
6:30 p.m.: Hawkeye Herman (2007 interview)
8:30 p.m.: Bo Ramsey (2008 interview)
10:30 p.m.: Saffire - the Uppity Blues Women (2001 interview)
Friday, July 3
Bandshell (Performer Bios)
2 p.m.: The Avey Brothers
4 p.m.: Ellis Kell Band
6 p.m.: Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges
8 p.m.: Ric E Bluez
10 p.m.: Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater (2008 interview)
Tent Stage (Performer Bios)
2 p.m.: T.J. Wheeler
4 p.m.: David "Honeyboy" Edwards
5:30 p.m.: Fiona Boyes (2009 interview)
7:30 p.m.: Dee Alexander (2009 interview)
9:30 p.m.: Sugar Pie DeSanto (2009 interview)
Free Workshops
1 p.m.: Saffire (2001 interview)
2:30 p.m.: Fiona Boyes (2009 interview)
4 p.m.: David Horwitz, Blues Photography
5:30 p.m.: David Berntson
BlueSKool
2:30 p.m.: Winter Blues Academy Kids
3:45 p.m.: David Berntson
5 p.m.: T.J. Wheeler
Saturday, July 4
Bandshell (Performer Bios)
2 p.m.: Steady Rollin' Band
4 p.m.: Robin Rogers (2009 interview)
6 p.m.: Craig Horton
8 p.m.: Larry McCray (2009 interview)
10 p.m.: Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers (2004 interview)
Tent Stage (Performer Bios)
2 p.m.: Marquise Knox
3:30 p.m.: Juke Joiunt Duo
5:30 p.m.: Kenny Brown
7:30 p.m.: Diunna Greenleaf
9:30 p.m.: Magic Slim & the Teardrops (2005 interview)
Free Workshops
1 p.m.: T.J. Wheeler
2:30 p.m.: Kenny Brown
4 p.m.: Hawkeye Herman (2007 interview)
5:30 p.m.: Radoslav Lorkovic (2009 interview)
BlueSKool
2:30 p.m.: Winter Blues Academy Kids
3:45 p.m.: T.J. Wheeler
5 p.m.: David Berntson
How to Buy Tickets
Advance tickets for the 2009 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival are available at all IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union locations, the River Center/Adler Theatre Box Office, and through Ticketmaster. The price of an advance three-day pass for the fest is $30. Individual fest tickets at the gate will cost $5 on Thursday, July 2, and $15 on Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4.
IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union and Mississippi Valley Blues Society members can purchase individual advance fest tickets at a discounted rate of $12.50 each only at IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union locations.
Children 14 and under will be admitted free if accompanied by an adult with a ticket. Tickets are good for admission only on the day printed on the ticket.
