The festival has grown in size and grandeur since its initial appearance in 1995, and in 2008 it attracted an estimated audience of 30,000 people throughout the weekend.[1] Ted Boomer is the creator and senior producer of Bluesfest International.
bluesfest, international, windsor, bluesfest, international, three, blues, roots, music, festival, held, annually, windsor, ontario, canada, riverfront, festival, plaza, banks, detroit, river, front, caesars, windsor, opposite, motown, genrebluesdatessecond, w. Bluesfest International is a three day blues and roots music festival held annually in Windsor Ontario Canada at the Riverfront Festival Plaza on the banks of the Detroit River in front of Caesars Windsor and opposite Motown Bluesfest International WindsorGenreBluesDatesSecond weekend of JulyLocation s Windsor Ontario CanadaYears active1995 PresentThe festival has grown in size and grandeur since its initial appearance in 1995 and in 2008 it attracted an estimated audience of 30 000 people throughout the weekend 1 Ted Boomer is the creator and senior producer of Bluesfest International Ted his wife Louise Knowles and partners John Liedtke and Sheryl Davies ran the festival until 2013 2 Notable leading artists that have attended Bluesfest include Edgar and Johnny Winter Robin Trower Gregg Rolie Buddy Guy Tim Robbins David Clayton Thomas the Yardbirds Robert Cray Cactus Mitch Ryder Dick Wagner Ten Years After Gordon Downie Southside Johnny Tab Benoit the Funk Brothers Los Lonely Boys Steve Earle Murray McLauchlan The Fabulous Thunderbirds Jeff Healey Richie Havens Leon Russell Levon Helm Dickey Betts Sonny Rhodes Colin James Molly Hatchet Ana Popovic and Taj Mahal 3 The festival relies on corporate labour and community sponsorship and includes a number of non profit and charitable beneficiaries each year 4 In 2013 the London event was canceled due to the resignation of Chris Gould the then president of Bluesfest London 5 but it has since resumed 6 References edit Rebecca Turcotte and Sonja Puzic Just having a good time The Windsor Star July 14 2008 sec A1 Windsor s big Bluesfest The music of the South comes north Biz X Magazine June 2006 pp 14 Ted Shaw Singer knows of despair The Windsor Star July 7 2008 sec B4 Tim Fairhurst Summertime and the giving is easy Biz X Magazine June 2007 pp 14 15 Bluesfest London hitting final notes Lfpress com Retrieved 2015 08 31 YUNITY Feel the Power of Music Windsor s Best Music Event Yunity ca Retrieved 2021 06 09 External links editYUNITY Feel the Power of Music Windsor s Best Music Event Map Festival Plaza City Centre Windsor Ontario nbsp This Ontario related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bluesfest International Windsor amp oldid 1101427191, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
