Uptown Greenwood SC Festival of Discovery July 9-11

Enjoy a free outdoor concert on the EMBARQ main stage or jump on board the "Blues Cruise" and listen to Blues performers at seven venues in the Uptown area. Under the artistic direction of Shrimp City Slim (Gary Erwin), the "Blues Cruise" has featured a wide variety of Blues performers including Drink Small, Wanda Johnson, the WIYO's, Delta Moon, Bob Margolin, Bryan Lee "The Braille Blues Daddy", MacArnold, Nappy Brown, Shane Pruitt, The King Bees, Dave Mackenzie, Jeff Liberty, Chocolate Thunder, Selley Magee and The
Bad Deeds, Jeff Norwood, Lil' Dave Thompson and many more!

Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival; Portland, OR - July 2-5

Join blues fans from throughout the world at the 22nd annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival!
In its 22nd year, the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi and the second-largest blues festival in the nation. 100,000 blues fans from throughout the world! Kick back on the grassy banks of the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, and enjoy more than 100 stellar performances on four stages!

Sunflower Festival - Clarksdale, MS Aug 7. 8, 9

2009 Sunflower Festival honors Clarksdale native Sam Cooke

Main Stage & Educational Forum on Sam Cooke will feature ‘First Lady of Soul’ Bettye LaVette who sang Cooke’s anthem ‘Change is Gonna Come’ at President Barack Obama’s inaugural in D.C.

The Sunflower welcomes members of the Sam Cooke family, the International Sam Cooke Fan Club, celebrities and musicians whose careers have been influenced by his music, local friends and fans who are participating in the “Remembering Sam Cooke” Educational Forum and officials of the Mississippi Heritage Trail who will be unveiling the Sam Cooke marker during this festival.