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17th Annual Silver City Blues Festival...
Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27, 2012...


Every Memorial Day weekend, the Mimbres Region Arts Council presents one of the Southwest's premiere FREE Blues Festivals. Starting on Friday and wrapping up Sunday afternoon, the Festival features not only the brightest rising stars of the Blues but classic respected performers that have toured the world.

Presented in Silver City's Gough Park (pronounced "Goff") with additional activities and events throughout Silver City, this is a true Blues Lovers Experience.


Silver City Blues Festival 2012 Lineup:
Friday Night, May 25, 2012 at the Buffalo Dance Hall
9:00 pm - 1:00 am Pat "Guitar Slim" Chase ($12)
 
Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Gough Park
12:15 - 1:15 pm The Muddy Hands Blues Band
1:45 - 2:45 pm The Kas Nelson Trio featuring Sunny James
3:15 - 4:45 pm Big Daddy D and the Dynamites
5:15 - 6:45 pm Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch
7:15 - 9:00 pm Trampled Under Foot
9:00 pm - 1:00 am Festival Jam Session at the Buffalo Dance Hall ($12)
 
Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Gough Park
12:00 - 1:00 pm The Greenwood Misses
1:30 - 2:30 pm Country Blues Revue
3:00 - 4:30 pm Hazel Miller
5:00 - 6:30 pm Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys
 

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2012 Blues Festival Sponsors

  Wells Fargo Bank
   

 

KSCQ, Holiday Inn Express, Copper Manor Motel, Red Barn Steakhouse, Gila Regional Medical Center

Gila Hike & Bike, NikkiO Design, J&J Signs, PNM, DeMent Alarms & Electric, HMS, Matercraft Metals, Brandon Perrault Music, Great Lakes Airlines, Rose Valley RV Ranch, Blues Festival Guide