Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival Performances

After a week of workshops, we turn on the lights and present the renowned artist/faculty in a series of public performances - in Fort Worden’s McCurdy Pavilion, as well as intimate club performances in Port Townsend’s historic downtown district .

See more blues and save money with our popular Blues Package! Includes Saturday mainstage performance and all blues clubs. Seating is reserved at McCurdy Pavilion and is general seating at the club venues. Section A: $72 / Section B: $60 / Section C: $53.

Friday, August 2, 2013
Blues in the Clubs
8 pm; Public House, Upstage, Khu Larb Thai, American Legion, Boiler Room, Cotton Building
Nightly Club Pass $25 (covers all venues)

Saturday, August 3, 2013
Acoustic Blues Showcase
1:30 pm; McCurdy Pavilion
Reserved Seating $20/30/40; 18 & under free

  • Gospel Choir with Angela Hill accompanied by Arthur Migliazza
  • Orville Johnson with Angela Hill
  • Boo Hanks and Dom Flemons (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops)
  • Uppity Women: Gaye Adegbalola and Andra Faye w/Clay Swafford
  • Blues Piano: Clay Swafford
  • Women in Blues: Del Rey, Eleanor Ellis, Lauren Sheehan, and Mary Flower
  • Rich Del Grosso, Jonn Del Torro Richardson and Jon Parry
  • Zydeco Blues with Sunpie Barnes, Leroy Etienne and Michael Harris
  • NEA National Heritage Fellow Warner Williams with Jay Summerour
  • Daryl Davis, Phil Wiggins, Billy Flynn, and Dean Mueller

Saturday, August 3, 2013
Blues in the Clubs
8 pm; Public House, Upstage, Khu Larb Thai, American Legion, Boiler Room, Cotton Building
Nightly Club Pass $25 (covers all venues)