Long Beach New Blues Festival sings out again

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A afloat time of blues connected 2 stages is connected pat Saturday, Nov. 13, with the instrumentality of the New Blues Festival astatine Shoreline Aquatic Park.

Touted arsenic the past blues festival of the year, this volition beryllium the eighth of the New Blues lawsuit produced by the Long Beach Blues Society. Tickets went connected merchantability past week.

Recording creator Tito Jackson is the headliner. An archetypal subordinate of the Jackson 5, Tito is the 3rd kid successful the Jackson family. After a agelong vocation with the household arsenic a performer and producer, Tito Jackson launched his solo vocation successful 2003. In 2016, helium made it to the Billboard charts with the azygous “Get It Baby.” He has released 2 albums — “Tito Time” and “Love One Another.”

Other groups scheduled to execute are Sugar Ray Rayford, Laurie Morvan, Lester Lands’ Gospel Brunch, Redd House, Corday, The Disciplez, She Wears Black, Dano Forte and TJ Norton.

Also, shaper and Long Beach Blues Society person Bill Grisolia has formed a radical called The New Blues Festival All-Stars. That radical besides volition assistance header the festival.

“This is the eighth New Blues Festival, the sixth successful Long Beach and the archetypal clip the New Blues Festival volition beryllium held successful the premier amusement destination of Shoreline Park,” Grisolia said successful a release. “(The park) is simply a peninsula of onshore surrounded by 3 sides with water.”

Music is scheduled to commencement astatine 9 a.m. and tally each day. General admittance tickets are $50; Gold tickets are $100 and includes assigned signifier beforehand seating, waitress and vessel service, preferred parking and discounts astatine the vendor village. A VIP summons for $150 adds entree to the backstage area, creator meet-and-greets, catered nutrient and a VIP lounge with a blessed hour.

Tickets and much accusation are astatine newbluesfestival.com oregon (707) 57-BLUES (25837).

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