Blues, Brews & Barbecue at Monterey Bay

Hello and a happy 2015 to everyone. We have some exciting news that we are finally able to announce. The Monterey Blues, Brews & Barbecues festival has an official date for 2015, August 8th and August 9th. We would like to thank you all for the support you have shown us so far. While the event is still months away, we are already working to put together a show that will outdo last year's performance. We hope everyone is looking forward to it!

Good evening everyone. We took the time to put together a small slide show of our event earlier this year. Whether you were unable to make it or came out and celebrated the blues for the weekend; you can enjoy this small slice of Blues, Brews & Barbecues at Monterey Bay 2014. Things are already starting to take shape for our show in 2015 and we will be very excited to let you know more as the time comes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cAknb12tVg

First off, we would like to say thank you to everyone who came out for Blues, Brews & Barbeque at Monterey Bay. We really appreciated getting the chance to see everyone and put on a great show. Now after a successful weekend we will be taking a much needed short rest. We will take our time to look back on what was successful and what could be improved. But it won't be long until we are back with new information about our 2015 show. So please keep following and supporting us as we continue to create the best possible show we can!

We have a second commercial on the air promoting Blues, Brews & Barbecue at Monterey on the air waves! For everyone who may be outside of the coverage area you can also feel free to check it out on YouTube. We hope that everyone is looking forward to Blues, Brews & Barbecues. We are only a week away from the fun!

We have a question for everyone that we would like you to answer if possible. As of right now we are looking into hiring a bus line that would give round trip service from the Bay Area down to Monterey Bay over the weekend. The bus would pick everyone up at a to be determined location within the Bay Area, possibly Oakland, in the morning and drive them back after the festivities in the evening. As of right now we are looking at charging thirty five dollars for the round trip ...ticket per day, but the price has not been finalized. If we can get at least forty people signed up for either day we can go forward with this. As of right now we are not taking sign ups but measuring interest. Please message us or comment on this post if you have an opinion on this service. Thank you for your time and continue looking forward to Blues, Brews & Barbecue at Monterey Bay. The date is fast approaching and we hope everyone is looking forward to it.

Things are quickly coming together to make Brews, Blues and Barbecue an event to remember. We would now like to formally announce our schedule for the weekend event. Saturday, July 26th with feature: Terrie Odabi Memphis Gold and Special Guests ... Paula Harris and The Beasts of Blues Joe Louis Walker Sunday, July 27th will feature: Emmit Powell and The Gospel Elites Homemade Jamz Blues Band Curtis Salgado Kenny Neal Elvin Bishop More updates to come!

We have been working hard to ensure that we have the best possible show we can. We now have a commercial that should start playing everywhere from Sacramento down to San Jose. In case you aren't able to catch it, we also have it uploaded to Youtube. Tickets can be purchased at: http://bluesbrewsandbarbecue.com/ Purchase now to save five dollars at the door. We hope to see you there.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzfkSzs51A0

Remember, tickets will soon be available for sale through the Blues, Brews, and Barbecues website: http://www.bluesbrewsandbarbecue.com/ We will also be selling tickets through: http://sascosightandsoundcompany.com/ Other venues for ticket purchase will be announced as they are made available.

Blues, Brews & Barbecue at Monterey Bay is proud to announce: Kenny Neal, born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge, began playing music at a young age. Learning the basics from his father, singer and Blues harmonica master, Raful Neal. Kenny is known as a modern swamp-blues master and multi-instrumentalist, that draws musically from the sizzling sounds of his native Louisiana. Memphis Gold has come a long way on a journey that has lasted half a century. Having released ...four full length albums to date, he has shared the stage with such artists as Bernard Allison, David Banner, James Brown, R.L. Burnside, Barbara Carr, Big Lucky Carter, George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic All Stars, and many more. Tickets for the event will be available for purchase on May 10th at the following website: www.bluesbrewsandbarbecue.com.

Blues, Brews & Barbecue at Monterey Bay is proud to announce: Elvin Bishop founding member of the Blues Hall of Fame Group - Paul Butterfield Blues Band Recorded with music legends such as B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and the Allman Brothers... Grammy Nomination for Blues Album of the Year Blues Hall of Fame Inductee With more artists soon to be announced.

Blues, Brews & Barbecue at Monterey Bay is proud to announce: Homemade Jamz Blues Band Winners of the 3rd Annual MS Delta Blues Society of Indianola's Blues Challenge Youngest band to ever compete in the International Blues Challenge... A musical family hailing from Tupelo, MS featuring the Perry siblings With more artists soon to be announced.

Blues, Brews & Barbecue at Monterey Bay is proud to announce: Terrie Odabi Winner of the Golden Gate Blues Society's International Blues Challenge Semi-Finalist of the Memphis, Tennessee's International Blues Challenge... Joe Louis Walker 2013 inductee into the Blues Hall Of Fame 4 Blues music awards Performed on Grammy winning records B.B. King and James Cotton Curtis Salgado Winner of the 2010 and 2012 Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Artist of the Year Former member of the Robert Cray Band Inspiration for the movie The Blues Brothers With more artists soon to be announced.