Celebrate! 5th Annual Silver Spring Blues Festival & Blues Week - June 10-15 - 10am to 9pm

Silver Spring, MD. Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.’s 5th Annual Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring will take place from Monday June 10, 2013 to Saturday, June 15, 2013 on two stages.  All free!

On Saturday, June 15 from 10 am to 9 pm, there will be outstanding acoustic blues performances on the “Market Stage” at the Fenton Street Market, featuring 

10:00am - Archie Edwards Blues Ensemble
11:00am - Gina De Luca
12:00pm - MSG - Acoustic Blues Trio
1:00pm - Stacy Brooks-Acoustic
2:00pm - Blue Panamuse

From 3 pm to 9 pm, on the “Fountain Stage” (Ellsworth Drive) the Silver Spring Blues Festival will highlight top electric blues stars, including:

4:00pm - Bushmaster featuring Gary Brown
5:00pm - The Skyla Burrell Band
6:00pm - The Bad Influence Band
7:00pm - The Ursula Ricks Project, and the headliner
8:00pm - Guitar Blues Legend, The Bobby Parker Blues Band

The festival emcee is WPFW-FM radio personality Ida Campbell, returning for her fifth consecutive Silver Spring Blues Festival.  Guest emcees include Tony Colter from Sirius XM radio.

The Festival will be videotaped by Montgomery Community Media and rebroadcast on cable throughout the year.

For more information, visit the Silver Spring Blues Festival website at www.silverspringblues.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ssbluesfest

Before the June 15th performances, Silver Spring Blues Week kicked off Monday, June 10 with a concert featuring the great Warner Williams with Joyce Ettingoff, and the dynamic blues duo Swampcandy at the Silver Spring Civic Building.

During Silver Spring Blues Week, blues fans will be treated to an abundance of free blues music performances in Silver Spring.

• On Tuesday, June 11, you can hear Gina DeSimone & the Moaners live on Silver Spring’s Veterans Plaza, from 7 pm to 9 pm. Free!
• On Wednesday, June 12, you can hear the joyful blues of “Roaddog,” live on Silver Spring’s Veterans Plaza, from 7 pm to 9 pm. Free!
• On Thursday, June 13, you can check out the soulful blues of David Oziel, David Jackson & Howard Moss, live on Silver Spring’s Veterans Plaza, from 7 pm to 9 pm.  Free!
• On Thursday, June 13, you can dance to Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes performing at McGinty’s Public House on Ellsworth Drive in Downtown Silver Spring, from 8 pm to 11 pm. Free
• On Friday, June 14, you can join WPFW radio personality Ida Campbell—and her band—at a Silver Spring Blues Festival happy hour from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Society Lounge on Georgia Avenue.  Society Lounge is located at 8229 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Silver Spring’s Blues Week also features blues-themed food & drink specials throughout Silver Spring, including:

Adega Wine Cellars & Café - 8519 Fenton Street; 301-608-2200 – food & drink specials

McGinty's Public House  911 Ellsworth Dr; 301-587-1270 – martini specials & live music

Nando's Peri-Peri 924 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD  20910, 301-588-728 -- Attend Blues Week events to win Gift Certificates

Olazzo's  - 8235 Georgia Ave; 301-588-2540  - martini specials

Pacci’s Neapolitan Pizzeria - 8113 Georgia Ave; 301-588-1011 – beer specials

Zed's Café 8225 Georgia Ave; 301-495-5614 – food & drink specials & live music

The Silver Spring Blues Festival is a project of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., a community-based non-profit organization established to provide dynamic arts, entertainment & educational programming to the greater Silver Spring community.  The mission of Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is to provide a vibrant, inclusive and engaging community gathering place that enriches the lives of residents of the Greater Silver Spring area. Embracing the racial and cultural diversity of the region, the organization seeks to educate, entertain, inspire and involve people while encouraging and supporting the building of a creative, compassionate and caring community.  For more information, visit the website at www.silverspringtowncenter.com or contact Executive Lisa Martin at lisa@silverspringtowncenter.com.

Sponsors of the Silver Spring Blues Festival include Downtown Silver Spring, United Therapeutics, Montgomery County, Monument Bank, Home Properties, WPFW-FM, Montgomery Community Media, Fenton Street Market, Atomic Music, Montgomery College, Quinter Design, the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation, and Courtyard by Marriott.

For more information about the Silver Spring Blues Festival, contact Alan Bowser, Executive Producer, Silver Spring Blues Festival at alan.bowser@gmail.com or at 301-523-6659.