Bricktown Blues & BBQ festival this weekend!

[metro]

Dr. Pepper
Presents the 12th Annual
Bricktown Blues & BBQ Festival
June 15 & 16, 2007

The Bricktown Blues & BBQ Fest will be held Friday, June 15 – Saturday, June 16. The festival will be located outdoors under huge tents on the corner of Sheridan & Oklahoma Ave. in the heart of Bricktown.

Friday, June 15
Noon-1:00pm Doc Blue
1:20pm-2:30pm Sweet Brenda
2:50pm-4:00pm Act Casual
4:20pm-5:30pm Blue Kats
5:50pm-7:00pm House featuring Chebon Tiger
7:20pm-8:35pm Jim Suhler and Monkeybeat Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat - Home
8:55pm-10:10pm Guy Forsyth Guy Forsyth :: News
10:30pm-Midnight Savoy Brown festuring Kim Simmonds Welcome to the virtual home of Savoy Brown and Kim Simmonds!

Saturday, June16
Noon-12:45pm Doc Blue
1:00pm-2:00pm Miss Amy and her Sho’nuf Bluesmen
2:15pm-3:15pm Dan Danger
3:30pm-4:30pm AJ Johnson and Why Not
4:45pm-5:45pm Three Legged Dog
6:00pm-7:15pm Shane Henry www.myspace.com/shanehenry
7:35pm-8:50pm Aranda ARANDA || NEW SITE COMING SOON
9:10pm-10:25pm Sista Monica Sista Monica
10:45pm-Midnight John Hammond www.johnhammond.com

Artist and times subject to change.

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All ages welcome – Admission is absolutely FREE.
Rain or Shine. Come and enjoy Championship BBQ, Ice-Cold Budweiser served in souvenir pitchers, soft drinks, T-shirts, hats, & more.
No food, drinks, coolers, professional or video cameras, weapons or pets allowed.
Lawn chairs and blankets allowed.

Presented by: Dr Pepper
Major Sponsors: The Oklahoman, Bud Light, Lamar Outdoor, US Cellular, Cox Communications, Southwest Airlines, & The Oklahoma Lottery.
Participating Sponsors: McClain’s RV and Zeal Desino

Produced by Brewer Entertainment.
For more information please call Chris Clifton at 405-236-4143.

[kmf563]

I'm doing the no-rain-tomorrow-evening dance right now!! I will be plopped in my little OU chair right in front of the stage for Shane and Aranda.

[Misty]

These don't all look like blues bands to me???????????

[Faith]

Too bad Watermelon Slim & The Workers couldn't be there!

[jbrown84]

Aranda is definitely not blues...

[kmf563]

Aranda is definitely not blues...

Aranda may not be your traditional blues band - but they do play some blues, and they did play some blues last night. They also know how to entertain any type of crowd. They sold out on every item of their merchandise last night and stood there for a solid hour signing autographs.

[Faith]

I heard b/c of the rain the Blues fest has moved to the fair grounds.

[jbrown84]

hmmmm

[Misty]

Man, I swear. I am tired of the few events that are planned downtown moving! Do these event planners not live in Oklahoma? Are they not familiar with our weather? DIDN'T THEY SEE GARY ENGLAND ON THE DAILY SHOW? DON'T THEY KNOW ABOUT DOPPLER 9000 EXCELL? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'm going for a margarita...I mean lunch.

[ksearls]

Misty,

This rainy weather is very unusal for OKC. I can't recall a year with so much rain. Are you suggesting that we discontinue outdoor events because of one wet season?

[ksearls]

Also, they are not moving the festival to the fairgrounds. Don't know where that came from.

[jbrown84]

I can't recall a year with so much rain.

Me either.

[Misty]

Thanks for the info Kim! I'm very glad they aren't moving this. Of course I'm not suggesting we discontinue outdoor events, that's ridiculous. Any outdoor event needs to be planned knowing that inclement weather is always a possibility. I’ve done a lot of event planning and some of the events I’ve seen here are a little baffling and could have been planned better. The weather guys here are awesome, we always know well ahead of time what's coming. Believe me, I've seen HUGE improvements in this city & with the various events since I lived here previously, but I think we still have a lot of room to grow as well. Obviously the info about the festival moving was incorrect, my comments were based on how ridiculous it would have been to plan this, then move it (day of).

[Faith]

Hmm.. Sorry for the incorrect information. I guess that is what happens when you get info second hand. A friend emailed me this afternoon and said b/c of the rain it was relocated to the fairgrounds. I guess you could always call the OK Blues Society to get the correct information.

[metro]

Hmm.. Sorry for the incorrect information. I guess that is what happens when you get info second hand. A friend emailed me this afternoon and said b/c of the rain it was relocated to the fairgrounds. I guess you could always call the OK Blues Society to get the correct information.

Exactly. If one would go with first hand information (i.e. the article), one would have read the following line directly from it.

Rain or Shine. Come and enjoy Championship BBQ, Ice-Cold Budweiser served in souvenir pitchers, soft drinks, T-shirts, hats, & more.

[jbrown84]

Yeah, I thought it seemed odd to move the BRICKTOWN Blues Fest to the fairgrounds.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

The most important question in my mind right now is: While I'm down there enjoying the good music and a beer or two...WHO IS PROVIDING THE BBQ?

If it's Rib Crib, I'm not goin'