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PHOTO GALLERY: Bradenton Blues Festival


  • By Nick Friedman
  • | 2:44 p.m. December 7, 2014
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Blues fans packed the Bradenton Riverwalk Saturday, Dec. 6, for the annual Bradenton Blues Festival, which highlights some of the best touring and area blues musicians as well as local food beer and other merchandise vendors. This year's lineup included Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones, Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, Marcia Ball and others.

stage
stage
sun
sun
Lil Ed
Lil Ed
Piotr and Natasha
Piotr and Natasha
Sarah Lockhart and Jeff Helgerson
Sarah Lockhart and Jeff Helgerson
Sign
Sign
Stacey Rhoads and Bill Burdick
Stacey Rhoads and Bill Burdick
Jennifer and Jason Peterson
Jennifer and Jason Peterson
Kathi and Barb MacNeal
Kathi and Barb MacNeal
Lil Ed
Lil Ed
Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials
Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials
Lil Ed
Lil Ed
Cigar box guitar
Cigar box guitar
Cigar box guitars
Cigar box guitars
crowd
crowd
dance
dance
Frank Whitehead and Connie BEll
Frank Whitehead and Connie BEll
beer
beer

 

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