Sarasota festival brings the blues and barbecue

The weekend festival started May 6.

  • By Harry Sayer
  • | 9:45 a.m. May 8, 2022
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Blues fans took to the Sarasota Fairgrounds for a relaxing weekend of music and food.

The Sarasota Blues & BBQ festival took over the fairgrounds from May 6-8 and featured a number of music acts jamming for the crowd. Guests picked up all sorts of barbecue and drinks and listened to the show. 

Doug Deming sings out to the crowd.
Doug Deming sings out to the crowd.
Atlas the dog and Dawn Wash
Atlas the dog and Dawn Wash
Guests relaxed in the sun and shade and listen to music.
Guests relaxed in the sun and shade and listen to music.
Harry and Diane Katz
Harry and Diane Katz
Guests picked up all sorts of food.
Guests picked up all sorts of food.
Members of the Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones play to the crowd.
Members of the Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones play to the crowd.
Pant Steck and Cheril Miller
Pant Steck and Cheril Miller
Jean Callihan plays with Maximus
Jean Callihan plays with Maximus
Jean Callihan plays with Maximus
Jean Callihan plays with Maximus
Zackery Pomerlau plays the drums.
Zackery Pomerlau plays the drums.
Sadie and Arabella Turner
Sadie and Arabella Turner

 

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