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Bumbershoots delivers Blues,
September 2-5, 2005
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photo of Duke Robillard
   Feel like taking a drive down I-5 this weekend? Bumbershoots is back for it's annual Labor Day Weekend explosion of arts, dance, film, food, fun and live entertainment on numerous stages at the Seattle Center. You can buy your tickets at any Starbucks Coffee with no extra fees. Costs are:
1-Day pass $28
2-Day Pass $45
4-Day Pass $80
Kids 6-12 yrs $8
Kids under 6 yrs. and Seniors over 65 yrs FREE.

Blues fans can be assured that merely showing up at the
Miller Lite Blues Stage at the Mural Amphitheatre is a guarantee of a wide array of blues acts, both regional and national. Here's the schedule for that stage:

Friday, September 2
Becki Sue and Her Big Rockin' Daddies
12:30pm-1:30pm
Jude Bowerman Band
2-3:15pm
Chris Stevens Band
3:45-5pm
Kermit Ruffins
5:45-7pm
Mavis Staples
7:45-9pm

(Baby Gramps performs on the Busker Stage from 7-7:45pm Friday)

Saturday, September 3
Darrius Willrich
12:15pm-1:30pm
Mavis Staples
2:15pm-3:30pm
Kelley Hunt
4:15-5:30pm
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
6:15-7:30pm
Duke Robillard Band
8:15-9:45pm

Sunday, September 4
Blues Orbiters
12pm-1pm
Wheedle's Groove
1:45-3:30pm
Gospel Hummingbirds
4:15-5:30pm
Mofro
6:15-7:30pm
Billy Preston
8:15-9:45pm

(Baby Gramps performs on the Buskers Stage from 5-5:45pm Sunday)
(
Bo Diddley performs at McCaw Hall from 3-3:45pm Sunday)

Monday, September 5
Stickshift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives

12:15-1:30pm
Tim Sherman Band
2-3:15pm
Highway 99 All-Stars
4-5:15pm
Sonny Landreth
6-7:15pm
Buckwheat Zydeco
8-9:30pm
Duke Rolliard,
(2 time W.C.Handy award winning guitarist of the year, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues and Pleasure Kings) plays Bumbershoot on Sat., Sept. 3 at 8:15pm on the Miller Lite Blues Stage.
photo of Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples,
has two performances on the Miller Lite Blues Stage at Bumbershoot, Friday at 7:45pm and Saturday at 2:15pm. Her five decade career has earned her numerous awards including W.C.Handy, Grammy, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and being one of VH1's "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll".
photo of Baby Gramps
Baby Gramps,
has two performances on the Buskers Stage at Bumbershoot, Friday at 7pm and Sunday at 5pm. Vaudeville and Hokem in a time warped, and just plain warped blues and jazz fashion.
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