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Ticket Information: No tickets necessary for Afternoon Concerts held in Old Town Park VENUE CONCERTS: Tickets are $5 each or $20 all day pass to ALL concerts. Tickets can be purchased through The Spar, Parkway Tavern and Tully's Coffee.

Tacoma Old Town Blues Festival, July 9, 2005

The 12th Annual Tacoma Old Town Blues Festival takes place on Saturday, July 9th with events centered at and near Old Town Park, 2350 North 30th Street in Tacoma, Washington. The festival offers an "All Blues" format, an entire day and night of Tacoma blues concerts and events by some of the best known local and regional blues acts.      Once again, the popular Tacoma blues fest is donating the net proceeds of the festival to the Breast Cancer Awareness Center, which provides assistance through education and support to many of the Tacoma area's families effected by breast cancer. This unique Northwest blues event presented by T Town Productions and Michael Mitchell Productions offers up top notch blues while helping the community by helping those in need.      The schedule of events listed below is from the Old Town Blues Festival brochure, for further information check the events web site at www.tacomaoldtownbluesfest.com/

Schedule of Events

Morning

9:30 a.m.--in the Slavonian Hall BluesBerry Pancake Breakfast with a special performance by: The Blues Cronies sponsored by: Old Town Business Association

Afternoon Concerts

Old Town Park--Main Stage Free for "ALL AGES"

12  Noon  -  Crossroads Blues Band 1:00 p.m.  -  Michael Miller Band 2:00 p.m.  -  Billy Shew Band 3:00 p.m.  -  Stone Crazy Blues Band 4:00 p.m.  -  Zero Down Under Blues Band 5:00 p.m.  -  The Red Roosters 6:00 p.m.  -  Blues Allstars

The photos above were taken at the 2005 Tacoma Old Town Blues Festival by attendee Angie Morrison. Morrison is a member of the Northwest Washington Blues Group at yahoo groups, a frequent supporter of blues here in the Northwest corner of Washington State and an avid supporter of Breast Cancer Research. More of her photos are available at the Rogue Paradise Blues webpage dedicated to the festival.

Concert "21 & Older" Mountaineers Legends Stage Tickets $5.00 ea. or 20.00 all pay pass for ALL concerts 12:15p.m. -  Little Bill & Friends 4:00p.m. -  Jerry Miller Band Concert "All Ages" Slavonian Hall "Blues Cafe" Tickets $5.00 ea. or 20.00 all pay pass for ALL concerts 1:15-6:00pm All Day Jam hosted by The Crossroads Blues Band

Evening Concerts

Old Town Blues Festival TICKETS REQUIRED "21 And Older"

The Slavonian Hall "Blues Cafe" 8:00-12:00   Nick Vigarino's Meantown Blues Tully's Coffee House 8:00-11:00pm   Laurette Langille The Spar 8:30pm-12:30am The Cal Batchlor Band The Slavonian Hall "Main Stage" 8:30pm-1:00am   Too Slim and The Taildraggers           opening  The Red Roosters Mountaineers Legends Stage 8:30pm-1:00am   The Loose Gravel Band

For more information visit www.tacomaoldtownbluesfest.com or email ttownproductions@yahoo.com Evening ticket Info: In advance: Individual all day passes may be purchased for $20, Reservations for Groups of ten may be made for $200.00 by calling Ted Brown at 253-759-2518 or Michael Mitchell at 253-627-1290 Tickets may also be purchsed through The Spar 253-627-8215 Parkway Tavern 253-383-8748 Tully Coffee 253-572-1480

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