Bronze Blues & Brews Festival to be held August 7 & 8
The 19th Bronze Blues & Brews Festival is set for Friday, August 7, and Saturday, August 8. The event will be held at the Joseph City Park, Joseph, Oregon. For the Friday Jam Night gates open at 5:30pm with music from 6-10pm. On Saturday, the gates open at noon with music from 12:30-10pm. All ages welcome. Kids 10 and under free.
This year’s event will feature Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sultans of Slide, Roseland Hunters, Polly O’Keary & the Rhythm Method, and Ben Rice & Lucy Hammond.
Tickets are available for presale for $30 or at the gate for $35. For more information visit the website at www.bronzebluesbrews.com.
Bronze Blues & Brews has supported the local Joseph, Oregon, community in many ways over the past 19 years. Here is just a sample of some of the things they have accomplished: Donated over $22,000 to the City of Joseph for improvements to the City Park; Secured partial grant funding for underground power to lower end of City Park; Secured partial grant funding for permanent safety fencing in City Park; Donated over $12,000 to local High School Sports & other programs; Donated over $8,000 to Local High School Arts & Music programs; Established the “Karen Jackson Memorial Award” donating over $4,000 to local charities; Established “Arts & Music Scholarships” to local students and donating over $6,000; and $4,374,000–Conservative estimate of dollars spent in Wallowa County, Oregon over 19 year span by Bronze Blues & Brews non-resident ticket buyers.