Kitchener Blues Festival

Alright - so it's the Blues Festival Time of Year.
Should be interesting with all the ongoing construction in the core, but it gives it character, right?

I will leave it up to you to check out the schedule of shows. You can basically hit up any of these locations - Kit. City Hall, Kitchener Market, The Boathouse, or the intersection of King and Frederick St. - over Friday, Saturday and Sunday and run into some Free live music.

But what you really want to check out are these, the after parties happening around town betweent 11pm and 1am Thursday - Saturday:

THURSDAY
Boathouse | Matt Andersen

FRIDAY
Millsy's Billiards | One Bald Tire
Bobby O'Briens | Shawn Kellerman
One Eyed Jacks | Morgan Davis
Rum Runner | Homewreckers ftg Miss Angel (this is an rQ recommended show for sure)
Boathouse | Tarbox Ramblers
The Hive-Upstairs | Michelle Malone
The Hive-Downstairs | Mike MacDonald
Frederick Street Blues | The Bear Cats
Lucky's | James O'Brien
Crabby Joes | Weber Brothers

SATURDAY
Millsy's Billiards | The Soulution
Bobby O'Briens | Big Gilson
One Eyed Jacks | Ellen McIlwaine
Rum Runner | Douglas Watson
Boathouse | Studebaker John
The Hive-Upstairs | Texas Meltdown
The Hive-Downstairs | Alex Tintinalli Band
Starlight Lounge | Mason Rack Band (midnight)
Frederick Street Blues | PT & The Cruisers
Lucky's | Corner Pocket Blues Band
Crabby Joes | Soulstack

SUNDAY (7:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
Bobby O'Briens | Michelle Malone
Boathouse | Guitar Shorty/Ronnie Baker Brooks (9 pm)

It's nice to see Lucky's with a couple after party acts, nice work Justin. Oh, where the hell is the Hive? can someone tell me? i've been hearing about this place for the past couple weeks, but no one can give me a straight answer! It's like a secret club that i'm not invited to. sigh....

Alright, hopefully we'll catch you at a Sunday event - we're hoping to be up at a friends cottage this weekend.

(photo borrowed from the Kitchener Blues Festival Website!)