Mayor Baker, Cultural Affairs Director Betz Announce Details of Wilmington’s 2007 Riverfront Blues Festival
Newly Expanded Festival Now Begins on Friday, August 10 and Ends Sunday, August 12;
Blues Festival Web Site: http://www.riverfrontbluesfest.com/
Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker and City Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz today announced the scheduled line-up of entertainment for the City’s 2007 Riverfront Blues Festival. In previous years the Festival only ran on Saturday and Sunday; however, this year’s event has been expanded to include a Friday evening concert. The Festival will begin Friday evening, August 10, and run through Sunday, August 12 at the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park.
“Wilmington has a deep appreciation for music and entertainment, and we are again pleased to stage an event, in this case a blues festival, that will be enjoyable for our own citizens and to the thousands of visitors from a wide region around Wilmington who are becoming regular guests for these types of City events,” Mayor Baker said today. “Cities are, by their very nature, interesting and entertaining places where people of all ages and backgrounds can gather to live, enjoy life, and have fun,” the Mayor continued.
Performers and scheduled performance times for the three-day 2007 Riverfront Blues Festival include:
Friday, August 10, 2007
Main Stage
5:00 – 6:00 – Gary Cogdell & The Complainers
6:00 – 7:00 – Mikey Jr. & Stone Cold Blues
7:15 – 8:30 – Saffire “The Uppity Blues Women”
8:45 – 10:00 – Cleveland Fats & The Robert Lockwood Jr. Allstars
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Main Stage
Noon – 1:00 – Johnny Neel Band
1:30 – 2:45 – Larry Garner & The Road Lizards
3:15 – 4:30 – Duwayne Burnside
5:00 – 6:15 – Wayne Baker Brooks Band Featuring Big Time Sarah
6:45 – 8:00 – The James Harman Band
8:30 – 10:00 – The Tommy Castro Band

*Plus: Gary Allegretto Harmonica Workshops all day Saturday

Bandwagon Stage
1:00 – 1:30 – Paul Green School of Rock Allstars
2:45 – 3:15 – Deb Callahan Band
4:30 – 5:00 – Blue Cat Blues
6:15 – 6:45 – Johnny Duke & The Aces
8:00 – 8:30 – Roger Girke Band
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Main Stage
12:30 – 2:00 – Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band
2:30 – 4:00 – Lucky Peterson
4:30 – 6:00 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Bandwagon stage
2:00 – 2:30 – The Buicks
4:00 – 4:30 – Gary Allegretto and Friends

Gary Allegretto will be conducting Harmonica Workshops between sets on Saturday and performing live acoustic sets with special guests between sets on Sunday. Gary's appearance benefits Harmonikids.
Ticket Purchase and Pricing Information:
Order tickets online at http://www.riverfrontbluesfest.com/ using a major credit card, or call the Cityfest special events hotline at (302) 571-4699.
Advance ticket sales end at 12 noon, Friday, August 10. A one-day pass for Friday night costs $15 in advance and $20 at the gate. A one-day pass for Saturday or Sunday coasts $20 in advance and $25 at the gate. A 3-day weekend pass is $50 through advance sale only. All advance tickets will be held at the “Will Call” gate on the day of the festival. Advance tickets will NOT be mailed.
Children 12 & under are admitted without charge when attending with an adult
Riverfront Blues Festival Venue & Parking Information:
Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park is located at the corner of Water Street and South French Street at the Christina River (conveniently located next to the Amtrak train station and the Riverfront Market). Riverfront Park was named for abolitionists Thomas Garrett and Harriet Tubman. Garrett resided in the nearby Quaker Hill neighborhood, where slaves traveling the Underground Railroad often found refuge.
Free parking is available at the Amtrak Parking Garage on Martin Luther King Blvd. (adjacent to the bus station), one block from Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park.
Free handicapped parking is available at the surface lot on French Street (adjacent to the Amtrak Station & next to Riverfront Park).
Additional free parking for cars, RVs, buses & vans is available at the surface lot on Water Street at Tatnall Street. Take Martin Luther King Boulevard to Tatnall Street, and then turn right onto Tatnall Street.
Free parking is also available at the Shipyard Shops parking lot.
Pay Parking (fee charged) is available at the Colonial Parking Garage (located at MLK Boulevard and King St. next to Riverfront Park) and the Ships Tavern Parking Garage (entrance at 2nd and King Streets). 
Sponsors:
Mayor Baker and Director Betz today expressed special thanks to this year’s Riverfront Blues Festival sponsors, including the Buccini Pollin Group, Christina Landing, Diamond State Blues Society, Amtrak, ARF Digital Media Solutions, and the Riverfront Development Corporation.