Marquette – The seventh annual Marquette Area Blues Fest will take place Saturday and Sunday, September 4 and 5 at Mattson Lower Harbor Park in Marquette. Gates open at noon and music starts at 1 p.m. each day.
More than 10 blues acts are scheduled to perform, including the Flat Broke Blues Band, Moreland and Arbuckle, Chick Willis, Teeny Tucker, Candye Kane and Ronnie Baker Brooks. There will also be guitar and harmonica workshops, food and merchandise vendors and more.
Weekend adult tickets cost $40 and can be ordered by calling NMU EZ Tickets at 227-1032. Tickets are also available in Marquette at Marquette Wallpaper & Paint, MacDonald’s Music, the Lake Superior Community Partnership office, Jim’s Music in the Marquette Mall and at all NMU EZ Ticket outlets.
Northern Michigan University students with a valid I.D. can purchase special discount advance tickets at the EZ Tickets outlet in the Superior Dome. Young adult tickets will be available at the festival gate. Daily $10 tickets will be available for age 15-23 with a valid I.D.
For more information, visit www.marquetteareabluessociety.com.
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