Buddy Guy: Bull Durham Blues Festival

The St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation, Inc. (SJHF), presenters of the annual Bull Durham Blues Festival will collaborate with DPAC to present the legendary Buddy Guy, Betty LaVette, and The Wild Magnolias at the 2010 festival.

"Blues All Around Town” will be the theme as the Foundation coordinates a host of events for blues lovers of all ages. Shows will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center on Friday, September 10 in the historic St. Joseph’s Performance Hall; then on Saturday, September 11, the festival will move across town to the DPAC to some soul-stirring, toe-tapping blues from Buddy Guy, Betty LaVette, and The Wild Magnolias.  The Foundation plans to have some of the traditional festival atmosphere.

The annual Bull Durham Blues Festival, produced by SJHF, has been successfully presented since 1988. It is nationally recognized as one of the premier blues festivals in the country and was honored in 2000 with the ’Keeping the Blues Alive Award” by The Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN. The event has become North Carolina’s largest celebration of the blues, recognizing Durham’s rich musical heritage as an important center of Carolina and Piedmont Blues. The festival has attracted as many as twenty thousand blues lovers and has over a three million dollar economic impact on the Durham economy annually.

Related Links

• Bull Durham Blues Festival Website
• Hayti Website For Additional Blues Festival Info.