Bluesfest International Windsor

Bluesfest International Windsor
Genre Blues
Dates Second weekend of July
Location(s) Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Years active 1995–2013

Bluesfest Windsor was a three-day blues and roots music festival held annually in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It took place outdoors at the Riverfront Festival Plaza on the banks of the Detroit River, in front of Caesars Windsor and opposite Motown. The show was presented from Friday to Sunday every year on the second weekend of July. In 2010, Bluesfest adopted a revised three day schedule, from Friday to Sunday.

The festival has grown in size and grandeur since its initial appearance in 1995, and in 2008 it attracted an estimated audience of 30,000 people throughout the weekend.[1] Ted Boomer is the creator and producer of Bluesfest Windsor.[2] Notable leading artists that have attended Bluesfest include; Edgar and Johnny Winter, Robin Trower, Gregg Rolie, Buddy Guy, Tim Robbins, David Clayton-Thomas, the Yardbirds, Robert Cray, Cactus, Mitch Ryder, Dick Wagner, Ten Years After, Gordon Downie, Southside Johnny, Tab Benoit, the Funk Brothers, Los Lonely Boys, Steve Earle, Murray McLauchlan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jeff Healey, Richie Havens, Leon Russell, Levon Helm, Dickey Betts, Sonny Rhodes, Colin James, Molly Hatchet, Ana Popović, and Taj Mahal.[3] The festival relies on corporate, labour and community sponsorship and includes a number of non-profit and charitable beneficiaries each year.[4]

In a March 15, 2013, Facebook post, Gould said he was ending a 10-year run at Bluesfest: “I am resigning from my position of Director of Bluesfest London to pursue other ventures and spend more time with my children.”[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rebecca Turcotte and Sonja Puzic, "Just having a good time," The Windsor Star, July 14, 2008, sec. A1
  2. ↑ "Windsor's big Bluesfest...The music of the South comes north," Biz X Magazine, June 2006, pp. 14
  3. ↑ Ted Shaw, "Singer knows of despair," The Windsor Star, July 7, 2008, sec B4
  4. ↑ Tim Fairhurst, "Summertime- and the giving is easy," Biz X Magazine, June, 2007 pp. 14-15
  5. ↑ "Bluesfest London hitting final notes?". Lfpress.com. Retrieved 2015-08-31.

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