Santa Cruz Blues Festival

Attention California readers! Big fest this weekend in Santa Cruz. I just found this out today, but this sounds like an incredible blues fest. here are the particulars from the Monterey Herold.

Lonely Boys, Indigenous, Jackie Greene, Sonny BLUES FESTIVAL ·What: 15th annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival featuring LosLandreth, Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings on Saturday; Etta James and the Roots Band, Little Feat, Robben Ford, Tommy Castro, Nina Storey and special guest Coco Montoya sitting in with Castro and Little Feat ·Where: Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos; free shuttle buses start at 9 a.m. from Cabrillo College parking lots off Park Avenue. Parking lot opens at 8 a.m. ·When: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27; gates open at 10 a.m. ·Tickets: $50 general each day or $90 for both; $100 each day for Gold Circle or $190 for both; $20 each day for children under 12 or $30 for both days; children 6 and under free in general admission area when accompanied by an adult; tickets available at Moe's Alley and Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz, online at www.santacruzbluesfestival.com, or by calling the blues hotline at 479-9814 ·Information: 479-9814 or online at www.santacruzbluesfestival.com ·Do's and Dont's: No dogs, food, alcohol, cans, bottles, containers, coolers, cameras with removable lenses, recording devices or digital video cameras. Low profile chairs up to 30 inches with a seat height of no more than 10 inches, one personal bottle of water and still camera (no video) are OK. DO's AND DONT's LAWN CHAIRS are allowed in the General Admission seating area only. COMMON SENSE RULES apply. Chairs must be no taller than 30 inches from the ground to the top of the chair and no taller than 10 inches from the ground to the bottom of the seat. This allows the person behind you to see and enjoy the concert also. There will be Blues Festival staff to assist in laying out your blanket and chairs. This is known as the art of Skooching. We want everyone to have enough room to be comfortable, so we ask that you place your blanket and chairs as far forward to the person in front of you as possible. PLEASE no dogs, food, alcohol, cans, bottles, containers, coolers, cameras with removable lenses, recording devices or digital video cameras. Low profile chairs up to 30 inches with a seat height of no more than 10 inches, one personal bottle of water and still camera (no video) are O.K. We reserve the right to not allow any cameras into the park whether they have removable lenses or not. Parking is at Cabrillo College with free luxury shuttle busses to Aptos Village Park. Gates open at 10 am, music starts at 11am. We reserve the right to refuse entry. No refunds no exchanges, rain or shine. Artist subject to change. COME EARLY! Direct additional questions to info@santacruzbluesfestival.com