Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival

Thank you to everyone who came to the tenth annual, there were some unbelievable performances.  The All Session Passes were a huge hit, Gregg Theater was a sold out show!!!  Thanks to all you campers, the campgrounds were left in beautiful order. Thanks to great campers we will continue to offer free camping and be able to improve access to more of the property, thanks again.  Please check the website for pictures (coming soon) and please email in your favorites.  Looking forward to the 11th annual!!

We are just a few days away and we have a lot of people to thank for making this the best festival ever. Thank you to Chautauqua County for coming out and widening the entry way to the festival grounds, and thank you to the city of Sedan for all their work helping pull off the Saturday shows.  Thank the downtown merchants for all their work downtown and support.  Some have offered discounts for anyone wearing the bluesfest wristband.  At the east end of town be sure to visit the hollow and chamber office in the old school house, stop by the Emmett Kelly Museum accross from the big flag.  The Saturday show held with the Art show will feature live demonstrations and some great blues educators.  There will be some little surprises early in the day so don’t be late.  Also at the art show they have BBQ dinners for $7 or $10.

We are sorry about the session passes not being available at all the outlets so we will continue to sell them for $30 on Saturday.  We did not print tickets for Saturday because had they been distributed to all the outlets we could not track the numbers.  Thanks to all who have called and reserved their seats.  There are plenty of seats left.  Call 620 725-3834 to reserve a seat.  At the festival grounds we have had no rain in over week and we want to remind everyone that it is ok to build small fires near your campsite, away from trees.  If you build a fire ring, throw the rocks back into the tree line when finished (for mowing).

If you come out on Friday there is a block party in downtown Sedan and the Yellow Brick Road parade starts at 10am on Saturday.  Most of the downtown businesses will be open between the shows on Saturday, be sure to thank them for their support.  The Gregg Theater is on Chautauqua just south of Main street.  Their is a lot of beautiful sights in the county see any merchant for details.

In response to tickets not being available in Wichita as originally advertised we will be at Sharon’s Charter Country, 1107 West Harry Street (Harry and Seneca) from 8 – 10 Saturday May 22nd.  We will give a coozie for every ticket purchased.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  We do have an agreement with CD Tradepost for next year.  This Year you can get tickets in Wichita at the JumpStart, 21st and West and G & L Garage, a block east of Grove on 13th.

Please stop by and say hi and see one of my favorite blues bands Made From Scratch!!

The 2010 Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival presents, for its 10th annual, some familiar faces and some true legends.  We have the one of the greatest living Harmonica players, the 3 time Band of the Year, the 2009 female entertainer of the year, the 2008 and 2009 International Blues challenge champions, the 2008 Piano Player of the Year and the 2010 Beale Stree Blues Kings.  Please check the schedule tab for details.  E-mailgreg@cqbluesfest.com or call 620 725-3834 with any comments or questions.  Thank you for ten great years!!

The Saturday afternoon show kicks off with some folksy blues and features 2 very accomplished blues educators.  The Saturday night show has our home town heroes, that spent the the past three months in the Roots Blues charts in the top 5.  Also an artist back for his 6th appearance and he brings his band up for a first for our Acoustic night.  His band has been touring the world with the U.S. State Department and we can’t wait to see what he’s been showing the world.

Get ‘em while they’re hot!!

TICKETS

and check out the schedule!

Schedule

Saturday May 29th
Kurtis Arts Plaza

1:00 Oklahoma Mike

2:30 Tas Cru

4:00 Rachelle Coba

Gregg Theater

7:00 Little Joe with Dave Bernsten

8:30 Moreland & Arbuckle

10:00 Little Joe Quartet

Sunday May 30th
CQ Blues Stage

2:00 Jimmy Lewin and The Kingtones

3:25 National Anthem with Terri Barbera

3:30 Trampled Under Foot

5:30 Robin Rogers

7:00 Moreland & Arbuckle

9:00 Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers

10:45 Dustin Pittsley

12:00 Jam and Bonfire

Don’t forget to buy tickets! However thanks to Tom L. for the 2009 Festival photos. Check out the gallery for all the photos from past years. If you have any you’d like to see up there please send them to Greg. Please make sure they are .jpg files and are small enough to post on the web. Enjoy!

The photo galleries are back and better than ever! We are still working on them so some images may be out of place or missing, that should be corrected within a week or so.

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The Schedule Has Been Updated!

Click Here for the 2010 Schedule

We are proud to announce the tenth anniversary year of the Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival!  The festival is a non-profit, all volunteer organization based in Sedan, Kansas held on Memorial Day weekend each year (May 29th and 30th, 2010).  We’ve reached a huge milestone, our tenth year!!  Please bear with us as we continue to update the website with this year’s lineup. The Saturday (May 29th) Acoustic Show will feature the triumphant return of our hometown band – Moreland & Arbuckle and the 2009 International Blues Challenge Champion Little Joe McLerran.  These two have spent the first 3 weeks of February at #2 and #3 on the Roots Blues charts.  We also have on the bill for Saturday Wichita’s Rachelle Coba and a former Tulsan Tas Cru.  We will add much more about these great artists later.  Little Joe has been selected by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Cultural Affairs to represent the blues genre accross the world - his blues quartet will performing for us on Saturday.

For the Sunday (May 30th) show; Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, Moreland & Arbuckle, Trampled Under Foot, Robin Rogers, Jimmy Lewin and the Kingtones and Dustin Pittsley.  Singing the National Anthem Terri Barbera of Independence.  Nothing like great blues singers; Terri, Danielle, Robin and Dustin.  Nothing like great harmonica players; Dustin and Rod.  Great guitarist Aaron and Dustin P.  The 2009 Piano player of the Year will also be on stage; Honey Piazza.  This is a special year for us as we celebrate the tenth annual and a reunion of sorts of the 2002 festival.  Danielle Schnebelen, Dustin Arbuckle and Dustin Pittsley were all just 19 that year.  Aaron Moreland, an important part of this festival from the beginning, also was a part of that phenomenal year.

Thanks to all the artists, our sponsors and especially the blues fans for making this a part of their Memorial weekend plans each and every year.  We could not do it without all the kindness and generosity you have shown us.

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