City Of Clearwater Giving Away Sea-Blues Festival Packages

CLEARWATER, FL -- The city of Clearwater is also offering lovers of seafood and blues a chance to win a Sea-Blues Festival package.

The package includes two-day VIP tickets to the Sea-Blues Fest Feb. 23-24, a one-night hotel stay, $10 worth of merchandise credit, two passes on the Clearwater Ferry, two passes to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, brunch on the rooftop of Clearwater's Main Library and a meet-and-greet with one of the artist performing.

To enter the contest, fill out the contest form by visiting the Sea-Blues Fest website and clicking on the "contest" icon.

The festival at Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater Feb. 23-24 will feature top-rated blues artists and seafood dishes prepared by some of the area's top restaurants.

To kick off the weekend’s festivities, downtown Clearwater will host a Blues Walk and Blast Friday on Feb. 22 with the Grammy-nominated band Fastball headlining the event and several blues artists performing throughout downtown. General admission to these events are free.

Here's the lineup for the 2019 Sea-Blues Festival:

Saturday, Feb. 23

• Vintage Trouble - Since forming in 2010, Vintage Trouble distills swaggering rock, soulful blues, R&B grooves and pop ambition into a bold and brash brew.
• Fantastic Negrito - Fantastic Negrito is the story of a man who struggled to make it, who got it, who lost it all, and somehow managed to find his way back. These are singular songs by a musician who writes and produces his own work.
• Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band - Rev. Peyton, the world’s foremost country blues finger-style picker, has pieced together one of the most dedicated followings out there.
• Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics - This world-class modern soul revue is topped off with Velle’s sultry voice.
• Mark Telesca - Mark Telesca is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist and bassist. His hook-oriented songwriting style and storytelling lyrics along with his expressive style of bass playing and powerful lead vocals are capturing the attention of music lovers everywhere.
• Jamie N Royce – The winner of the Suncoast Blues Society annual local showcase will open the festival.

Sunday, Feb. 24

• The Devon Allman Project with special guest Duane Betts - Devon Allman is a guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer. He is the son of musician Gregg Allman and has appeared occasionally as a guest musician for Gregg Allman and The Allman Brothers Band.
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s love of music grew from the rich gospel sounds emanating from his family’s church and the blues music he regularly heard played in his Delta neighborhood.
• Davy Knowles - Davy Knowles is an Irish blues guitarist and singer. Knowles drew his musical influences from blues musicians that he grew up listening to such as Dire Straits, Peter Green, and Eric Clapton's Cream.
• RJ Howson - Fire branded in the Chicago blues circuit, roots rocker and bluesman RJ Howson picked up his skillful guitar chops performing and jamming with blues icons at Buddy Guy's Legends club, Rosa's Lounge, Kingston Mines, Blues on Halstead and many other clubs in the Windy City.
• Victoria Ginty and Ladyhawke – Blues singer and multi-instrumentalist artist performs modern blues, R&B and bluesy Americana music.

General admission is free. VIP tickets are $80 and reserved seating tickets are $25. Click here.

Images via Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival

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