Festival Details
Cincy Blues Fest is held every summer at Sawyer Point Park, on the banks of the Ohio River, in Cincinnati. On Friday the festival gates usually open at 5:00pm and the music starts at 5:30pm. On Saturday the doors open at 2:30pm, and the music starts at 3:15pm. Music continues until midnight, both nights.
The festival usually consists of three to four stages running simultaneously in different parts of the park. On Friday there is the Main Stage at the P&G Pavilion, the "themed" Stage (each year a different theme is chosen) under the arches of the Purple People Bridge, and the Local Stage in the lawn east of the I-471 ("Big Mac") Bridge. On Saturday there is the Main Stage, Arches Boogie Woogie Piano Stage, and the Local Stage.
The Main Stage is populated with national and regional blues acts, as well as two local acts that are the winners of that year's Cincy Blues Challege. The St. Vincent De Paul Local Stage is made up of the runners-up of that year's challenge, as well as a local all-star jam session at the end of the night on Saturday.
The Arches Boogie Woogie Piano Stage host boogie woogie piano players from around the world, and is also the venue for the International Boogie Woogie Hall of Fame awards, with a new member inducted each year on that stage.
On Friday the "Arches Stage" is a themed stage, with a different theme each festival. 2007 found that stage renamed the "King Records Tribute Stage," featuring many surviving artists that recorded on the Cincinnati-based King Records label. In 2008 the theme was the "AlternaBlues Stage," a showcase of regional and national Americana and blues-rock acts that were heavily influenced by the blues. And in 2009 the stage will be called "The 2009 International Blues Challenge Stage," as all the bands that will perform competed at the IBC in Memphis.
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