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11.18.2008. Watch this space! We have some great news and announcements. The dates will be Wednesday July 15th through Sunday July 19th. The festival will be in Minneapolis MN. The Wednesday show will be at the 331 Club and the rest of the festival will be at the Cabooze.. A few new faces and some returning from the past two years!
Monthly drawings for the first 100 ticket buyers supporting the festival!
11.01.2008. The November drawing will be for a complete set of the eleven 2008 festival posters. The Dex Romweber Duo poster is signed by Dex and Sara. There is info and links to more about the 2008 poster series here. To be entered in the draw the 2009 Deep Blues Festival tickets are available at our STORE HERE!
2008 Deep Blues Festival Compilation
11.01.2008. We're working on a compilation for the festival with a song from each band. It's 49 tracks and every day we'll be switching out all the songs on our player. Tracks are featured on the festival myspace page with more info to be announced.
Winner of The October Draw Announced
11.01.2008. The October drawing winner was Steve W, number 40. A collection of vinyl lps including several from the George Mitchell collection (R.L. Burnside, Joe Callicot, MS Fred McDowell) plus the new 10" releases of T-Model Ford, Don't Get Out Talkin' It, and Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early, American Made. An autographed LP of Chris Cotton's The Big Sea is to be included it in this drawing as well.
Winner of The September Draw Announced
10.02.2008. Congratulations to Steve W. of Minnesota, ticket 39, on winning the September drawing for the collection of 12 cds
The September drawing was a collection of 12 cds including the 7CD George Mitchell set. Other discs include Robert Cage, Willem Maker, Famous Renfroe, Whoa!Man!Jesus! and Houston Stackhouse.
Winner of The August Draw Announced
09.02.2008. Congratulations to Eric of Canada, ticket 34, on winning the August drawing for the genuine one string cigar box guitar built by John Lowe.
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Deep Blues Presales 2009 Announcement
08.02.2008. Thanks to all the bands, fans, sponsors, and volunteers for making the past two festivals so much fun.
We've grown quite a bit and learned a lot, but it has been hard to forecast the ticket sales for this unique event.
The size of the 2009 Deep Blues Festival will be determined by the support of the fans and sponsors we can sign up over the next several months. If you believe in this music and event, use the paypal link in our STORE to purchase your 2009 ticket now for $100. Sometime after the first of the year, we'll set the festival budget accordingly, and let you know the lineup and details.
It will take five or six hundred fans to sign up to do a similar 3 day event for 2009. We'll just have to scale up or down depending on how many are willing to sign up in advance. I can't promise that there will be any tickets sold after we stop this presale and set the budget. Don't miss out. Tell your friends.
Chris
ps - buy a shirt too
2009 Deep Blues Festival tickets and T-shirts are available at our STORE HERE!
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Late 2008 and 2009 Events
Twin Cities Club Shows
Festival bands (past, present and future)booked around the area are listed here and featured on myspace. Right now we are getting set for 2009 announcements. Stay tuned!
11/21/08 - 331 Club, Minneapolis - Smokestack and the Foothill Fury
11/21/08 - Rox, St. Cloud - Smokestack and the Foothill Fury
12/7/08 - St Anna - Charlie Parr, The Floorbirds
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2008 Press
Norway Press! A review and images by Øyvind Pharo.
Honest Tune! Candise Kola's review and photos of the festival.
Please check special links for a few more clicks to slide shows and and blogs.
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2008 Poster Series
Did you miss out at the festival? The Deep Blues Festival poster series (10 bands + 1 festival poster). Get yours now at gigposters.com and her site missamyjo.com. Of course, the 2008 festival poster is designed by Miss Amy Jo. More on the poster series, images and artist links in the Deep Blues Festival 2008 archive.
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2008 Winning films
We screened a number of music related films throughout the weekend at the fairgrounds in Hooley Hall. The film festival was free and open to the public.
Feature length documentary - The Folksinger
Feature length biography - Two Headed Cow
Short films or documentaries - Cross Country With The Snakes
Previews and Trailers - My Blue Star
pictured above: detail from Christoph Mueller's Certificate Artwork
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The Festival Blog and 2008 Photos
Visit Real Deep Blues as Rick Saunders blogs DBF bands. Rick also set up a Deep Blues Festival Flickr group page for folks who took photos at the festival. Fans, participants, artists and volunteers.
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