Enjoy a weekend full of blues music and BBQ during the Old Capitol Blues & BBQ festival Friday, August 24 and Saturday, August 25. Friday night performers are Mary Jo Curry at 5:30 p.m., Brandon Santini at 7 p.m. and Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers at 9 p.m. Saturday’s lineup features the Illinois Central Blues Club Challenge at 1 p.m., Jason Elmore at 5 p.m., Jim Suhler at 7 p.m. and Monkey Beat and Big Head Todd and the Monsters at 9 p.m. Additionally, attendees can enjoy smoking-hot barbecue provided by the festival’s barbecue contest participants as well as a variety of domestic and craft beers, a wine garden, the Tito’s Experience and Fireball Fever. Tickets to the Old Capitol Blues & BBQ festival will be available at the gates. Admission costs $5 on Friday night and $10 on Saturday. For more information about the Old Capitol Blues & BBQ Festival, find Old Capitol Blues & BBQ on Facebook.
Old Capitol Blues & BBQ
Aug 24-25, 5pm Friday and
12pm Saturday
Old State Capitol Plaza
Between Sixth and Fifth streets at Adams
$5 Friday; $10 Saturday
This article appears in Aug 23-29, 2018.
