The Lee Boys Kicking off a fast approaching fall festival season, the ever-popular Old Capitol Blues and BBQS has great blues music paired with a food favorite, barbecue. Put on each year by Downtown Springfield, Inc. the festival has another amazing lineup. Headliners this year are Victor Wainwright and The Wild Roots on Friday and […]
Old Capitol Blues and BBQs
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Labor Day doings
Well, it’s time for the annual bemoaning of the passing of another summer, one that seemed to fly by like a hungry mosquito heading for dinner on my left elbow. Now I suppose fall will just do the same. The years pile up with annoying regularity and increasing rapidity, but all in good time. First […]
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Fired up
Old Capitol Blues and BBQs returns to downtown Springfield, Aug. 24 and 25, with sizzling music and munchies. The BBQ competition is smokin’ with rib, pulled pork, brisket, open and dessert categories. Vendor yummies include ribs, pulled pork, pork chops, brisket, rib-eyes, chicken wings, barbecue nachos, kabobs, potato salad, slaw, fried green tomatoes and peach […]
