Bman's Blues Report

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With all of the blues festivals and venues going on this season, I thought that I would talk with a number of Festival organizers to determine what makes a festival tick. One of the interviewees is coordinating her first venue so this will show views from upcoming planners to pure veterans. LeeAnn Gibbons - First time promoter of Portland, Oregon's First Annual Winter Blues Fest Kyle Deibler - President of the Phoenix Blues Society and organizer of Phoenix's Blues Blast Festival Michael John - 7th Annual Simi Valley Blues Festival founder/promoter Papa J - 3rd Annual Organizer/founder of Real Blues Festival of Orange County Bman: I have been to Blues festivals near both coasts and in cities both north and south. First tell me, where does the seed money come from to support an endeavor like this? LeeAnn: In my case, we had only 3 months to put this first year festival together, so we could not concentrate on the higher corporations, so we hit people we knew. Some of u...