Blues in the District

The District has announced that this Friday’s Blues in the District will be held on schedule. The Blues in the District concert featuring Coyote Bill will be this Friday, July 24 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. The concert is free and held in Washington Park.

The third of six "Blues in the District" nights will be held tonight as the Matt Roberts Blues Band will be performing.

The 2015 season of Blues in the District is underway at Washington Park. Blues in the District is a free summertime concert series presented by The District. Bruce Guthrie, Executive Director of The District, took a moment to answer a few of our questions about Blues in the District.

If anyone knows me, they know I love the blues. They also know that I am a fixture at the Blues in the District concerts and sit next to what is now known as the “Big Dog’s Rock” in Washington Park. For blues lovers out there the 2015 edition of Blues in the District starts tonight at 5:30 p.m.

Friday night will mark the start of the 2015 Blues in the District concert series. The concerts are held in Washington Park from 5:30 to 9:30 and are free to the public. Kicking off this year’s season is Harper and Midwest Kind.

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Happy New Year! Where did the year go? I cannot believe we are celebrating a new year arriving already. Wasn't it just March and the St. Patrick's Parade? Wasn't it just Gus Macker time in May? Wasn't it just July with fireworks going off at the Quincy Gems game? Wasn't it just the last Blues in the District time in September? Wasn't it just Halloween, Thanksgiving and even Christmas? Where does t

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It seems like I just sat down to enjoy the first performance of Blues in the District and here it is the last concert of the season tonight already.  Where does the time go. They say time flies when you are having fun so I guess I shouldn't be surprised the final concert is upon us.

The summer tradition of Blues in the District continues tonight when Marquise Knox performs in a free concert at Washington Park. Marquise was born and raised in St. Louis and handles his guitar with the best of them. A guitar he learned to play from his grandmother. With Knox's performance tonight only two more Blues in the District events remain for the summer.