New Blues Festival A Finalist For Charity Award At Fest Forums

The New Blues Festival is nominated in the Charity Category at Fest Forums, taking place Wednesday, November 14 through Friday, November 16 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront (formerly the Fess Parker Resort) in Santa Barbara. Winners will be chosen at a ceremony on Friday, November 16 by an esteemed Board of Advisors including names such as Michael Lang,
Co-Creator of Woodstock Musical Concert/Promoter, Producer, and Artistic Manager; Maureen Ford, President, National & Festival Sales at LiveNation; and Steve Knopper, Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone Magazine. 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Tickets/Info: http://www.festforums.com/2018-home.

"We are very proud and honored to be nominated among the great Festivals represented here," says Bill Grisolia, Producer and Founder of the New Blues Festival. "This (nomination) is also a testament to the hard-working team we have in place (at the New Blues Festival)."

About...Fest Forums

Fest Forums is a conference for all festival industry leaders, event producers, and artists. Addressing cutting-edge technology, talent, ticketing, sponsorships, scheduling, merchandising, operations, sustainability, charitable work, innovation and safety, Fest Forums brings together festivals and events of all sizes for collaboration, professional development, and entertainment. Festivals participating include Coachella, Austin City Limits, New York Wine & Food, Camp Bisco, Lockn' Fest, Firefly, Life is Beautiful, Sundance, Stage Coach Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, TIFF, Bonnaroo, Bottle Rock, Ultra Music Festival, Governors Ball, Los Angeles Food & Wine, Newport Folk Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Woodstock, San Francisco International Film Festival, South Beach Wine and Food, SXSW, Austin Food & Wine Festival, The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts & Sciences, Pebble Beach Food & Wine, Live Nation's festivals, Vans Warped Tour, Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Life is Beautiful, Global Citizen Festival, Sundance and hundreds more.

About...The New Blues Festival

New Blues Festival enters its sixth year in existence in 2019, making it one of the longest, consecutive-running festivals in Southern California. Yearly attendance has grown exponentially each year, with close to8,000 attendees both days at the 2018 NBF this past Labor Day weekend.
"Los Angeles and Orange Counties have responded very well to the (New Blues Festival) concept. We definitely hit on a pent-up demand for a long-running inter-generational tradition, and we are excited to once again share all this great music with the public", says William Grisolia, Producer and Founder of the New Blues Festival.

Past New Blues Festival headliners include 2017 Grammy winner, Bobby Rush; Grammy nominee, vocalist Janiva Magness; one of the blues biggest female guitarists, Ana Popovic; Stray Cat member, Lee Rocker; legendary SoCal-based harpist-vocalist, James Harman; famed SoCal jazz/blues chanteuse, Barbara Morrison; plus the best young up-and-coming blues artists, such as the Chase Walker Band and Ray Goren.

About...The Long Beach Society

The New Blues Festival is partnered with the Long Beach Blues Society (LBBS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of blues music. Festival musicians participate in LBBS programs like Blues in the Schools, Blues for Vets, and Blues for Seniors - typically in under-served communities in and around Long Beach. Blues in the Schools brings professional blues musicians into the classroom to teach blues history and music
instruction, and also present concerts on the school campus that include students from the workshops on stage with the pros. Blues is a healing music, and Veterans and seniors who may feel isolated are uplifted by live blues through LBBS programs on the VA Hospital campus and local senior facilities.

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