Sunflower Festival Event Photos
Press Photos Releases - August, 2016
Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival
Panny Mayfield, publicist / photos
Here is a collection of photos from 2016's Sunflower Festival
Civic Auditorium packed for Sunflower Gospel Fest
More than 2,000 ‐ a capacity crowd ‐ packed Clarksdale's Civic Auditorium Sunday
for the 29th annual Sunflower Festival Blues and Gospel Festival
starring celebrity musicians: Lee Williams and the Spiritual QCs
Lonnie Shields
(headliner)
Super Chikan Johnson
(Friday night headliner)
Bill Luckett welcoming contingent of Italian photographers to the festival at the Grits and Greens dinner
Virtuoso guitarist Vasti Jackson
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Primary sponsors being introduced on stage: (from left) Martin Marsh, Melvita Tillis Presley, co-chair, Hal Pontez, president of HPI, LC; John Sherman, co-chair, Mike Strathdee, and Craig Marsh
Paul Wilson receiving the Early Wright Blues Heritage Award Pictured with him are John Sherman, Melvita Tillis Presley, Maie Smith, and Catherine Clark
Sweet Angel
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