SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES & GOSPEL FESTIVAL

2013 - 26th Annual Festival

Since its creation in 1988, the Sunflower Festival has been entertaining blues fans for the past 26th years.

Throughout the years there have been numerous high profile headliners and entertainers such as Robert Plant, Ike Turner, Dorothy Moore and for this years 26th annual festival, Bobby Rush.

The Delta Blues Museum has partnered with the Sunflower Festival for many years with coordinating various performances, booths and special promotions.

This years events at the Museum will include a panel discussion of Arthneice "Gas Man" Jones featuring members from his Stone Gas Band; the opening of the Museum's new exhibit "26 Years of Sunflower" and of course all the great performances to be viewed on the recently renamed DBM "Melville C. Tillis" stage.

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We would love to hear from you and share the great times you have had at the Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival. Please email any comments and photos you would like to share with us to sunflower@deltabluesmuseum.org

2013 Sunflower Festival, Events & Exhibits at Delta Blues Museum
Delta Blues Museum Media Advisory - Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival Read More

26th Annual Sunflower Festival
The 2013 Sunflower Festival included performances by the DBM Band, headliner Bobby Rush; with special events at the Museum and Ground Zero Blues Club honoring the late Arthneice "Gas Man" Jones; the opening of the new museum exhibit "25 Years of Sunflower" and much more. Read More

Bobby Rush

Arthneice "Gas Man" Jones

For more information regarding the Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival please visit www.sunflowerfest.org.