BEGINNING SATURDAY, AUG. 1
For 31 years, the Erie Blues and Jazz Festival (a perennial winner of Best Music Festival in our Best of Erie awards) has transformed Frontier Park into a hub for music, the arts, and community. Returning Saturday, Aug. 1, and Sunday, Aug. 2, the Festival once again invites audiences to enjoy an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, soul, funk, and fusion performances against one of the city’s most scenic backdrops.
“This year’s festival brings an incredible mix of elite national, regional and local intense energy to our three stages,” Festival Producer Maria Gangemi (Erie’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2020) shares. Saturday will feature (among others) performances from The Duke Sherman Band, whose guitar-driven blues channels classic American music, acclaimed guitarist Wayne Baker Brooks and his signature Chicago sound, and rising vocalist Dylan Triplett, whose powerful voice evokes the golden age of soul and R&B…