Topanga Canyon Blues Festival
| Topanga Canyon Blues Festival | |
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| Genre | Blues |
| Location(s) | Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga Canyon, California |
| Years active | 1982 to present |
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The Topanga Canyon Blues Festival is an annual event held in California, attracting blues acts from across the United States. It began in the 1982. Like the Orange County Blues Festival, it attracts some of the major blues artists in the United States. Over the years the festival has been running, it has seen major blues acts such as Etta James, Willie Dixon, Otis Rush, Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson, Junior Wells, Pee Wee Crayton, Phil Gates and Jimmy "Preacher" Ellis. Other acts such as Paul Butterfield, William Clarke, Linda Hopkins, Philip Sayce and Roy Gaines have appeared there.
The festival is held in the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, an outdoor theater in Topanga Canyon. It is a day long event of blues and roots music. In addition to music there is a harmonica workshop and family events. The festival draws people from areas such as Malibu, Southern California, Santa Monica, Topanga Canyon, San Fernando Valley and beach areas. In 2007 the spokeswoman for the event was Kelly Davis. Zack Slovinsky is the organizer for the festival and has brought in blues acts such as Phillip Walker. He has also brought in other acts that may not be immediately identifiable as blues.
It is sponsored by the Southern California Blues Society. The Southern California Blues Society is a non-profit organization which is staffed by volunteers. The organization has the aim of preserving and promoting American Blues music and its culture. Proceeds of the festival go to the Willie Dixon Scholarship, Blues in the Schools, also free concerts promoting blues music.
In 1991, the acts scheduled to appear at the festival were Floyd Dixon, Billy Vera, Joe Houston, Lowell Fulson, Jim Beasley and Mickey Champion. The Delgado Brothers appeared at the festival in 1999.
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