Thanks to one of my social media friends, I was able to score tickets to this year's
Edmonton Blues Festival. I am a big blues fan, and
Blues On Whyte is one of my regular weekend hang outs.I loved the variety of Blues presented at the festival, and the fact that the performers were from all over the world. You can read my blog post about the music over at
Inside World Music. The band pictures above is
MonkeyJunk, my new favourite!
The food was as diverse as the music! Of course, I had to have a
Fat Frank because hot dogs and the Blues go so well together. There was also a Vietnamese vendor offering both freshly-made vermicelli bowls and wraps, as well as fries and onion cakes. I had one of the onion cakes, then later had a brisket sandwich from
Smokehouse BBQ - talk about east meeting west!
The choice of beer was also quite diverse - everything from Molson Canadian to Newcastle to Corona, a few coolers, and Strongbow. At $7 per drink ticket it was slightly pricer than other beer tents I have visited, but large cans were being served (the 473ml variety) so the portion size fit the price.
Great music, great food, and great atmosphere - the Edmonton Blues Festival is definitely worth checking out for any serious music fan.
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