Garvin Gate Blues Festival

The Garvin Gate Neighborhood Association Presents

2011 GGBF Highlights

The Garvin Gate Blues Festival

2012 Garvin Gate Blues News

Save these Old Louisville dates for 2012

3rd Annual Dining At The Mansions
March 18

1st Annual Old Louisville Spring Fest
May 19

52nd Annual Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
June & July

19th Annual Old Louisville Hidden Treasures Garden Tour
July 7 & 8

56th Annual St. James Court Art Show
October 5, 6 & 7

17th Annual Garvin Gate Blues Festival
October 12 & 13

8th Annual Victorian Ghost Walk
October 26, 27, & 28

7th Annual Spirit Ball
October 27

36th Annual Old Louisville Holiday House Tour
December 1 & 2

2011 Blues Festival Photos!

Nice photos of the 2011 Garvin Gate Blues Festival and of the last five years are available on the Archives page.

2011 Blues Festival Schedule!
Karen Lovely

July 14, 2011 - GGBF Schedule Announced

Friday, October 7, 2011
6:30 – 7:00 Jimi V & Screamin’ John
7:15 – 8:00 da Mudcats
8:30 – 9:15 Walnut Street Blues Band
9:45-11:15 Karen Lovely

Saturday, October 8, 2011
2:00-2:45 The KingBees
3:15-4:00 The Travelin’ Mojos
4:30-5:15 Nick Stump’s Blues All-Stars
5:45-6:30 Lamont Gillispie & 100 Proof
7:00-7:45 Hellfish
8:15 – 9:15 Tullie Brae & The Medicine Man Revue
9:45– 11:15 Grady Champion

Mike Suttles has confirmed the headliners for 2011. Karen Lovely, from Ashland, Oregon will perform at the Garvin Gate Blues Festival Friday night. She captured 2nd Place Band prize at the 2010 International Blues Challenge followed by 2011 Blues Music Awards nominations for Best Song "Still The Rain", Best Contemporary Blues Album, and Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist this May; and the KoKo Taylor Award for Best Female Singer, Best Song, and Best Record.

Grady Champion

Canton, Mississippi based singer and harpist Grady Champion headlines Saturday night. He was the 2010 International Blues Competition winner, and 2011 Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album of the year, and the 36th Annual Jackson Music Award (Mississippi) for Local Blues Artist of the Year.

Decisions on local bands for the GGBF will be made in June.

2011 GGBF Headliners Announced

Friday, October 7th
9:30 - 11:00 pm - Karen Lovely

Saturday, October 8th
9:30 - 11:00 pm - Grady Champion

Download the 2011 Garvin Gate Blues Festival Press Release PDF here.

To: Residents and Business Owners
From: The Garvin Gate Neighborhood Association
Date: October, 2011
Subject: Parking and Street Closures for Garvin Gate Blues Festival, October 7 and 8, 2011

This is to notify impacted businesses and residents that the Garvin Gate Neighborhood Association is presenting the Garvin Gate Blues Festival the second week-end in October on Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8, 2011. The festival will impact parking and driving on several streets during the event.

1200 block of Garvin and 1100 block of Garvin will be closed to parking and travel on Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8, 2011 as follows:

• 1200 block of Garvin from Friday, 7:00 AM until approximately 12:00 midnight Saturday from the gate at Garvin and Oak south on Garvin to the second alley before Ormsby.

• 1100 block of Garvin from 7:00 AM Friday until approximately 12:00 midnight Saturday from the corner of Garvin and Oak north to the first alley on Garvin towards St. Catherine St..

Oak Street both east and west will be closed to parking and travel on Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8, 2011 as follows:

• 6:00 PM Friday until approximately 12:00 midnight, October 7 from 4th and Oak to 6th and Oak.

• 2:00 PM Saturday until approximately 12:00 midnight October 8 from 4th and Oak to 6th and Oak.s

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause you. The festival is an opportunity to showcase Old Louisville and serve as a fund raising event to help improve our neighborhood.

Thanks for your understanding and support.

- Howard Rosenberg
Blues Festival Chairman
The Garvin Gate Neighborhood Association