Festival updates: October 2011 Update: 4th Annual - 2012 - Dates Confirmed We will be returning to Frankford July 13, 14, 15th 2012 3rd Annual - 2011 July 19, 2011 - THANK YOU EVERYONE ! WOW! What a Fantastic 3 Days of Blues!! We want to THANK each and every one of you for taking part in this year's festival!! To all of the musicians, you ROCK! What a Show you put on for us! Links to some fantastic video to follow! To our volunteers, YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!!! You make this festival great, thank you for all your time and hard work! To the music fans who came out and enjoyed the heck out of themselves, Yeehaw, Rock On You Guys! See You Next Year! Thank you to our Sponsors for helping to make this special festival happen, the media for covering the event, the City of Quinte West and the Park staff for their support and fantastic park, to our Special Guests who took the time to take part in our event this year! And to Brian from Rapid Rad for loaning us that SWEET BLUESMOBILE!! THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE!! RAIN OR SHINE, WE’RE GETTING THE BLUES! July 10, 2011 - It’s almost festival time! Pack up your acoustic and your camping gear, and get set for another great festival weekend! The excitement is building. The Artists, media, VIP guests and our festival attendees are stoked for this exciting weekend of blues! The local newspapers have run some great lead up articles, and our commercials are currently running on DAWG FM and Quinte Broadcastings’ Rock 107 and CJBQ. Advance tickets area available at all Quinte area music stores; Red Ball Radio, Belleville; Wedge & Bottle, Frankford; and Brian’s Record Option, Kingston. The response for campground reservations has been amazing, and the park is 99% full!! That is fantastic! We have over 30 workshops and 3 days of main stage performances lined up for your enjoyment! I can’t wait to see everyone again! We’ll see you there! June 2011: This year’s festival features some outstanding blues musicians, along with workshops and family activities all weekend. A full Stage schedule is posted on our 2011 Lineup page
May 2011 - Watch here for updates on Artist line up and workshops. Our themes set for each day of the event:
There has been a good response to our early bird camping registration and volunteer call. The number of serviced campsites is very limited, we recommend you book early.
We are thrilled to share some of our ideas for this summer’s three day event: Our workshop program was a huge success last year, and is shaping up nicely with a few new ideas for your pleasure! Our children’s’ Blueskool area has some great volunteers! February 2011: Sunshine, fresh air, great blues, camping, workshops! We’ve got it all happening for you again this summer! The hint of spring is in the air, and with it brings the excitement of looking ahead to summer festivals! It’s also the time to book off your vacation days so that you don’t miss a minute of the 3rd Annual Frankford Island Blues Festival, coming this July 15, 16, and 17th There has been a lot buzz in the Blues World about our growing event. It’s good to see the word get out! Get your Artist Submissions and Workshop proposals in as soon as possible for consideration for this year as things are guaranteed to fill up fast. Artist inquiries have been coming in almost every day, to well over 50 submissions so far! We will be accepting Early bird camping reservations beginning the first week of April, 2011, look for further updates here. For more information, artist submissions, workshop proposals, and volunteering contact us at: festival@loyalblues.ca January 1 2011 - Happy New Year Everyone! It has been an incredible year of music! We want to thank everyone who supported our events throughout the year! We have heard nothing but great things about the 2nd annual festival, lets keep this (Rockin’ &) rolling! The festival team has been hard at work since we closed the gates, and plans have been underway for months to put together this summers’ festival. The dates have been set for July 15, 16, & 17, (3rd weekend in July) at the beautiful Frankford Tourist Park, at Lock 6 of the Trent Severn River. Many of your favorite presenters and workshop hosts will be returning this year, with a few surprises in store as well! Our workshop program was a huge success last year, and well worth repeating, however new ideas and proposals are always welcome. Those interested in artist submissions or workshop proposals should contact me directly at festival@loyalblues.ca. I would like to thank all of our wonderful volunteers, members, musicians, and associates for all of their support throughout 2010, with out all of you; this festival would not be possible! I look forward to working with you all again on our 3rd annual. In the meantime, have a very safe and happy holiday season, and my 2011 make all of your dreams come true. See you in July! Peggy Voigt December 2010 Update: The 2011 Frankford Island Blues Festival dates are confirmed 15, 16 & 17 July. Contact us at festival@loyalblues.ca for volunteer inquiries, camping reservations or artist/workshop submissions. July 2010 Update: Wow, What a Weekend! I don’t know where to start in thanking you all for making this year’s festival a most incredible event! The Performers, the Audience, the Volunteers; you all made the festival the success it was, and we could not have done it without all of you! The volunteers started to roll in on the Wednesday before to help with the set up, with Thursday being a big day, and a hot and sticky one too boot! With everything up and running, the gates opened at noon on Friday, with the opening ceremonies starting up about 2:30 with Councilor Keith Reid and MPP Lou Rinaldi joining in the festivities. What a great afternoon and evening of entertainment! Everyone was having such a good time we carried on till the wee hours around the campfire! What a Jam it was! We picked things back up again on Saturday, and once again the rain tried to dampen our spirits, but Erin McCallum’s streak prevailed as she chased the rain away for us with her mind-blowing set! Erin certainly came away with many new fans after that performance! Finishing off the day was the ever popular and so smooth, Jack DeKeyzer Band who kept the dance floor hopping with every number they performed! Once again the party continued around the campfire till the morning light chased the last of the music makers to bed for a few hours of shut-eye. Sunday was a great day in the park! We opened with Bim Ingersoll and friends with their death defying blues jam, followed by some entertaining spoken word from Charly Chiarelli, followed by Georgette Fry’s main stage workshop on Harmonies where she had the entire audience singing beautiful music together as a warm-up for the ever popular Shout Sister Choir! Next we featured local hero’s Campbell, Latimer, Wills, and Acerra, with some down home electric blues, warming up the crowd for the Georgette Fry Band, and finishing up the event with the heartfelt R&B sounds from the Ila Vann Band! We Thank each and every one of you for making this year’s festival a big success! We are already counting the days until the next one……… July 16 2010 - The festival starts today! July 1st Update: Two weeks to showtime and it is shaping up to be a terrific weekend. We are still looking for a few good volunteers. Serviced campsites are almost completly booked. If you wish to reserve a campsite and/or would like to volunteer please contact us. Important Announcement: Due to a tempory health issue, Danny Brooks has had to cancel his upcoming appearance on Sunday July 18 at the festival. We wish Danny all the best for a speedy recovery. Adjustments in Sunday's lineup will be announced soon! June 2010 Update: Our lineup for the 2010 Festival is complete. May Update: We are thrilled to announce our festival programming for this year’s event! We have added some new pages to our site, which are accessible from the menu bar on the left-hand side of each page. Follow the links for information on Artist Line Up, Workshops, and Tickets & Camping. Advance and Online tickets will be available soon, and you can pre-register for camping by emailing us at festival@loyalblues.ca, or calling 613-392-1025. Interested in Volunteering? Please contact us at the above email or phone. March Update: The Festival Committee now has over 300 artist applications for 2010. We are still entertaining submissions and proposals for workshops and participative programming. We are pleased to announce that Danny Brooks and the Rockin' Revelators will be featured on Sunday July 18 courtesy of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Frankford. |