Sept 3, 4, 5 2021 5 pm – 5 am $ 18,day, kids free. . .
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Dusk til Dawn Blues Fest Sept 2, 3, 4   2022! Main Stage at the Rentiesville Festival Site / OK Blues Hall of Fame     http://dcminnerblues.com/about/signage-and-sponsorship-festival/   ABOVE: Leon Rollerson, D’Elegantz, Guitar Shorty and Lil’ ED Annual LABOR DAY WKND Sept 3, 4, 5 2021       WHAT: Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival #31    WHEN:  Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun   5 pm til 5 am each night.     WHO: a virtual showcase of 22 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners.  What’s Cool,   What’ Not: Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food.  HOW MUCH: $18/night, kids under 12 free   CONTACT: (918) 855-0978   selbyminner@gmail.com, www.dcminnerblues.com, 103020  D.C. Minner St (Rentiesville) Checotah OK 74426  facebook: Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival   CLICK > to get on EMAIL LIST   Volunteer         Option:  It takes a lot of people to do this – so we have a great deal for volunteers! Help us out for three hours before or during the event. . .  MOTELS:  Muskogee is 17 miles north of here, straight up US 69. Many hotels and motels are up there!!! Check out our HOST HOTEL, the  HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS the CANDLEWOOD (formerly Studio 6) and the  AMERICA’S BEST VALUE INN at the south (closest)  end of town  IN CHECOTAH THE WALNUT INN (used to be America’s Best Value) Brian McKinney OUR FOCUS is to keep this wonderful and non commercial but very influential music alive We promote the arts and local businesses, build community, education; we are a tourism destination, and are helping keep one of the original African American OK Townships alive and thriving. We build community and work to make Eastern OK a great place to live.   We can only do this with help. Become an attendee, sponsor, or contributor, your tax-deductible donation can do a lot to help us! Our sponsors help to achieve our goals of having an outstanding Rentiesville Blues Festival and help with our other endeavors. We appreciate your support! The way we work to keep this wonderful, non commercial but very influential music alive and thriving with a FOUR POINT APPROACH: PLAY  the music; Blues on the Move with Selby Minner hosts an ongoing Sunday Jam Session here at the Blues Club since 2010, TEACH the BABIES; ongoing affordable or even free lessons, in Muskogee at the MLK Center, Checotah Library, Holdenville Arts Center, at Rentiesville. HONOR the ELDERS; inducting them while they are alive …we have over 150 on the walls in the OBHOF/Blues Club, and EMPLOY THOSE WHO PERFORM IT WELL – that is the Labor Day Weekend Festival, which employs 200 musicians annually and is in it’s 31st year. – and we appreciate your support!   And recently we added DOCUMENTATION – The Rentiesville Blues Festival is a showcase of Regional blues (20 OK Groups) and national headliners. We managed to document this on line in 2019 with our 20 hour virtual Blues Festival in Cyberspace (link through at dcminnerblues.com/about) The 20 Oklahoma Bands received DVD and CD masters of their sets which they can sell themselves thanks to OAC and OH funding, and donor Hilary Conley.   If you appreciate . . . the good work we do, come see us and have fun! We believe that the Blues is some of the world’s best party music …. or you can help us by becoming a sponsor. Your donation can do a lot to help us with our mission. … Either way, we appreciate your support!    Proceeds are used to pay some 200 musicians , security and those who handle the money. Most everyone else you see on the field is a volunteer.   Please join us to make the Rentiesville Blues events a fun-filled journey of the blues music genre and a celebration of the Rentiesville OK Blues Hall of Fame, one of the last surviving juke joints, and birthplace of blues man D.C. Minner! We do Blues in the Schools, run the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame- we induct  people and honor them with trophies in May- The D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum.  Our presentation of the Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival is a builder of community and employment for some 200 musicians. We collaborate with other Arts Organizations and related non -profits. MOTELS:  Muskogee is 17 miles north of here, straight up US 69. Many hotels and motels are up there!!!  Selby Minner and Blues on the Move   r!     ‌     Blues Festival Sept 3, 4, 5 PRESS RELEASE Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival – 32nd annual! OK Blues Hall of Fame, F.O.R. Blues Inc. selbyminner@gmail.com 918 885 0978           dcminnerblues.com/about facebook.com/RentiesvilleDusk Til Dawn Blues Festival We have 30 Bands to present on 3 different stages over a period of 3 days The gates open at 4, the music starts at 6, and the 2 outdoor stages play until midnight or 1 AM. The indoor stage in the Juke Joint also starts at 6 p.m., but continues on until 5 a.m. We present a regional showcase of some 20 Oklahoma bands, and bring ìn people from several States; including California, Mississippi, Washington DC, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, Louisiana and more!  Dubbed the ‘World’s Largest Backyard Party” by D.C and “Awesome” by National Geographic, this “Must See Event” (Blues Foundation) will not disappoint!    FRIDAY BANDS Sept 2, 2022  FRIDAY MAIN STAGE      Little Brother Walker of Tulsa will play between sets… a virtuoso finger picker of blues with a variety of deep classic blues to sing.  Selby Minner who hosts the entire event will open the Main Stage at 6 p.m. Native Night is Friday. Craig Vaughan and Hammbone with Bronko Carr will be next, regions – Tulsa and Checotah. Wanda Watson comes in from Tulsa and is a great strong singer. D.C. listed her as one of his favorite Female Blues singers. Nine p.m. brings Cecil Gray and Native Blues out of Elgin. He is Kiowa and plays across a 4 or 5 state region. Butch Mudbone is out of Memphis and stays on the road cross country – what a show! Main McMann and the Difference come in from Topeka Kansas and puts on a vibrant show of newer and classic roots Blues. FRIDAY CLUB STAGE John White is Winnebago and Creek and has a rock edge to his show. Pat Moss is Cherokee and more, and loves the fingerpicking styles of the Delta – Mississippi and Louisiana … a groove master. Eddie Lienhart comes in with a Muskogee based group who have all played together many years.. since being teenagers. quite a bit of skill in this band!  FRIDAY BACK PORCH Jackie Tointigh is a great painter – Apache. He covers the Peyote story in his work but also a modern edge of Jackson Pollock …but with native images of a Teepee or a horse poking through. He will be doing painting with th kids in the Kid’s Village all three nights, and his set is at 6 p.m. on acoustic guitar. Kelly Anquoe lives in Tahlequah but is Kiowa. He does a very tidy set covering Kiowa and also Creek dance songs. He wears traditional regalia especially the rhythm instruments on his lower legs, keeping time so people can dance to his tidy and rhythmic guitar and vocals. He will do Animal Dances for the children. The Wewoka Blues Band is a family of blues players who have performed together for many years. Frank Ray is on fire. He was Flash Terry’s guitarist for many years and is a vibrant powerhouse lead player and vocalists.      SATURDAY BANDS Sept 3, 2022   SATURDAY MAIN STAGE Between sets we will hear Watermelon Slim (nominated for 19 Blues Awards) and Derik Jordan. Band Announcers will be Edmond’s Jazz Radio DJ Sonja Vaughn and also Shiron Butterfly Ray.  WARNER HIGH SCHOOL Jazz Band will come in with Jim Davis. OKLAHOMA OLLIE has played all over the Los Angeles scene for many years ….rootsy OK Blues! Queen Iretta and Johnie B Sanders come as a pair from Mississippi and really dress and do a fun tidy show!  Selby Minner has a new band with Marijuana Mike, Hoimaha (say Ho-em-a-ha) Coin and Derik Jordan! Bear on traps. The surprise of the Festival is Funkativity! Steve Williams came to Rentiesville as a boy because his great grandfather Curtis Hughes lived here. he met D.C. as a boy here, as well. Fast forward to the struggle to create a National Holiday for Juneteenth…Steve and Doc Myers (both horn players) worked together with many others for many years. Passage and now his band is on a tour the “The Wave of Freedom” They are coming to the Festival and the lineup is outstanding Cousin and Unclie of Grammy Award winner New Orleans native Jon Batiste (Tonight Show, song “Freedom”) David Batiste and his son Damon. David loves blues and plays a piano like a guitar strung around his neck…quite the showman! Also on board brought in from George Clinton’s band is Michael “Kid Funkadelic” Hampton!! so exciting! After that will be master entertainer Fillmore Slim (from New Orleans to the Fillmore District in San Francisco), and Akeem Kemp from Conway AR moves from Sunday to Saturday Main Stage followed by recent Blues Chart topper Oklahoma’s Scott Ellison. SATURDAY CLUB STAGE Sunset the Sunsetter singing all her life, in from OKC. Watermelon Slim – an original and very beloved- songwriter singer slide player from Clarksdale MS – but he used to live in OK, growing Watermelons in Pushmahata County. Leon Rollerson a master showman and a master of the bass brings his full size band here from Tulsa and then the ‘Jump Blues’ out of LA CA and now Tulsa – the Hydramatics!. Lem Shepppard wil run the invitational JAM SESSION for those who have performed on the Festival here in the past – 10 to 12 midnight. Selby and band go on at midnight to bridge the gap before the headliners come in off the field to play the time worn Juke Joint D.C built with his own hands, added onto the store and Cozy Corner his Grandmother Lura ran since the thirties. D.C. was born here in 1935. So we will see Queen Iretta and Johnie B, Fillmore Slim, David and Damon Batiste – and yes, Kid Funkadelic inside with Steve William’s Funkativity…as well as Akeem…til 5 am.    SATURDAY BACK PORCH STAGE  There will be a piano there with Marijuana Mike and others… KID’S VILLAGE is near by in the back yard of the Minner home/club, and David Berntson – KBA winner for Blues Education – will sponsor a HARMONICA WORKSHOP FOR KIDS; Harmonicas donated by Hohner. Harold Aldridge Jr. will perform andalso Uncle Bumps in from TX and CA… fingerpicking, originals… and Our IBC Entrants (Memphis Blues Foundation Blues Challenge semi finalists ) the Rentiesville Regulars with Stretch on vocals followed by local Blues Bans Last Call with Zach Robinson and Steve Shrum.    SUNDAY BANDS Sept 4, 2022 SUNDAY MAIN STAGE the Breaks will be played by Pat Moss and Uncle Bumps Here is hoping the Voice of Praise Baptist Church Men’s Chorus makes it in from OKC. Their pastor Rev Tony Wise is D.C.’s cousin. Walter Taylor lll (OBHOF singer and drummer) then Selby Minner at 8 and Harold Jefferson from OKC and Lawton. Johnny Rawls – a festival staple and winner of the Blues Foundation’s Soul Blues Artist of the Year (won it – plus 11 nominations for it!) and Soul Blues Album of the Year…”California Shake”….. will get everyone up and dancing as he croons and plays his guitar! Alex Lopez is ‘Rising Up’ as the title of his new album attests – out of Cleveland OH… powerhouse.  SUNDAY CLUB STAGE Kevin Vaughn from Dallas, bassist and his UpTown Blues Show…Back Up Blues Band, Martin and the Dead Guys in from KS. Martin was a Nashville Song Writer for many years. His songs tell great stories. Kenny Diggs D’Elegantz soul funk blues! ‘Elvis’ and Truck Full of Blues in from Shawnee.. Jam Session with Lem Sheppard just like Saturday Nite… Selby Minner band and Alice April, then Queen Iretta and Johnny B Sanders, Johnnie Rawls and Watermelon Slim to take us into the Night. I am sure Tammy Ridgeway will be on traps, too.  SUNDAY BACK PORCH STAGE  Local group FauntLeRoy and the Pickled Okra Playboys, then Lamont form the Folklife Society and Watermelon Slim- who helped us build this Festival – back in the nineties before he won all the awards and started touring the world returns to home port the Back Porch Stage! Come on out – let’s put the grief and isolation of Covid (19 new pounds (?) ) behind us and heal …you know music can do that. Grab a friend…If you need to, VOLUNTEER. It takes a lot of people to put on a Festival. If you help us out for three hours (before of during or after the event) you get your $18 admission fee back and a half price discount on a T Shirt!! Meet new people …If you come by yourself, volunteering sure beats sitting alone.  So –  “Hey Everybody – Tell Everybody… that in Oklahoma , hidden out in the woods is a little old Juke Joint called the Down Home Blues Club, It’s authentic, funky and very much alive!  It’s been there since OK Blues Man D.C. Minner’s grandmother Lura opened up a bootleg corn whiskey bar in 1936. Now, however, the bootleg whiskey is gone. You can get a cold beer or a soda, Selby makes beans, and sometimes people bring potluck, but it’s all about the music. The club hosts a free jam session party every Sunday. Musicians show up with cases and the years roll back. Part of the magic is in the music played there, but the room itself has a grittiness and authenticity both palpable and intoxicating. It is rural and real in a sense that other venues fail to capture. For those of us who long to feel the power of the Blues, try Rentiesville!” – Domenica Lovera, founding member of FOR Blues inc. As D.C. always said “The guitar sounds different at 3 in the morning. the air is thicker then. You haven’t heard the guitar until you hear it at 3 am. “   Kelvin Drake – Mr Guitar – at his induction here in 2019 below …2021 Inductee David Carr Jr.   David Carr Jr. –     OBHOF inductee Broadway Jimmy …lives in LA now Smokin’ Okies William Watkins will be in the yard!

HAPPY TO SAY WE ARE ON THE FIELD THIS YEAR! OPTIONAL SOCIAL DISTANCING, ALL THREE STAGES OUTDOORS………..YAY!  
 

LiNKS ot LAST YEAR’s VIRTUAL EVENT  

LINKS to D.C.’s ‘JUKE JOINT IN CYBER  SPACE!’:

and…you can 
‘PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM!!!’ 

COMPLETE 3 nights LINK  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz4yltuI7mc&list=PL9m29AE7sT2V9n-DIqU07gOkHQ_Rbj1P0

FRIDAY SHOW   Video link 

https://youtu.be/8sQrnOEhrIE

SUNDAY SHOW  Video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOhiom5JAcA

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the PAGE is at www.youtube.com/user/selbyminnerblues

if you have the technology you could set up three video centers in three rooms of your house, and play them all at once(!) and have three stages running at one time just like here during the actual festival (!) …just a joke! 

Labor Day Weekend Blues Festival UPDATE:  stay In the LOOP here

We will be on line Sept 4, 5, and 6 in 2020! So bring on the MUSIC!

SEE YOU IN RENTIESVILLE !

6 pm on, Friday Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 4, 5, & 6    

we have a very kind appraisal for the Oklahoma Arts Council who is funding most of this process..
Grant Reviewers appreciated strong community support demonstrated with diversified income sources. Extensive marketing efforts aim to reach local, regional, and national audiences. Reviewers noted that the applicant continues to strengthen proposals and build on the success of the event every year. The festival plays a major role in the community and supports tourism and economic development in the area.
Funding is awarded to support artistic fees.

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A few years back,  National Geographic Traveler wrote “on Labor Day weekend, join other blues-lovers at the one of the “10 most awesome music festivals to check out this summer“…in the world! ”

Non-stop music from dusk ‘til dawn on three stages, arts and activities just for kids, great food including barbecue, and a down-home, family-friendly uncommercial vibe draws people from all over to this small-town festival in eastern Oklahoma!

Now in its 30^th year, you will feel at home from the moment you arrive. If you want a dose of authentic, and down home, this is the place! Festival photos

LAST YEAR’S POSTERS ….. 

 FREE Camping in a normal year…not 2020  (must have a festival wristband)
Electric Hookups for RVs are available  918 855 0978

MOTELS:  Muskogee is 17 miles north of here, straight up US 69. Newest motels are near the Quick Trip at the Shawnee Bypass intersection. The Fairfield Inn, LaQuinta and Studio 6  and Day’s Inn will treat you right. for all the info go to:                 MUSKOGEE MOTELS: http://www.visitmuskogee.com/visiting/where-to-stay/?utm_source=G+Fest&utm_campaign=7cc03b3ebf-

Blues Festival Guide said – we will be back open in 2021 WATCH ONLINE THIS YEAR!!

2019 Headliners Include: Knut Roppestadt (Norway), Bex Marshall (England), Watermelon Slim, Ronnie Stewart & The Oakland Blues Divas, Funkativity (Washington DC), Johnny Rawls (Soul Blues Artist Winner “California Shake”), Kelvin ‘Mr. Guitar’ Drake (toured world with Clarence Carter and worked with Solomon Burke and Bonnie Raitt), Harold Aldridge, Last Call, Pat Moss, Mike Moore Big Band, Jim Davis CHS Jazz Band, Roger Hurricane Wilson, Shy Willie, Leon Rollerson, D’elegantz, Sir Stan From La, Oklahoma Ollie In (Louisiana), Bebo McDaniel Trio, Cece Craig, Eric Little Brother Walker, Alice April, Sunsetter, Hydramatics, Craig Vaughan, John White, Cecil Gray, Wewoka Blues Band, Akeem Kemp (placed in IBC Youth Challenge in Memphis representing Arkansas), Selby Minner and Blues On The Move, Mike Moore Big Band, Bonnie McCoy (niece of the late great Memphis Minnie), Harley Cowboy Hamm (Checotah)…10+ Oklahoma Blues Hall of Famers on the show!

The Kid’s Village: (children under 12 are free and we keep them busy having fun while the music soaks in!) The OK State Arts Council roster artists and funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field).

Comments include: “World’s best – and largest – back yard party!”  “This is peace as the world should know it!” A blues festival that is truly unique as it is a family event with lots for children to do – but not after midnight in the old Juke Joint – adults only, please!  “You can see all the headliners by 11 pm, but night owls keep on and dig the blues from 5 pm til 5 am.”

Created by D.C. Minner himself with, and now presented by Selby Minner and the Friends of Rentiesville Blues Inc., the old cotton field out back will ring with the blues! D.C. (1935-2008, in 7 Halls of Fame) knew they were bulldozing old juke joints every day and has kept his family legacy alive here in Rentiesville, where he was born and raised, for people to enjoy from now on. There is a Gospel Show to start the Festivities on Sunday. The outdoor part is the most family friendly Blues festival you will find.

 Oklahoma Today wrote: Red Dirt Blues – Many establishments are dedicated to the legacy of the blues, but none displays the spirit of the genre in Oklahoma like the former bootleg juke joint that is the Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville. At the Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival , Oklahoma acts and nationals like Johnny Rawls will play all weekend to celebrate 25 years of festivals and the late blues Legend D.C. Minner. facebook Selby Minner or DC Minner Rentiesville Museum / For Blues Inc

The Kid’s Village (“children under 12 are free and we keep them busy having fun while the music soaks in!” OK State Arts Council roster artists and funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field) Wonda ‘Sunset the Sunsetter “ Macon ininduction. Shiron Butterfly Ray shares her joy

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Watermelon Slim, new inductee Mr. Guitar Kelvin Drake (on the road w Clarence Carter for years) , Bebo McDaniels, D.C. , Johnny Rawls CD “World’s best – and largest – back yard party!” “This is peace as the world should know it!”. . . A blues festival that is truly unique as it is a family event with lots for children to do – but not after midnight in the old Juke Joint – adults only, please! “You can see all the headliners by 11 pm but night owls keep on and dig the blues from 5 pm til 5 am.”

Created by D.C. Minner himself with, and now presented by, Selby Minner and the Friends of Rentiesville Blues Inc., the old cotton field out back will ring with the blues!! D.C. (1935-2008, in 7 Halls of Fame) knew they were bulldozing old juke joints every day and has kept his family legacy alive here in Rentiesville, where he was born and raised, for people to enjoy from now on. . . . Kids are free, we keep them busy. The High School Jazz Band will come in courtesy of Jim Davis. And there is a Gospel Show to start the Festivities on Sunday. The outdoor part is the most family friendly Blues festival you will find. But adults only in the juke joint, please. All the headliners from the main outdoor stage come inside after midnight and perform their second sets.

Years of People having FUN: .
The festival takes place in Rentiesville, the childhood home of famed blues singer/guitarist D.C. Minner, who founded the OBHOF in 2004 with his wife, Selby Minner. This year’s blues festival again brings in 200 performers from across Oklahoma and the US. D.C. Minner, in 7 Halls of Fame, is also an inductee of the Rhythm & Routes Oklahoma Music Trail. Visit the Rhythm & Routes website to learn more about the places in Oklahoma that inspired his career, listen to his music and browse an online collection of photos and videos. “The Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF + MO) is thrilled for the continued success of the OBHOF” said OF + MO Deputy Director of Music Lindsey Flowers. “As an honoree on the Rhythm and Routes Oklahoma Music Trail, D.C. Minner has brought national attention to Oklahoma’s legendary blues music culture and this year’s Rentiesville celebrations will continue to honor his legacy.”

   
Roger Hurricane Wilson bringing a Caravan of RVers
                        …Kelvin Mr. Guitar Drake worked with Clarence Carter for years and years

  
    Sunsetter and Shiron our main stage MC    Mr. Chef Larry Jones

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouivhKlCnqU   

Mike Moore Big Band Sunday —          Sun sets as the main stage warms up

Hydramatics with the Actor Steve and Oklahoma Ollie in from the West coast one more time!

  thanks to our Sponsors! in addition to those with logos on the poster, we have:
Hoss Style Motors, Pistols and Pearls, Sue’s Recycling, PRINTY PLEASE,
What About Bob’s, Hillcrest Health, Square Deal Music, Max’s Garage,
East Central Electric, Charlies Chicken Checotah, Bob Loftis Furniture 
Studio 6 Motel, Legends Beauty in McAlester, Leon Rollerson, La Quinta

       
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Blues Foundation Revue,    Early shot of the Blues Club, lead singer D’Elegantz
 
Dr.Harold Aldridge Jr. 
below Akeem Kemp (AZ)  

    
Akeem Kemp back by popular demand !! placed in the Youth division at the IBC when he was 18 years old!

 
Johnny Rawls – California Shake! –  and Oklahoma Ollie in from LA gets inducted into oBHOF
          Robert Glass

Eddie Bagwell from the Blues Soc of Tulsa wrote:                                      

“If you want to discover what the blues is really all about,
you’ll make plans for this one next year. .
…It was so beautiful and pure, I wish you were all there”

We made the cut!———-This article was from the National Geographic! 

We’re glad to have the support of new and old friends alike. Thanks to the soul group Deep Soul performing artist Johnny Rawls will be here in opening night of the festival. You don’t want to miss it! 

Kenny Diggs founder of D’Elegantz
     

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MOTELS: http://www.visitmuskogee.com/visiting/where-to-stay/?utm_source=G+Fest&utm_campaign=7cc03b3ebf-

F.O.Rentiesville Blues Inc., does the event as does Selby and OBHOF and Volunteers

VERY COOL VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbkeQLj6r3U
click above ==Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Harry Blackwell, Selby Minner, Johnny Rawls, Leon Blue – closing out Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival 2011 in the club at 4 am or so
AND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mnv1xv544g 
click above to see Joanna Connor came to Rentiesville Fest 2016

Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Fest DATES this year: August 30, 31, Sept 1, 5 pm – 5 am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzhLOo1Xq_Q 
I wish Michael BUrks was still alive… here he does House oF the Rising Sun…was in Rentiesville 3 times…he just washed the house – the blues club – with sound!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wInPlcf-4k

We are 70 miles W of Fort Smith, 70 miles SE of Tulsa 125 miles E of OKC …we are 2 exits N of I-40 up US 69….918 855 0978.

LAST YEAR’S PR bellow:

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Carole Point, new Inductee Magic Mike
and Selby  

BIG GEORGE BROCK and Detonators in Rentiesville -great video!:
https://www.facebook.com/jonmarcedwards/videos/t.100000558008352/1488056254702/?type=3&theate

T H A N K S  S O  M U C H  for your support of our event! Deep Appreciation for supporting the arts in Oklahoma!The Blues Fest means a lot to many people and it is great to have you on board.

The simplicity of   Blues makes it user friendly to play and a great ‘gateway music’ to playing all genres of music. Blues is the language of African American history. It is a living language; capable of describing this history as it happens in the present as well as the past. It expresses not only events, but the reactions and feelings of the people who live through the events of their lives. D. C. Minner was one of the greatest speakers of that language in Oklahoma. He taught it to his wife Selby and she continues to be determined to pass it on to the next generation.

A great year. . . With lots of help . . . .

…AN AWESOME AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER TIME FUELS THE RENTIESVILLE FESTIVAL!

D.C.’s spirit lives on …

   IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!

 Facebook under Selby Minner or Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival or OBHOF Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame

THIS IS THE BEST thanks to ALICE APRIL!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azata5jRcB0&feature=youtu.be<iframe

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DD 2010 Johnny Rawls, Miss Blues Love and Happiness just after she opened for BB King http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3mwQM3Lh3w

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2017 review comments by OAC

This long-standing blues festival brings three days of live music to eastern Oklahoma. The event has a strong impact on the rural community, drawing audiences from across the state and nation. An anticipated 3,500 adults and 150 youth will be reached by this project. Ticket prices are affordable at $18/day with children and volunteers receiving free admission. The extensive lineup of performers include several OAC roster artists. Panelists found the proposed regional and national marketing plan effective and applauded the community need statement for demonstrating the festival’s economic value. OAC funds to partially cover artistic fees, excluding payment of Selby Minner and Blues on the Move band as host and festival organizer. OAC funds are to support a portion of artistic fees.

Review Comments 2016

The applicant described a long-standing cultural event in a very rural and underserved community. The event has a strong reputation and attracts audience members and musicians from outside Oklahoma. Thorough explanation of expenses and income. Low cost of tickets ensures that this event is accessible. Culturally diverse audience and performing artists. Recommendations for the Applicant: Continue to seek out increased sponsorship and increasing vendor fees to continue toward sustainability for the festival. Review and refine social media platforms and presence as a component of overall marketing and event promotion. 

Review Comments 2015

This event brings in a unique group of musicians in a unique environment and underserved community. A grassroots festival with strong buy-in from the local community, and a festival that is rooted in the history of the area. Would assume this intimate setting creates a very personal experience for blues fans and musicians (both experienced and aspiring). Recommend they consider changing website to reflect festival brand. Organization does great outreach with students and seniors. Could use more details about “capital” expenses. Consider a ticket price increase as the price seems to have stayed the same for many years. 

  Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.
 – Marjorie Moore – and we love our volunteers! Impossible without them . . . and our sponsors too!