Blues Festivals: Part 3

July 10, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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The last Blues Festival I atteded in St. Louis was a major disappointment, in my opinion.   I thought is was poorly organized and poorly planned.  To start, the main stage was set up in an vacant area across from the new football stadium.  They were using the area for parking and there was a football game going on.  The ball game lasted well past  the time the festival was scheduled to start.   People with paid tickets were required to stand around and wait for the people at the game to just sort of amble out and move their vehicles as they felt like it.

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