![]() ![]() until dark behind Reynold’s Lodge on the east shore of Lake Shawnee. Of course, the society’s biggest blues event will be the annual Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival, which will offer local and national blues acts from 11:30 a.m. The art fair will feature more than 90 artists from 17 states as well as an expanded food court and a beer garden near the music stage. #The who summertime blues free#June 7.Īdmission to the Mulvane Art Fair will be $10 at the gate, where children 12 and younger will get in free of cost. June 7 and Rachelle Coba, another national act, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. June 6 national act Biscuit Miller & the Mix from 1:30 to 3 p.m. June 7 on the campus of Washburn University, asked the society to organize a blues stage, which will feature The 800’s from 11:30 a.m. Organizers of the Mulvane Art Fair, which will be from 10 a.m. #The who summertime blues series#The monthly Summertime Blues series won’t be the only Topeka Blues Society-sponsored opportunity for Topekans to enjoy the blues. ¦ June 17: The 800’s, a local act featuring Rick Bruner, guitar and vocals Everett Keener, lead guitar and vocals Mary Jo Bruner, drums and Mark Toelkes, bass and vocals with Alex Frank and Wyatt Cobb, of Washburn Rural High School opening. First up will be Adi Stallons, of Shawnee Heights High School. The opening act at each Summertime Blues concert will feature a youth act, coordinated and coached by Kyler Carpenter. The Back Porch Blues Band, which includes Greg Spreers, guitar and vocals Rod Peterson, harmonica and vocals Rick Bruner, drums and vocals and Joe Fontenot, bass and vocals, will headline the series opener. There are fixed benches in front of the band shell, but patrons can bring lawn chairs for seating under the surrounding trees. The Back Porch Blues Band, a local favorite since 2002, will kick off the society’s Summertime Blues series of free concerts every third Wednesday of the month through August from 7 to 9 p.m. R.I.P.Although 1950s rockabilly singer Eddie Cochran contended “there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues,” the Topeka Blues Society is offering a hair of the dog antidote. It's like being a gay kid in a hick town that you have to go to in the summer or a hardcore gamer whose had nothing or no one to go outside and play with, they can't wait for it to be over. Also generally the only people who like going back to school during this time have had very bad summers - they did nothing, so they're summer haters. Also re-enacting something you did to kick-off summer helps or you can just reassure yourself that next summer is coming soon. The only way to temporarily mark the occasion is to party hard on the night of labor day, and try to cram some things from the summer list in. There is no official cure for the summer time blues, as it's inevitable. As we know, summer is the best season because you can do nearly everything and nothing. Everyone after labor day returns to their prior engagements such as work or school. Often Summertime Blues occur during the days preceding labor day, and as such mark a saddening time on a persons' life - this is because after labor day basically summer is over. During the last week of Summer you try and cram everything from the list in, but most likely miss. The realization that summer is coming closer to an end. ![]()
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