Get Ready to Sip, Savor, & Groove

The fourth annual Blues, Brews, and BBQ Cook-off is back downtown on the County Green!  This promises to be a great time, so mark your calendar!

This year we will be partnering with the Community Services Foundation to bring you a great variety of local brews.

Sip on ice cold adult beverages, savor the smoky goodness of BBQ and other yummy eats, and groove to the blues!

BBQ Cook-off Information
Juried judging will be based on Kansas City Barbecue Society rules and winners will receive cash and a trophy prize. Chicken and ribs are the categories.

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Groove along with the Lucky Losers

Winners of five Independent Blues Award in 2021 including “Artist of the Year” (Cathy Lemons), “Song of the Year” (Godless Land), “The Lucky Losers are San Francisco’s finest male/female duet fronted band — a throwback to the hybrid of soul, blues, rock, gospel, and country that emerged in the late 1960’s with impassioned vocal performances, electrifying musical interplay, and powerful harmonica.

Fiery Dallas-born entertainer Cathy Lemons has a velvet voice with a gritty edge and the rebel conviction of a woman risen from the ashes. New Jersey native Phil Berkowitz "has earned renown as one of the West Coast’s most distinctive harp players, as well as for his sharp, resonant tenor" [Living Blues - 2018]. The stark contrast between incandescent Lemons and elegant Berkowitz makes for a captivating musical union, breathing new life into American songwriting tradition and the vanishing art of duet singing.

Since 2015, The Lucky Losers have completed numerous national tours, performing on stages in over 46 states. Their artistic achievements have garnered 6 national awards, 25 award nominations, & two International Songwriting Competition prizes as Finalists (2018 & 2020).

For more information on the band, click here.