Young Peoples Saturday afternoon tent activities and workshops will begin at 1PM. Sponsored by Keokuk Community Fine Arts Council!
Once again on Saturday afternoon there will be a Percussion Workshop, and new this year, a Blues Guitar Workshop. We are planning an additional workshop, check back for details.
The first Rollin on the River Festival in 1989 featured Buddy Holly's
Crickets. In the second year, the festival moved downriver to Keokuk's
Hubinger Landing and featured a reunion of hometown bands. The third
year, the festival received a grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural
Affairs, which gave organizers a much-needed financial boost and the
blues was chosen as the primary music format. The festival was moved to
historic Victory Park, where it remains today.
The event is the longest running blues festival and the only one of
its kind in the Tri-State area. Through the years, Rollin' on the River
has presented some of the finest blues musicians around, including Magic
Slim, Jimmy Thackery, Studebaker John, Joanna Conner, Lonnie Brooks,
Bernard Allison, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Doyle Bramhall, just to name a
few.
In addition to stage performers, ROR presents musical workshops and
young people's activities on Saturday afternoons, along with offering
scholarships and a used instrument lending program for local students.
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