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Keokuk's Rollin' On The River Blues Festival

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Great News!!!   The 2021, 33rd Annual, Rollin' On The River festival is rollin' again!

Mark your Calendar

August 20-21, 2021

Keokuk's Rollin' On The River Blues Festival

Keokuk's Rollin' On The River Blues FestivalKeokuk's Rollin' On The River Blues FestivalKeokuk's Rollin' On The River Blues Festival

Great News!!!   The 2021, 33rd Annual, Rollin' On The River festival is rollin' again!

Mark your Calendar

August 20-21, 2021

The Main Event

Our Performers

The planning has begun! Keep checking back here and on our Facebook page for details.  We will have a great lineup this year.  What a great way to celebrate live music again!

Saturday Afternoon Tent Activities

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Workshops

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.

History

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History of Rollin on the River

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.

Friends Of the Blues

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2021 Sponsors

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