The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival
It's time to get to it!Each year, hundreds of blues musicians descend on Fort Worden State Park, turning the historic facility in to a giant resonating chamber for acoustic blues music. The Park comes alive, and so does each musician who makes it happen.
Follow the links below for complete information on this amazing week of blues.
Quick Links
- Workshop Description
- Artistic Director Corey Harris
- Artist/Faculty
- Workshop Schedule
- Performance Info
- Scholarship Info
- Register for this workshop
- Instrument rentals from Crossroads Music
Indeed, the cornerstone of the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival is the weeklong workshop, July 26 - August 2, 2009, where participants live and play with the bearers of acoustic blues traditions.
Led by Artistic Director Corey Harris, the week is designed to make you a better musician--and does it ever--but it is so much more. Day and night, you'll hang out, jam and swap tunes with interesting, accomplished, and fun(!) musicians from around the nation.
This generous community shares your passion and energy, and we can almost guarantee that by the end of the week you AND your playing will be heading into directions you didn't predict just a few days earlier.
Daily classes are offered in Piedmont style fingerpicking, blues guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, blues piano, bass, washboard, blues singing, and gospel choir, all taught by masters of the traditions.
Is it your first time at the Blues Festival? If you like, we will pair you with a mentor to be your resource throughout the week, guiding you to the sessions which are most appropriate for you and making sure your experience exceeds your expectations.
Tuition
Tuition for the week is $495. Room and board options range from $205 to $500.
