26th Annual Black-eyed & Blues Festival

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The 26th Annual Black-Eyed & Bluesfest @ The Riverfront NEW LOCATION- Mortensen Riverfront Plaza 300 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT There will be a food tent by Black-Eyed Sally's, a beer & wine tent, Ben & Jerrys, and the Connecticut Blues Society tent with all our swag. Free entry!!! 3pm: Hartford's Young Hannah & Crew This is Hartford's youth Blues band produced by the legendary XY Eli 4pm: The Chicago Dawgs The 2025 Connecticut Blues Society challenge winner 5pm: Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze The 2019 Connecticut Blues Society challenge winner 6pm: Amani Burnham Blind Pigs Records recording artist from Middleton CT. Guitar World says "Burnham is blowing minds with his fretwork" 7:30pm: GA-20 Since its inception the accolades continue to roll in for GA-20. American Songwriter says the band plays “rough and tumble, relentless blues” with “maximum intensity rocking.” UK tastemaker magazine MOJO says GA-20 makes “a joyful noise,” and the Guardian UK writes, “If you care to know how a rowdy 1950s Chicago juke joint sounded, GA-20 are here to help. They keep things simple and fierce…scything, growling riffs, driving grooves, blistering boogies and defiant vocals”. Parking: Free parking for this event is available on-street on both sides of the river. Paid, convenient parking is available in the Connecticut Convention Center Garage – park on the fifth floor and use the exit on the north side of the garage, allowing direct access to the Convention Center, Connecticut Science Center, and Mortensen Riverfront Plaza. Allowed Items Lawn chairs and portable folding seats Blankets and ground tarps Small personal bags or soft coolers Prohibited Items & Restrictions No outside alcohol -beer and wine will be sold by approved vendors on-site No glass bottles or metal cans No unauthorized tents, canopies, or large personal umbrellas No illegal drugs or weapons of any kind Pets must be leashed and cleaned up after at all times under Hartford park regulations Rain or Shine Line-up…