New Bedford Whaling Blues Festival

The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center proudly joins with the New Bedford Whaling Blues Festival to bring back this beloved, outdoor music festival to beautiful Fort Taber Park overlooking scenic Buzzards Bay and the Elizabeth Islands from 11:45 am to 8:00 pm Saturday, Aug. 13.

The Whaling Blues Festival began in 1998 when a few friends decided they wanted to present a day of high-quality music on the New Bedford Waterfront. Over an 8 year run we attracted over 20,000 attendees and hosted great blues artists like Susan Tedeschi, Grace Potter, Shemekia Copeland, GE Smith, Dicky Betts, Roomful of Blues and many others.

Now, after a decade hiatus, the New Bedford Whaling Blues festival has partnered with The Z to bring the event back bigger and better than ever featuring platinum selling axe-man Kenny Wayne Shephard, the “new Queen of the Blues” Shemekia Copeland, Grammy-winning New Orleans funk master Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, New Bedford’s blues-guitar wunderkind Quinn Sullivan and Martha’s Vineyard’s legend Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish.

Tickets are $25 (senior/student), $55 (general) and $125 (VIP) and are available at both www.zeiterion.org and www.nbwhalingbluesfest.com, 508-994-2900 or at the Zeiterion box office, 684 Purchase St.