It's time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Budweiser Illinois Blues Festival!  Great Blues entertainment and, this year, three entertainment stages.  Considered one of the top blues festivals, the 20th annual Budweiser Blues Festival features two days of internationally known Blues artists and is produced by Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment, www.jaytv.com, with proceeds going to the Illinois Blues Coalition.

The Illinois Blues Coalition supports Blues Societies, Blues Music Entertainers and Blues Music Education by offering grants and scholarships to help fund projects which preserve and promote the history and future of blues music.  The objective of the Illinois Blues Coalition is to promote the art form of blues-related music by performance, by interpretation, by preservation and by enhancment of apprecatiation through knowledge and education.

A popular addition to our festival is the "Blues Lessons" featuring musician workshops and history of the blues educational seminars.  Peoria has a long tradition and has always been a major influence in blues music.  It began with the days when the blues masters would travel from Chicago, down the Illiniois River to St. Louis, and then on to New Orleans.  Peoria was, and still is, the palce to stop!  Even the blues men and women knew the famous cliche, "Will It Play In Peoria?"

For more information, visit www.illinoisbluesfestival.com.