SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival rocked through another year!

Gorgeous weather, rockin’ blues and smokin’ ribs created a perfect combination for an absolutely fabulous event– and that it was!  SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival just celebrated it’s 4th year this past Saturday in Elmwood Park, downtown Roanoke, Virginia.  Each rib vendor went through about 50lbs. of smoked ribs each, that’s over 200lbs for the day!  It was a tough competition, but in the end Blue 5 swept the categories taking first place in sauced, dry and People’s Choice!  2nd place US Foodservice Rib Cook-off both dry and sauced category was Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill. Runner up for the People’s Choice Award was a tie between Henry’s Memphis BBQ and Blues BBQ Co.  Congrats to all of our rib vendors who continue to show up each year with their BEST ribs – because at Big Lick Blues we sure do love some ribs ya’ll!

The ribs weren’t the only thing that was smokin’- this year’s music line-up made everyone a Blues fan!  Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner, Teresa James and The Rhythm Tramps, John Lee Hooker, Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-a-Whirl Band with a very special guest Lou Ann Barton all rocked the stage at Elmwood Park.  There wasn’t a inch of green grass in sight!  By 3:00pm we had over 1,000 in the park!

Check out this blog post about the Big Lick Blues Festival music!

You can see all of the photos from Saturday’s event by clicking here.

    

SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival – Podcast Preview Show

Can’t wait for “Mr. Tuff Enough” – Jimmie Vaughan along with John Lee Hooker Jr., Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, plus special guests Lou Ann Barton, and Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner?

This year’s SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival , on Sat. Oct. 2 (Elmwood Park, downtown Roanoke, VA) will be the best yet!  And that’s saying something since over the last few years we’ve had Delbert McClinton, John Hammond, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Thackery, Jimmy Hall, Paul Thorn, Anna Popovic, Hamilton Loomis and others on stage!

So you can get a preview of the music – our friend “Bratha Dave” from BluzNdaBlood has just competed  show #102 for his podcast – it features the artists and music from this year’s SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival.  Enjoy!

You can subscribe to the BluzNdaBlood Blues Podcast via iTunes too!

If you’d like to contact “Bratha Dave” here’s his email.

Don’t forget the best ticket deal is town is the Advance Discount of $22.00 – available online or a all regional SunTrust Bank locations – click here for details.  SunTrust customers also get a discount!