What:
11th Annual
Blues
House Festival
Where:
Winchester
Eagles Club Aerie 824 "Outdoor Pavilion", 700 Baker Lane, Winchester, VA 22601
Pavilion is located behind the Eagles
Club and Solenberger Hardware off of Berryville Ave (VA Rt. 7).
Limited parking area at
Eagles Club, and plenty of free parking next door in the Apple
Valley Market Place - home of Navy Federal Credit Union, CVS
Pharmacy, The Centre For Fitness, Solenberger Hardware, and Long
John Silvers on Berryville Ave.
When:
June 19th,
11:30am to 7pm (Gates open at 11am, Music starts at 11:30am)
Mission:
To produce a live festival style show in historic downtown
Winchester for the purpose of providing a
memorable entertainment experience and to raise money to benefit our
community.
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Blues House 2010
will be the eleventh Blues House event held in downtown Winchester.
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In 2009,
approximately 2,000 people attended.
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This is the only
live music festival held in historic downtown Winchester.
How
we do it
The Blues House
Committee partners with
benefactor organizations to co-host the event and provide the volunteer
support needed to produce
and execute the event. These organizations
then become recipients of donations made from Blues House net
proceeds.
Who
has benefited
In 2008,
the Blues House Executive Committee
chose to partner with Habitat for Humanity of Winchester & Frederick
County as their beneficiary. In 2009, we hope to achieve the
goal of raising enough money to underwrite a Habitat house in Stephens
City to be called, "Blues House."
In the past, net proceeds were donated to the
Virginia Chapter 1 of Rolling Thunder®
Inc., the
F.O.P. Ole Fredericktown Chapter #12
and The Office of
George Washington Museum.
Since its inception, the
festival has raised money to make significant donations to community
organizations. After
the first event, net proceeds went to renovate an
1840's duplex in Winchester's South Kent Street neighborhood.
This home
was to be the residence of a Winchester Police Officer, thus the name
Blues House. Proceeds have
also been donated to
Celebrating Patsy Cline Inc.,
Fremont Street Nursery,
The Office of George
Washington Museum,
Caretakers (now Boys &
Girl’s Club) and more.