Pearl River Resort Announces the First Annual Blues at The Moon Music Festival
Published October 6th, 2008
CHOCTAW, Miss., – Pearl River Resort, the Southeast’s premier luxury gaming and entertainment destination, will host the first annual Blues at The Moon music festival presented by Ground Zero Blues Club, at the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino on October 17 and 18. The festival comes in advance of the planned Ground Zero Blues Club, an initiative being spearheaded by Academy Award-winning actor and Blues enthusiast Morgan Freeman and scheduled to open at The Golden Moon in 2009.
“The Blues at The Moon festival demonstrates Pearl River Resort’s commitment to Blues music as we move forward with plans for the new Ground Zero Blues Club,” said Freeman, who co-owns the original Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, MS. “The club and the festival have the same goal: furthering the understanding of, and appreciation for, Blues music of all genres to all generations.”
The festival opens on the evening of October 17, featuring Blues sensation’s The Fabulous Thunderbirds as the headliners at 10:30 P.M. who will perform their distinctive style of Blues music. Saturday’s headline act is the legendary Solomon Burke who has been recording innovative blues for more than 50 years. Burke will perform at 10:30 P.M.
Other acts include Big Jack Johnson, Deborah Coleman, Eddie Cotton, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Bobby Rush and Ruby Wilson. A full list of musicians and scheduled performing times can be found at www.pearlriverresort.com.
“Mississippi is synonymous with Blues music so when we decided to host a music festival, it was an obvious choice to celebrate the state’s heritage with Blues at The Moon,” said Miko Beasley Denson, Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. “This festival – as well as the new Ground Zero Blues Club – is going to make the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino an important way station on the Mississippi Blues Trail.”
Award-winning artist John Robinette, a Memphis-based artist who focuses on Delta-inspired artwork, has created an original piece that will serve as the official festival emblem available for purchase on both T-Shirts and posters. And in the spirit of pairing great blues with great barbecue, a variety of barbecue and other Southern cuisine will be readily available as well.
For more information call (866) 44-PEARL or visit www.pearlriverresort.com.
