2015 Roots, Rock & Deep-Blues Festival scheduled July 18

The Longfellow Roots, Rock & Deep-Blues Festival is on schedule for Sat., July 18, from noon to 10pm. This neighborhood celebration of the arts and culture of the Twin Cities is also the annual fundraiser for the non-profit community theater Patrick’s Cabaret.

2015 will see the festival expand into Minnehaha Ave. with numerous neighborhood restaurants, including Gandhi Mahal, Midori’s, Le Town Talk, El Nuevo Rodeo, African Paradise, Merlin’s Rest and many more. Area restaurants represent an astonishing mix of offerings in the festival’s new International Food Court.

Patrick’s will present a variety of interactive activities, including live performance art, an exhibition of visual artists, and the very best local craft sodas, beers, and distilled spirits.

The 2015 festival will feature five music stages, with live entertainment throughout the day and into the night.  Performing bands include:

Miss Tess & The Talkbacks

Savage Aural Hotbed

Poverty Hash

Mike Munson

Mr. Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes

Barbara Jean

Left Lane Cruiser

The Beavers

Charlie Parr

Last Revel

Frog Leg

Fury Things

Fattening Frogs

CATL

Willie Murphy &

His Angel Headed Hipsters

Jimbo Mathus and The

Tri-State Coalition

Black Market Brass

Burnside & The New Generation

‘Spider’ John Koerner

Eleganza

Flood Brothers

Joe & Vicky Price

Jeff Ray & The Stakes

Bernie King &

The Guilty Pleasures

Tickets are $20 for this fully immersive city-central festival experience, with all proceeds going towards continuing the valuable year-round community programming offered at Patrick’s Cabaret. You can purchase tickets online at http://rootsrockdeepblues.com.

While the outdoor festival activities conclude at 10pm, the RRDB Festival party will continue just two blocks away with some very special indoor performances in the ballroom at The Eagles Post 34!