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13th Annual Blues, Brews & Barbecue Festival with Miriam Huertas & Betsy Kohl | Bluesville

Betsy Kohl (left), Jack Adams (center), and Miriam Huertas (right)

After its cancellation in 2020, the the Blues, Brews & Barbecue Festival is returning to Allentown for its 13th year on Saturday, July 31, 2021 from 12-10 PM with a great selection of food, drinks and, of course, blues music.

Bluesville host Jack Adams sits down with Miriam Huertas and Betsy Kohl from the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce for a behind-the-scenes look at everything this year’s festival has to offer – including main headliner Shemekia Copeland, guitar phenom King Solomon Hicks, and so much more.

The full schedule for the festival is below:

Air Products Stage

1:00-2:15
The BC Combo

3:30-5:00
Craig Thatcher Band with Mike Guldin

6:45-8:15
King Solomon Hicks

8:30-10:00
Shemekia Copeland

Fegley's Biergarten Stage

12:00-1:00
Steve Johnson

2:00-3:00
Octavia

4:30-6:00
Bobby Soul

Brü Daddy's Stage

1:00-2:30
Mississippi Pig Farms

2:45-4:15
JP Williams & Ekat Pereyra Duo

4:30-5:45
Pentley Holmes

6:15-7:30
Tavern Tan

Blended Stage

12:00-1:00
Norman Taylor

2:15-3:30
Lonnie Shields

5:00-6:30
Bruze Katz Band

Bell Hall Stage

1:00-2:00
Mikey Junior

3:00-4:30
Dave Keller Band

6:00-7:15
Clarence Spady

More information can be found on the Downtown Allentown website.

(Original air-date: 7/17/21)

Born and raised in Allentown, Pa, Jack has been an avid drummer/singer in the rock, R&B, and blues genres. He is a longtime board member of the Lehigh Valley Blues Network. You can catch Jack serving as a frequent MC at various events throughout the tri-state area. Jack has been a programmer at WDIY since 2010, hosting Bluesville on Saturdays from 3 to 5 pm.
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