Briggs Farm Blues Festival
GenreBlues
Location(s)Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Years active1998–present

Briggs Farm Blues Festival is an annual event that takes place near Hazleton, Pennsylvania in the town of Nescopeck, Nescopeck Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania[1] since the summer of 1998. The festival is hosted every July[2] on the farmland owned by the Briggs family.

Briggs Farm offers concertgoers a weekend of blues, camping, southern-style barbequed food, and an informal atmosphere. In 2014, more than 6,000 people attended the festival.[3]

History

The Briggs Farm Blues Festival was initiated in 1998 by Richard Briggs on a farm which had been in his family since 1768.[4] After working as a TV producer later in life, Richard decided to use his skills to produce a blues festival.[5] Since then the festival has grown and expanded each year, and draws attendees from all over the United States and around the world gathering to hear Delta-style blues.[6]

In 2015 the festival presented mainly blues-rock on the main stage. The Back Porch stage presented a mix of local, regional and national blues musicians.[4][7]

Camping

Many attendees at the Briggs Farm Blues Festival stay in the campground which is set up near the main stage, at the edge of cornfields, or in a wooded area. The campground accommodates RVs, trailers, and tents. Camping allows people to stay throughout the weekend and to meet other blues music enthusiasts.[8]

Program

References

  1. "Briggs Farm Blues Festival set for July 8–9 - News". Standard Speaker. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  2. "Up against a wall". Timesleader.com. 2015-06-18. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  3. "Briggs Farm Blues Festival / Nescopeck, PA / July 11–12". Elmore Magazine. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  4. 1 2 "Festival review: Briggs Farm Blues Fest a not to be missed summer destination". The Morning Call, Jodi Duckett, July 13, 2015.
  5. "13th annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival to be bigger, better - News". Standard Speaker. 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  6. "Briggs Farm hosts 14th annual Blues Festival this weekend in Nescopeck Twp". The Times-Tribune. 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  7. "Live Show Reviews: Briggs Farm Blues Festival". Elmore Magazine, July 20th, 2015
  8. "BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: ‘A LOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE’". Highway81 Revisited, Interview by Michael Lello July 3, 2013
  9. "Havertown teen Jesse Loewy feels the blues - Life". Delco News Network. 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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