Official JB Presents Modesto Blues Festival After Party and Jam at Minnie's, June 14

Map for United Community Walk, and to get to Minnie's, you go to McHenry and Needham where its called 5 points, meets up with J Street, Downey, and 19th, Graffiti Summer Events, and American Graffiti sculpture by Betty Salletta across the Street, as is Denny's and Ralston Towers, for Graffiti Summer Events trivia and art note. My art is upstairs at Minnie's, Pete and Stuart have some, and more, this icon of Modesto for a long, long time, supports Modesto Blues Festival and United Community Walk..... see notice below, Minnie's is one of our sponsors.

Come out and walk with NAMI Stanislaus on Flag Day, and stay for the free Modesto Blues Festival.

NAMI Stanislaus invites you to the United Community Walk, starting 10 a.m. June 14, at Mancini Bowl, in Graceada Park as the opening event for the Modesto Blues Festival.  National Alliance on Mental Illness, Stanislaus affiliate is the host non-profit, and is using the event as a fundraiser toward NAMI mental health education and general programs, with suggested donations of $10 with walking teams, and as an awareness event supporting Hope and Recovery in our community.  We invite you to join us as we walk up to Rotary Junction on the Virginia Corridor Walking Park, and then return to Graceada Park for a great day of FREE music and art at the Modesto Blues Festival.
 
Donations can be made to NAMI Stanislaus.  For information call Bob Madearos at 551-8459, Lynn Padlo at 576-0809, or email lpadlo234@comcast.net.  Lynn is our NAMI Stanislaus President and Bob Madearos is our new Treasurer.

Modesto Blues Festival music starts at 1 p.m., and lineup includes Rhythm Deluxe, D.J. Slate and Rocket 88, Rene Solis & Laura Chavez and Guitar Extravaganza, the Reno Explosion of Blue Haven, and the Whiskey Haulers Band, and MoFo Party Band.  An after party will be held at Minnie's Restaurant at 107 McHenry.  Festival also includes Art hosted by the Peer to Peer Recovery Art Project, classic cars, food, vendors, and other Recovery groups and community nonprofit partners. 

Festival organizer is JB Presents.
email  johnb@jbpresents.com
web link  www.jbpresents.com
myspace  www.myspace.com/modesto_blues_fest

 
Joyce A. Plis, Secretary
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Stanislaus County
(209) 558-4555  (new NAMI phone number)
 
 

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Seeking crafters, artisans, general merch, designers, tees, for vendor spots at Modesto Blues Festival, this is last call, we come up, June 14, 2008, with 1000 small flags for Flag Day and our united community walk, at Free Admission event.

for more information.

contact is johnbfatman@aol.com

www.jbpresents.com or call JB at cell 209-985-0467 for John Black, Modesto Blues Festival founder, organizer and vendor reservations.

Our myspace of 1030 friends is http://www.myspace.com/modesto_blues_fest where vendor forms are posted in our blog.

Modesto Blues Festival, like many free admission festivals in our area, is supported by sponsors and vendor participation. This festival supports the Blues in our area, an art venue and art project that goes with it year around, and this year's United Community Walk host nonprofit NAMI Stanislaus is also doing a fundraiser with this year's festival, so we have a bit more expanded schedule, events to sell at.

United Community Walk at 10 am, meets at Mancini Bowl in Graceada Park, on the festival main stage site, 401 Needham Avenue in Modesto, CA. Feel free to join in and walk, its free, donate to nami if you can, wear your organization tee shirt, or come in costume, we're a part of the Graffiti Summer events schedule, and our route will use the new Modesto Virginia Corridor walking and riding park up to Rotary Junction at Roseburg Square and return, both ways past the new Lions Club children's playground area in the new park, and back for lunchtime music in our vendor area.

Noon to one p.m., acoustic lunch time music with Joe Barretta, to complete the walk, and warm up for the main line up.

1 p.m. to 8 pm or finish

Rhythm Deluxe, Rene Solis and Laura Chavez and more with Guitar Extravaganza, last year's mama award winner, D. J. Slate and Rocket 88, then to Reno Explosion bands, Blue Haven and the Whiskey Haulers, and end with MoFo Party Band, all in Mancini Bowl, and Graceada Park area around the concert area.

and then we roll to the after party and jam at Minnie's Restaurant at 107 McHenry Avenue at Needham, 2 blocks away, till 11 or so.

So contact if a vendor, we're real interested as this supports the work we do for blues and our nonprofit networking with the United Community Walk and its host, the Modesto Blues Festival.

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