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KING BISCUIT BLUES FESTIVAL
WEDNESDAY 10/5-SATURDAY 10/8. Downtown Helena-West Helena. $45-$100. 

Blues is a tradition that thrives on live performance and the camaraderie that accompanies it, and while local cornerstones like Ben Brenner, Charlotte Taylor and Deb Finney have kept the flame burning in Central Arkansas, the post-pandemic resurgence of King Biscuit is paramount. This year, count on sets from Mavis Staples, Devon Allman, Zora Young, Rodney Block, Bobby Rush, Paul Thorn, the G-HOPE Gospel Choir and an ensemble of musicians paying homage to Arkansas’s own Michael Burks with a memorial jam. See the full lineup at kingbiscuitfestival.com.

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Better yet, grab a ticket on the Arkansas Times Blues Bus and catch round-trip transportation to the Saturday festivities complete with lunch, on-the-bus adult beverages and on-the-bus entertainment from Jason Lee Hale. Get your spot at centralarkansastickets.com.

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