AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 13th annual Eastside Kings Festival is set for this weekend. More than 20 bands and artists will play across five venues in historic east Austin on Saturday and Sunday.
Eastside Kings is more than your standard music fest. It’s also a mission of preservation and promotion of the cultural heritage of African American Blues, Jazz, and Gospel music.
The Eastside Kings Foundation, a local nonprofit, puts on the fest every year. According to its website, the foundation’s initiative “focuses on largely unknown African American musicians and aims to give them opportunities to showcase their music in live performances around the world.”
The foundation and festival were named after an album by their founder, Eddie Stout, that was recorded and released in 1999 on Dialtone Records, according to the website.
“This recording was one of many in which Stout captured the talent of Austin’s largely unknown but incredibly talented African American blues musicians such as Clarence Pierce, Willie Sampson, and Donald ‘Duck’ Jennings,” the foundation website states. “The name Eastside Kings stuck and the musicians began to use it for their gigs. Naming the festival Eastside Kings seemed only appropriate as a tribute to those artists and to the east Austin post-war blues circuit where the festival takes place.”
Wristbands are $25 per day, and VIP badges are $100 per day. Both are available for purchase at Antone’s Record Shop.
Festival schedule, lineup
Friday
An opening night party will be held at Justine’s on Friday night from 7:30-11:30 p.m. Hubby Jenkins from the “Carolina Chocolate Drops” and Shy Perry & Bill Perry Jr. will be performing. Tickets are available online for $13.54.
Saturday
On Saturday, there will be a Living Blues Workshop at the George Washington Carver Museum starting at 1 p.m.
Music, local vendors, and food trucks will be set up in several spots at the corner of East 12th and Chicon Streets starting at 4 p.m.
Performers Saturday include:
Hash Brown w/ Ted Roddy
Veronika Jackson
Damian Llanes, Gian Ortiz, Dan Walton
Rosewood Soul w/ Sean McDonald, Xavier Shannon
Shy Perry & Bill Perry Jr.
Igor & Yuri Prado w/ Theo Anzelotti
Kirk Fletcher
Omar Coleman
Jai Malano
E J Mathews Band
Hubby Jenkins
Mel Davis & The Blues Specialists
Moeller Brothers, Mike Archer, Nick Connolly
Gregg Smith
Stan Mosley
Darrell Nulisch w/ Mike Law
Sunday
Sunday will be pretty similar to Saturday, with vendors and food trucks setting up at 4:20 p.m., and a car show from 4:30-7 p.m., along with several stages stacked with performances.
Performers Sunday include:
Jake Friel w/ Willie Pipkin
Pamela Allen & Co.
Hoston-Tillotson Jazz Band w/ Ephriam Owens
Veronika Jackson
Igor & Yuri Prado w/ Gian Ortiz, Dan Walton
Earnest “Guitar” Roy
Omar Coleman
Mzz Reese & The Reese’s Pieces w/ Joe B.
Michael Hale Trio
Goldie Pipes
Orange Jefferson
Matthew Robinson
Mike Law/Moeller Brothers/Nick Connolly
Darrell Nulisch
Sean McDonald
Kirk Fletcher
A site map and schedule details can be found online at EastsideKingsFest.com.
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