20TH ANNIVERSARY SILVER CITY BLUES & BIKES FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF FESTIVAL,
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
BLUES LEGEND TAJ MAHAL TO HEADLINE
The Mimbres Region Arts Council’s (MRAC) unparalleled Blues Festival, the last remaining FREE Blues Festival in the Southwest, celebrates 20 extraordinary years of success with a new name, the Silver City Blues & Bikes Festival, and an expansion that will include a third full day of motorcycle related activities on Friday, May 22 in and around Gough Park. Blues Hall of Famer, Lifetime Achievement and 2-time Grammy award winner Taj Mahal will headline the festival Saturday night, May 23. The festival runs through Sunday afternoon, May 24, featuring the Campbell Brothers as Sunday headliners. Presented in and around Silver City’s Gough Park, the Silver City Blues & Bikes Festival is the same great festival you’ve come to expect, renamed and expanded for a total Blues & Bikes Lovers Experience.
Silver City is an amazing place rich with history and high desert beauty. The valley it resides in was once an Apache campsite. Billy The Kid was arrested twice for theft there and southwestern folklore and history is all part of the experience.
