Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest coming
Thanks to Basil Charles, on Friday 27th the Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest once again welcomes The Mustique Blues Festival to Bequia. Dana Gillespie and the London Blues Band and her guest artistes will guarantee another thrilling nightâs entertainment dedicated to the Blues at its very best. Headlining this year are Chicagoan guitarist Zach Prather, pianists Julien Brunetaud and Paddy Milner, blues ukulele player Veronica and guitarist Lewis Cohen. The Mustique Blues Festival will also be performing at the Aquatic Club in St. Vincent on February 3rd.
l On Saturday 28th from 12.30 pm, the Bequia Beach Hotel in Friendship will be the venue for a free hot and cool Jazz ânâ Blues Jam by the beach. Artistes Jan and Louis on piano and sax, âPatchesâ on keyboards, drummer Flour Haddaway, bass player Thomas from St. Vincent, jazz saxophonist Jab Duplessis from St. Lucia, Stan & Cora from Europe (piano & sax), and New York trumpeter Jim Coleman will be among the many musicians joining in the jam session.
l Saturday night is the second big night of the Music Fest at De Reef. The Caribbeanâs âsaxiestâ man, virtuoso saxophonist Arturo Tappin will be one of the show-stopping highlights of the evening, back in Bequia by extraordinary popular demand. Tappin will be joined on stage this year by Bajan vocalists Betty Payne and Niki Nicole.
Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest is now like a second home for award-winning NEXCYX – currently THE hottest band from Barbados – and they are back again this year, much to the delight of their thousands of loyal fans in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Last year in Bequia they brought the house down with their signature blend of Rock, Hip Hop and Pop and 2012 promises to be even better.
Prepare also to be blown away by âBimstoneâ from Barbados, with Scotty Z on guitar, and guitarist Simon Pipe performing with singer/songwriter âIndraniâ & percussionist/vocalist Onika Best. The evening will open with Reggae band âVersatileâ from St. Vincent and Bequiaâs own rising star, singer songwriter Amanda Gooding.
l Sunday 29th January will be a day to chill out at De Reef in Lower Bay to the sounds of country music from Bequiaâs âCountry Relativesâ, Jazz, Blues and Rock by the Denzil Bacchus Blues Band, the âHonky Tonicsâ with Jan and Louis, the Bequia Blues Band, and the legendary virtuoso guitarist and Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest favourite – Toby Armstrong and his band.
The afternoon will close out with much, MUCH more at the Mount Gay Finale Party with surprise guests and performances to rock the crowd till the sun goes downâ¦
Tickets for the Friday and Saturday events at De Reef are on sale at Quik Print and The Bounty in St. Vincent, and in Bequia at the Bequia Tourism Office, Linaâs Delicatessen, De Reef, Bequia Beach Hotel, Bequia Technology Center and the Frangipani Hotel.
Tickets prices are EC$65 for advance single night tickets (EC$75 on the door) and a bargain EC$110 for a two-night package. Tickets for Sunday afternoon are EC$20 (EC$30 on the door). Admission is free to the Frangipani on Thursday and to the Jazz ânâ Blues Jam by the Beach on Saturday afternoon at the Bequia Beach Hotel.
The Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest is only possible because of the enthusiastic support it receives from local businesses. Apart from headline sponsor Mount Gay Rum (Barbados), and major sponsors SVG Ministry of Tourism/SVG Tourism Authority, Karib Cable, Hairoun Beer, LIME St. Vincent, LIAT, SVG Air, Air Adelphi, the Bequia Beach Hotel, Frangipani Hotel, De Reef, CRS Music & Media, (Barbados), Admiralty Transport, Quik-Print (St. Vincent), the Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest is also generously supported by Basilâs Bar Mustique, Cross Country Radio, Nice Radio, Keeganâs Beach Resort, Gingerbread Hotel, Julieâs Guest House, Mangoâs Bar and Restaurant, Macâs Pizzeria, Brydens (St. Vincent), Dorisâ Fresh Food, LâAuberge des Grenadines, Bequia Technology Center, Bequia Express, WAG Service Station, Sandpiper Company Bequia, Compass Publishing and Outhouse Graphics.
For more information see ad in this paper or visit www.begos.com/bequiamusicfest and www.facebook.com/bequiamusicfest
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