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W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival
  • FESTIVAL INFO
    • 2023 SCHEDULE
    • LUNCH BREAKS
    • ABOUT
    • NEWS
    • TRAVEL INFORMATION
    • STREET STRUT
    • RULES AND REGS
  • KEEP IT FREE
  • GET INVOLVED
    • VOLUNTEER
    • BECOME A VENDOR
    • ASSOCIATE EVENT APPLICATION
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Monthly Archives: June 2021

W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival releases artist lineup for 2021

d4vidM4ishon June 12, 2021

By Ally TsimeklesRiver City Weekend Dust off your lawn chairs and blankets, here’s the lineup for the 2021  W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival in Henderson, Ky! The news was announced in a Facebook post. The free festival is set for Wednesday, June 16, 2021, through Saturday, June 19, 2021 at Audubon Mill Park in Henderson, KY. Wednesday, June..

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Street Strut 5k coming to W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival

d4vidM4ishon June 12, 2021

By William Putt HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) – A new event announced for this year’s W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival in Henderson. The Downtown Henderson Partnership is hosting the Street Strut 5k on Wednesday, June 16 at 6 p.m. Runners start at Red Banks Park, dart along the Ohio River and cross the finish line near..

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Henderson’s W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival schedule, lineup

d4vidM4ishon June 12, 2021

John T. Martin – Henderson Gleaner HENDERSON, Ky. — Brian Bishop recalled the pre-pandemic “good old days,” when the only thing W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival organizers had to worry about was rain. COVID-19 has changed all of that. The festival is going forward for 2021 after the pandemic forced its 2020 cancelation, and Bishop, the event’s..

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Handy Fest’s annual Street Strut returning to Henderson with new energy this year

d4vidM4ishon June 12, 2021

Chuck Stinnett – Special to The Gleaner When the inaugural W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival kicked off in June 1991, it introduced an event unlike anything ever seen in Henderson before: The Street Strut. The Mardi Gras-inspired event invited folks to turn out on a Saturday morning and parade through downtown with heavily decorated..

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