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Blues guitarist Walter Trout will play at Copper Mountain Resort’s Guitar Town festival on Sunday, Aug. 11.
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After launching her recording career in 2009, Samantha Fish quickly established herself as a rising star in the contemporary blues world. She’ll perform at Copper Mountain Resort’s Guitar Town festival on Saturday, Aug. 10.
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Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. Block will hit the stage at Copper Mountain Resort’s Guitar Town festival on Saturday, Aug. 10.
Courtesy Sergio Kurhajec / Mark Pucci Media | Courtesy Sergio Kurhajec / Mark
COPPER — Celebrating 15 years around the sun, Copper Mountain Resort’s free Guitar Town festival returns this weekend. Guitar lovers who attend from Aug. 9 to 11 will be able to enjoy an overflowing weekend of world-class finger-style, blues, rock, bluegrass, soul and Django Reinhardt-inspired gypsy jazz playing throughout the weekend.
Friday features educational workshops led by Marlene Hutchinson, Jim Deeming and Robbie O’Brien. Then in the evening, Youthquake! — a talented group of young guitarists — will play with Preston Reed at 6:30 p.m. at the Burning Stones Plaza in Center Village.
Saturday is dubbed Acoustic Day with performances from noon to 6 p.m. in Center Village by Scott Goldman, Christie Lenée, The Lost Fingers and John Jorgenson, Muriel Anderson, Rory Block and Rhonda Vincent.
Electric Day, held Sunday in Center Village, closes out the festival with a tribute to Mark Selby, Stig Mathisen, the Steve Fister Band, Walter Trout, Samantha Fish and Guitar Army featuring John Jorgenson, Lee Roy Parnell and Joe Robinson.
For a complete schedule and more information on each performer, visit CopperGuitarTown.com.