COSTA RICA EXTRA – The Fifth Costa Rica Blues Fest will take place on February 28, 2015 at Buena Vista Beach Restaurant at Playa Potrero, Guanacaste. The music starts at 11 am. Food and drink will be available throughout the event.
This is a benefit concert for an organization that teaches English, technology, music and arts to the youth of Guanacaste. Please help us help them!
Tickets available pre-event $20 USD or ¢10.000 Colones. Day of show tickets are available at the door for $25USD or ¢12.500 Colones.
PERFORMERS
Blues Devils Featuring Little Ray Ybarra
As Costa Rica’s premier blues band and Little Ray Ybarra is a Texas born guitarist who was raised in Louisiana. Blues Devils offer a revue of different blues styles, such as Chicago (Little Walter, Muddy Waters), the style of the great Texas guitar players…MORE
Donnie Walsh & The Leatherbacks
Donnie Walsh has been called the ‘father of Canadian blues’ and with good reason. He is a blues pioneer on the Canadian scene. It was Walsh who paid the highest dues so that later Canadian blues acts, such as the Jeff Healey Band …MORE
Chris Ruest
Chris Ruest belongs to the impressive class of serious Texas blues guitarists, a group that includes Johnny Moeller, Shawn Pittman, and Nick Curran. While the others may have wider name recognition, Ruest has quietly built a reputation of excellence that is spreading beyond his Austin home base…MORE
The Sugarland Brass Company
The band originated in Sugar Land, Texas USA in 2008 and founded by original frontman Vito Varone. Playing motown, R & B. blues, rock n roll, old standards and soul…MORE
The 3 for Blues Band
The Three for Blues Band from Costa Rica has managed to rub shoulders with some of the greats of country music scene such as Las Tortugas, Vargas and Revolution Brothers, among others. The band focuses their efforts to learn and expertly interpret, the music of John Lee Hooker, Howlin ‘Wolf, Muddy Waters, …MORE
MG & The Blues Burners
MG & The Blues Burners is a band with an emphasis on blues harmonica and the singing Marcelo Gali “MG”, supported with legendary guitar Marcos “Marquitos” Elizondo, creativity and …MORE
