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[email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Journey to the Son: A Celebration of Son House All 4-day passes SOLD OUT Announcing the line-up of bands for FREE “Blues in the Park” on August 29 “Journey to the Son” ends 10 days of Blues in Rochester kicking off with “The Great American Backyard Burger & Rib Fest” in MLK, Jr. Park at Manhattan Square. Rochester, N.Y. August 13, 2015 - Geva Theatre Center presents “Journey to the Son: A Celebration of Son House” from August 26 – August 29, 2015. This once-in-a-lifetime, four-day festival weaves together music, theatre, film, audio recordings, storytelling and lectures to celebrate Rochester’s adopted son, Eddie “Son” House. The majority of events are free of charge to the public. Most of the events will be held in and around Geva Theatre Center, with hands-on guitar workshops at the Eastman School of Music, outdoor performances in Washington Square Park (weather permitting), and related blues performances at area bars/restaurants. A limited number of festival passes for the entire four days, guaranteeing seats for all events, are now sold out. However, tickets for the various individual events of the festival, including concerts by Grammy Award- winner John Hammond, John Mooney and Friends, and pioneer of rap/blues fusion, Chris Thomas King (feature film Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?), are still available. Geva is pleased to announce the line-up of bands participating in “Blues in the Park” at Washington Square Park on Saturday, August 29 from 12 – 6pm (weather permitting): Lisa Bigwood - 12:00-12:45 Gordon Munding - 1:00-1:45 Fred Vine - 2:00-3:00 David Miller - 3:15 -4:15 Table Top Three - 4:45-6:00 A number of Rochester’s most popular food trucks will also be in attendance including Le Petit Poutine, Bento Box, Java’s and Effortlessly Healthy.