Alabama's Delta Blues Festival 
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Headlining Saturday’s FREE concert is Richard Johnston.
Gates open at 1 p.m.; concert starts at 2 p.m.
Don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs and blankets!
 Richard Johnston, a one-man-band, is considered to be one of the most powerful solo entertainers in history. With fans in more than 80 countries, he has played live in 11, and now brings his beloved blues to Spanish Fort. During the Delta Blues Fest, the Tensaw Theater will present the Max Shores documentary, Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour. The film originally aired on PBS and has received 10 nominations by national and international film festivals. This is a great place to experience this film -- the Tensaw Theater is complete with a wide-screen and surround sound, and comfortably seats up to 90 people.
Blues entertainment will continue Saturday evening along the Causeway at the Bluegill Waterfront Amphitheatre, Ed’s Seafood Shed’s Bayfront Deck, Felix’s Swamp Room and The Original Oyster House Tiki Room.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Gates open at 12:30 p.m., with music from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tickets are $12 in advance; purchase 10 tickets in advance and pay only $10 each.
All tickets are $17 each the day of the show.
Tickets are available at Five Rivers, at all participating restaurants, at the Frontgate Outlet at 354 Dauphin Street, Mobile, or online at www.frontgatetickets.com.
Don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs and blankets!
 Tab Benoit and Shemekia Copeland live in concert!
Tab Benoit has been called one of the most important performers on the modern blues scene. Just last year, his album Fever for the Bayou won Best Contemporary Blues Album. Brother to the Blues was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album, and Tab was nominated for the Blues Music Award’s Best Contemporary Male Artist and Entertainer of the Year.
 Shemekia Copeland has been called the next Tina Turner. She blasted her way into the music scene at 18, and in the last 10 years has collected five Blues Music Awards, a Grammy© nomination, five Living Blues Awards, and was honored with the coveted "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" Award by the DownBeat Critics' Poll.
Blues entertainment will continue Sunday evening along the Causeway at the Bluegill Waterfront Amphitheatre, Ed’s Seafood Shed’s Bayfront Deck, Felix’s Swamp Room and The Original Oyster House Tiki Room.
Blues, Beauty, Arts and Literature –
Five Rivers’ Grand Opening Just Got Even Better!
Explore the outdoors, step out onto the scenic trails, make your way down the historic waterways – take it all in at the new Five Rivers – Alabama’s Delta Resource Center -- then take it home with you.
Two new additions to the grand opening celebration will change the way you see our home state. One special guest is the author of two of the most stunning books ever published about Alabama’s natural beauty. The other is a man who has turned Alabama’s earthen resources into an art form – literally.
Doug Phillips, author of Discovering Alabama Forests and Discovering Alabama Wetlandswill be at the new Cypress Gift Shop on Saturday, April 14th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Phillips is Coordinator for Environmental Information and Education with the Alabama Museum of Natural History and producer of the award-winning Public Television series Discovering Alabama. The ecologist-educator released his latest book in 2006. Discovering Alabama Forests has been called a “visually stunning portrait of Alabama’s precious and majestic forests” and “an excellent educational resource and overview history of Alabama forests.” You won’t want to miss this chance to meet the author – and then take the beauty home with you!
On Sunday, take a piece of Alabama home with you – in the form of a masterpiece of pottery! Artist John Rezner will be in the Cypress Gift Shop all day on Sunday, April 15th to share conversation on his craft and creations. After graduating from Auburn in 1990, Rezner put his fine art degree to use making pottery fulltime. Rezner works with clay from the area near the Fish River, just south of his hometown of Fairhope, an area known as “Clay City.” Growing up near there, the potter knows Baldwin County is well-known for its large deposits of natural stoneware clay. By digging his own medium, Rezner takes joy not just in his art, but in sharing what he calls “closeness with nature and tradition on a daily basis.”
But that’s not all this weekend of fun, sun and celebration has in store! The Delta Blues Festival is two days and nights of awesome live entertainment, featuring three of the most amazing blues musicians in modern history. Richard Johnston, Tab Benoit and Shemekia Copeland will leave listeners hungry for more, while four restaurants famous for coastal cuisine also serve up sensational sounds – and all in celebration of the NEW Five Rivers – Alabama’s Delta Resource Center!
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