Silver Spring Blues Festival Performer Line-up Announced!

Silver Spring, April 26, 2010. The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is pleased to announce this exciting line-up of performers for the Silver Spring Blues Festival to be held Saturday, May 22, 2010 in downtown Silver Spring.

Come see some of the best blues in the DC area!

The Nighthawks
Silver Spring's Jonny Grave
Choo Choo Charlie Williams
The Andy Poxon Band
The Daryl Davis Band featuring Ida Campbell
The DC Blues Society Band
Mary Shaver and the Smokin' Polecats

Performances will be held at the Silver Fountain on Ellsworth Drive, between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

The festival venue is close to Metro, and parking is free in area garages!

For festival information, visit www.silverspringblues.com

The Nighthawks "I Made Up My Mind

The Nighthawks "Matchbox"

The Nighthawks "Down in the hole"

Jonny Grave Returns to the Silver Spring Blues Festival

Silver Spring's own Jonny Grave returns to the stage at the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring.

Check him out on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Silver Fountain on Ellsworth Drive.

Check him out at http://www.reverbnation.com/jonnygrave

The "Nighthawks” to Headline 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival

The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is very pleased to announce that the legendary blues group the "Nighthawks” will headline this year’s Silver Spring Blues Festival in Downtown Silver Spring.

The Silver Spring Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010, on Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Over the last 30+ years, the Nighthawks have earned a reputation as one of the best and hardest working bands around.

They are among the top musical acts to come out of the Washington, D.C. area—and are still based here. They were a roots rock band before there was such a thing as “roots rock.”

They play a wide variety of music that has appeal to a diverse audience, mixing the blues, rock and soul—along with rockabilly and swing. They’ve played all over the U.S., with the East Coast and Midwest being particular strongholds. And they’ve toured around the world, establishing especially strong followings in Germany and Japan.

Three of the four band members have been playing together for 30 years, a stretch that few in rock or blues can match. They continue to bring great musical skills and energy to all that they do—it’s a remarkable road they’ve traveled and story they have to tell.

The Nighthawks were founded in 1972 by vocalist/harmonica player Mark Wenner and guitarist Jimmy Thackery, and joined early on by bass player Jan Zukowski and drummer Pete Ragusa. Based in Washington, D.C., they built on their Chicago blues roots to create a unique musical repertoire that features blues, roots rock, rockabilly and soul.

They’ve played as the opening act or backing band for such legendary blues artists as Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Big Walter Horton and Elvin Bishop. They also played in the Rosebud Agency's blues all-star tours with Pinetop Perkins, John Hammond, Charlie Musselwhite and John Lee Hooker. Some of the guitarists who have played with the band over the years include Bob Margolin, Steuart Smith, Warren Haynes, Jim Solbery, Pete Kennedy, Phil Petroff and Ratso (Jim Silman).

Visit the Nighthawks at their website http://www.thenighthawks.com/

SAVE THE DATE: Silver Spring Blues Festival, May 22, 2010 in Downtown Silver Spring

The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Second Silver Spring Blues Festival will take place on Saturday, May 22, 2010 in Downtown Silver Spring!

Watch this space for news about the Festival bands, schedule, and list of Festival events.

This year's Festival will be sponsored by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. and Downtown Silver Spring.

For more information, check out our Blues Festival website at www.silverspringblues

Questions? Email silverspringtowncenter@gmail.com

It's gonna be a good, good time!

Getting to know your Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza

Getting to know your CIVIC BUILDING & VETERANS PLAZA

MARCH 23, 2010, 7 to 9 p.m.

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Enter from plaza at the intersection of Wayne & Georgia Avenues

Join with your friends and neighbors to learn about the new Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza
Find out what’s going to happen in the building and on the plaza
Discover how you, businesses and organizations can use the facility
Get the information on how to rent, schedule, and access space

BRING YOUR QUESTIONS!!!

Presented by the Silver Spring Regional Center
in collaboration with the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

4th Annual Silver Spring Action: Re-imagine Community Space!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
7:00PM – 9:00PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel
8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD

FREE Admission, child care is available

IMPACT Silver Spring, in collaboration with the Silver Spring Regional Center and Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. invites you to Silver Spring Action to re-imagine community space! Join us as we tap into the creativity of our vibrant community network in a fun and engaging gathering. Participate in constructing a new lens through which we can view new and existing community spaces in Silver Spring. Shape our vision of successful, accessible, and vibrant community space that is welcoming to everyone.

Public Parking: Spring - Cameron Parking Lot
8781 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

To RSVP for this event, please contact Noelle Haile at noelle@impactsilverspring.org or 301-495-3336.

The Silver Spring Town Center at Veterans Plaza - Images