Tinner Hill Blues Festival Kicks Off Friday at State Theatre

Blues guitarist and singer John Hammond and Phil Wiggins kick off the 20th Annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival Friday night at 6 p.m. at The State Theatre. The festival will conclude Sunday with a blues brunch at Mad Fox Brewing Company.

Several musical acts will take the stage in Falls Church this weekend both at The State Theatre and in Cherry Hill Park Saturday starting at 9 a.m. According to the National Weather Service, there is a 40 percent chance there will be some storms left behind Saturday from Tropical Storm Andrea.

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Started in 1994, the festival began as a tribute to the late John Jackson, Piedmont Blues icon and Smithsonian National Heritage Fellow.

The festival will feature Foxes Music Instrument Petting Zoo, mini guitar lessons, barbecue demonstrations, raffles and vendors.

Tickets are still available for the festival online at BrownPaperTickets.com.

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The list of this year's performers include:

Friday

• John Hammond, Blues guitarist and singer

• Phil Wiggins (formerly of Cephas and Wiggins)

Saturday

• Big Bill Morganfield, son of the legendary Muddy Waters

• Sista Monica, “Lioness of the Blues”

• Roy Book Binder, master guitarist

• Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, real classic smokin’ blues

• Daryl Davis and Band, boogie woogie pianist

• Mary Ann Redmond, soulful rhythm and blues

• Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers

• The Acoustic Blues Women: Eleanor Ellis, Pearl Bailes, Gina DeSimone, Pat Quinn

The festival is sponsored by the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation; the City of Falls Church; Falls Church Economic Development Corporation; 495 EZ Pass; Beyer Automotive Group; Diener and Associates, Certified Public Accountants; Quinn’s Auction Galleries; Lincoln Properties and the NN & R Development Corporation.