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Briggs Farm Blues Festival | |
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Genre | Blues |
Dates | Annually |
Location(s) | Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Years active | 1998–present |
Founders | Richard Briggs |
Website |
www |
Briggs Farm Blues Festival is an annual blues music festival that takes place in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, in the Northeast Pennsylvania. [1] since the summer of 1998. The festival is hosted every July [2] on the farmland owned by the Briggs family.
Briggs Farm offers concertgoers a weekend of blues, camping, southern-style barbequed food, and an informal atmosphere. In 2014, more than 6,000 people attended the festival. [3]
The Briggs Farm Blues Festival was initiated in 1998 by Richard Briggs on a farm which had been in his family since 1768. [4] After working as a TV producer later in life, Richard decided to use his skills to produce a blues festival. [5] Since then the festival has grown and expanded each year, and draws attendees from all over the United States and around the world gathering to hear Delta-style blues. [6]
In 2015 the festival presented mainly blues-rock on the main stage. The Back Porch stage presented a mix of local, regional and national blues musicians. [4] [7]
Many attendees at the Briggs Farm Blues Festival stay in the campground which is set up near the main stage, at the edge of cornfields, or in a wooded area. The campground accommodates RVs, trailers, and tents. Camping allows people to stay throughout the weekend and to meet other blues music enthusiasts. [8]
![]() | This article needs to be updated.(May 2018) |
Briggs Farm Blues Festival | |
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Genre | Blues |
Dates | Annually |
Location(s) | Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Years active | 1998–present |
Founders | Richard Briggs |
Website |
www |
Briggs Farm Blues Festival is an annual blues music festival that takes place in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, in the Northeast Pennsylvania. [1] since the summer of 1998. The festival is hosted every July [2] on the farmland owned by the Briggs family.
Briggs Farm offers concertgoers a weekend of blues, camping, southern-style barbequed food, and an informal atmosphere. In 2014, more than 6,000 people attended the festival. [3]
The Briggs Farm Blues Festival was initiated in 1998 by Richard Briggs on a farm which had been in his family since 1768. [4] After working as a TV producer later in life, Richard decided to use his skills to produce a blues festival. [5] Since then the festival has grown and expanded each year, and draws attendees from all over the United States and around the world gathering to hear Delta-style blues. [6]
In 2015 the festival presented mainly blues-rock on the main stage. The Back Porch stage presented a mix of local, regional and national blues musicians. [4] [7]
Many attendees at the Briggs Farm Blues Festival stay in the campground which is set up near the main stage, at the edge of cornfields, or in a wooded area. The campground accommodates RVs, trailers, and tents. Camping allows people to stay throughout the weekend and to meet other blues music enthusiasts. [8]