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2024 New Town Festival: Blues, Brews and BBQ
Venue: St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation, JoJo Stockton, Lady D, McFadden and Friends
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Drink Specials, Miscellaneous, Charity
Cost:
Free admission though $10.00 donation encouraged

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Description:
The Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation presents the 10th Annual New Town Festival: Blues, Brews and BBQ on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall.

Performance Schedule:
• 12:30-1:30 PM: The JoJo Stockton Project
• 2:00-3:00 PM: McFadden and Friends
• 3:30-4:30 PM: Lady D and Mi$$ion

Join us as we celebrate the historic, New Town, neighborhood and St Luke & Odd Fellows Hall! The Blues, Brews, and BBQ event recalls some of the happier times in New Town, when friends and neighbors would gather for singing, dancing, community, and fellowship.

St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall, a nationally recognized historic landmark, once served as the social center of New Town, a neighborhood for African-American residents during segregation. It now houses a museum of African-American history and culture, and serves as an important reminder of the resilience, pride, self-reliance, and community spirit of the people who lived in New Town, as well as the legacy of injustice that segregation imposed.

Enjoy live music from The JoJo Stockton Project, McFadden and Friends and Lady D and Mi$$ion.

As band leader and guitarist for Hott Sauce, Franklin County native JoJo Stockton is no stranger to the Roanoke music scene, where he currently is based. If you’re a fan of neo-soul, R&B, funk or old school music, make plans to see JoJo Stockton.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/hottsauceband

McFadden and Friends is a Southwest Virginia quartet performing blues, jazz and more that has come together after over 150 years of combined musical experience and paying their dues. The band is committed to quality and presentation.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/mcfaddenandfriends
• https://soundcloud.com/mcfadden-and-friends

Doris A. Fields, also known as Lady D, is an R&B and soul singer, songwriter, actress, director and playwright based in Beckley, West Virginia and is known as West Virginia's "First Lady of Soul". She performs as both a duo and with her band Mi$$ion.

Among her accomplishments are her five CDs, "Nobody's Bizness," "My Turn", "Reflections" and "Go Higher". "Nobody's Bizness" was released in 2003. It is the musical soundtrack from her one-woman stage play, "The Lady and the Empress," which she wrote and performs. The play is based on the life and music of blues legend, Bessie Smith and features 10 songs originally recorded by Smith in the 20s and 30s.

In 2008, Lady D’s original song, “Go Higher” was chosen as the best Obama Inaugural Song and earned her a trip with her band, MI$$ION to Washington, DC to perform at the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball in 2009. In 2010, Lady D was honored to perform at the live recording of the HistoryMakers: “An Evening With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” at the Cultural Center in Charleston. In August 2014, Lady D was inducted into the “All Black Schools Sports & Academic Hall of Fame” (ABSSA) with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017 Lady D was again honored to win the DC Blues Society Blues Challenge as a member of “Lady D with the Rogue Johnsen Trio".

She is a West Virginia native and graduate of West Virginia State University with a bachelor's degree in Communications.

Links:

• https://musicbyladyd.wordpress.com
• https://www.facebook.com/samanthagrayblues
• https://www.twitter.com/firstladyofsoul
• https://www.reverbnation.com/ladydandmssion
• https://www.instagram.com/fieldsdoris/

Beer, wine, barbeque, and sweet treats will be available for purchase from Blue Ridge Beverage, Kirk’s Famous BBQ, and Next Door Bake Shop.

Admission is free though a $10.00 donation is encouraged.

Seating is limited so chairs are welcome.

St. Luke and Odd Fellow Hall is located at 203 Gilbert Street in Blacksburg, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/NjhB4HKs/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/blues-brews-bbq-2/ or https://www.facebook.com/blacksburgmuseum/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1647559936084475 or https://www.instagram.com/blacksburgmuseum/.