WHAT:

Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out...  35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid's arts and music activities, bar-b-que. A fun time that attracts 4,000 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend D.C. Minner.

WHEN:

2007 - Aug 31 - Sept 2 --  5 pm 'til 5 am nightly

WHO:

Click to see roster, band bios & schedule.

What's Cool, What' Not:

Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets.

HOW MUCH:

Tickets are $15/day (about $1.50 a band!)
KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!

Volunteer Option:

It takes a lot of people to do this - we have a great deal for volunteers Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ½ off on a T-shirt! Click here for details.

WHERE WE ARE:

DC Minner's Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, OK (pop. 66)  is in the rural township of RENTIESVILLLE OK. Just off of US 69, follow the signs into Rentiesville to DC Minner Street and you are here....Rentiesville is 15 minutes South of Muskogee, 70 miles SE of Tulsa, 1hour West of Fort Smith, 2 hours East of Oklahoma City -- 2 exits north on  US 69 from I-40;  Click for maps.

MOTELS:

We recommend any major chain in Muskogee, 15 minutes up US 69. Travel Lodge, Bacone Inn, Motel 6, Super 8, Ramada Inn. .... In Checotah the motel we recommend is America's Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart. More motel info.

CAMPING:

Parking is free across the road. You may camp there also, no hook-ups. Or Fountainhead State Park on Lake Eufaula, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend.

SPONSORED BY:

SPONSORS help make this happen...OK Arts Council, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, VSA Arts, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide, Tom's Golf Cars, the Muskogee Area Arts Council, KMOD, KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, IP, Entertainment Fort Smith, Chef Eddie, SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, OK Blues Society (www.okblues.org), lots of friends who come early and help...!

HOSTED BY:

OKLAHOMA BLUES HALL OF FAME, FRIENDS OF RENTIESVILLE BLUES INC. (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation) together with DC and Selby Minner.  Click here for more about F.O.R. Blues Inc.