Blues Fest Sampler and other tasty treats

By Kathy Edwards McFarland
Editor, Denton Jazz Chronicles

Thursday, September 5:

Tonight at Dan’s Silverleaf, 103 Industrial, Denton –

• 5:30-7:30 p.m. – A TASTE OF BLUES – a sampler of fabulous Blues acts performing at the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce Annual Blues Fest, Sept. 21-22 at Quakertown Park, in the heart of Denton. Music provided by the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce. Free

Sugar Blue set at the 2012 Denton Blues Fest

• 9 p.m. – BONE DOGGIE AND THE HICKORY ST. HELL RAISERS / SOL TAX / PLEASE PLEASE – Tickets: $7
  

Tonight at Banter Bistro, 219 W. Oak St., Denton –

• From the University of North Texas Jazz Studies, the JiSung Group, plays 6-7:45 p.m. Followed by Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. (Sign up at 7:45 p.m.)

UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts/UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm Street, Denton – Open to the public, free

• Kicking off Thursday Night Music is Slugger, 7-8 p.m. Slugger Music Group was formed in January of 2013, as a vehicle to perform songs written and arranged by Ronan Delisle, features Ronan, Zach Forsyth (drums), Daniel Parr (bass), Jimin Lee (vocals) and Stuart Mack (trumpet).
• Addison Frei, piano, plays 8-9 p.m., bringing his diverse pianistic sensibilities to a new set of repertoire: American folk music. This program includes solo piano explorations of bluegrass standards and songs of the Old West that mark Addison’s personal journey from Kansas to Texas.

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