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2011 OLD CAPITOL BLUES & BBQ WINNERS
RIBS
1st – Bradley’s Backyard BBQ
2nd – Deliverance Grill Team
3rd – Four Score & Seven Ribs Ago
PORK SHOULDER
1st – Buds Three Big Pigs BBQ
2nd – Special Ed’s BBQ
3rd – Deliverance Grill Team
BRISKET
1st – McCormicks Smokehouse
2nd – Four Score & Seven Ribs Ago
3rd – Hickory River Smokehouse
OPEN
1st – McCormicks Smokehouse
2nd – Deliverance Grill Team
3rd – TKQ
DESSERT
1st - Black Brothers Fine Swine
2nd – Big Man BBQ
3rd – Special Ed’s BBQ
PEOPLES CHOICE
Rack’Em Up BBQ
Mark you calendars for next year – August 24 & 25, 2012!
8th
Annual Old Capitol Blues & BBQs
The 8th Annual Old Capitol Blues & BBQs will be held
Friday, August 26, 5:00 – Midnight and Saturday, August 27,
Noon – Midnight. Downtown Springfield, Inc., Miller Lite Live,
and the Sangamon Valley Roots Revival are proud to announce
Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-a-whirl Band featuring Lou Ann
Barton will headline the event and take the stage, Saturday,
August 27 at 9:00 p.m. Other Saturday performances include:
The 44’s featuring Kid Ramos (7:00 p.m.), Eric “Guitar Davis,
Brian Curran (5:30 p.m.), Hooten Hallers (4:00 p.m.). Friday
night entertainment includes Black Magic Johnson (6:00 p.m.),
Eric “Guitar” Davis (7:30 p.m.), and Treble Clef Palette (9:30
p.m.). On Saturday, August 27, the Illinois Central Blues Club
will host its 5th Annual Blues Challenge, beginning at 12:00
p.m. Band and solo/duo winners will compete in Memphis in
February 2012 at the national Blues Challenge. Whether you
like your blues Chicago, Texas or Memphis style, your BBQ
Memphis, Kansas City or Carolina style, the Old Capitol Blues
and BBQ has something for everyone!
Like
they say, “Get A Room!” and make a weekend of it and stay
downtown at one of the following hotels offering special event
package rates which include two adult admissions and 20
food/beverage tickets: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel
& Conference Center, The State House Inn, and Carpenter
Street Hotel. For complete Old Capitol Blues & BBQ and
other “Get Away Package” specials visit the Springfield
Convention & Visitors Bureau website at
http://www.visit-springfieldillinois.com/search/package_lookup.asp.
The BBQ competition is smokin’ hot with rib, pulled pork,
brisket, open, and dessert categories; plus an optional
vendor’s “People’s Choice Award”. Winners will be announced
Saturday, at 7:00 p.m. on the Neuhoff Media Stage (5th &
Adams). Vendors present a variety of mouth-watering menu
selections including: ribs, pulled pork, pork chops, brisket,
rib-eyes, brats, chicken wings, BBQ nachos, kabobs, potato
salad, slaw, fried green tomatoes and peach cobbler. Miller
beer products, Craft Brews and non-alcoholic beverages will
also be available for purchase. Food and beverage tickets are
$1.00 each.
The 5th Annual Illinois Central Blues Club Challenge kicks-off
at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, on the Illinois Central
Blues Club (ICBC) stage, (near 4th and Washington Street
entrance). Bands, solo and duo acts compete for the
opportunity to represent the ICBC at the 2012 Blues Foundation
International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. For more
information and band schedule, contact Mark Edmiston, or visit
www.icbluesclub.org.
County Market Kid’s Zone presents a variety of free family
entertainment and activities from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m., on
Saturday, August 27; including the “Ham It Up” Karaoke stage
where everybody can be a star; Chris Camp, The Whip Guy; Brian
the Juggler, Magic by Jim Percy; Michael Mayosky, Spinning
Canvas Artist; Sunshyne the Clown, Tim the Twister, and
SpringfieldMoms.org, craft activities. Children’s activities
will be located on the South Old State Capitol Plaza and lawn
of the Old State Capitol.
Some changes have been made to the event layout in order to
improve and address logistical and safety concerns and allow
for expansion. Maps will be included in the event program and
on the DSI website so guests can easily navigate among
vendors, stages and children’s activities. The Neuhoff Media
Stage will now be located near 5th & Adams Street. The IL
Central Blues Challenge will be held near 4th & Washington
Streets, and the County Market Kids Zone will be held on the
Old State Capitol Plaza (South) and lawn of the Old State
Capitol.
Admission is $5 each day with children 12 and under free.
Admission gates will be located near the intersections of 4th
& Washington, 6th & Washington, 5th & Adams, and
5th & Jefferson. Underground parking at the Old State
Capitol will be open until 1:00 a.m. and costs $9.75 per day
or 75 cents per half hour.
The Old
Capitol Blues & BBQs is presented by Miller Lite Live,
Neuhoff Media Communications, County Market, Downtown
Springfield, Inc. Sangamon Valley Roots Revival, Illinois
Central Blues Club, Recycled Records, Hanson Professional
Services, R.W. Troxell & Co., Kerber, Eck & Braeckel,
RMS McGladrey, WSEC-TV, Fox TV, and The Illinois Times. For
complete event information, please visit www.downtownspringfield.org.
click
here to dowload brochure!
Friday, August 26
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6 PM
Black Magic Johnson
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7:30
PM Eric "Guitar"
Davis
(Eric "Guitar" Davis)
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9:30
PM Treble Clef Palette
(Treble Clef Palette)
Saturday, August 27
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4 PM
Hoot and Hallers
(Hoot
and Hallers)
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5:30
PM Brian Curran
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7 PM
The 44's with Kid Ramos
(The 44's)
(Kid
Ramos)
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9 PM
Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-a-whirl Band featuring Lou
Ann Barton
(Jimmy Vaughan)
Old State Capitol
Blues and BBQ’s
County Market Kids
Zone
Saturday
August 27
Located
on the Old State Capitol Plaza (South) and the Lawn
Featuring:
1:00-3:00 Crafts
(inside the Old State Capitol)
1:00-1:45 Magician
Jim Percy
1:45-2:15 “Ham it
Up” Karaoke Competition
2:15-3:00 Juggler
Brian Pankey
3:00-3:45 “Ham it
Up” Karaoke Competition
4:00-4:45 Artist
Michael Mayosky and his Spinning Canvas
4:30 Prairie Voices
Concert (inside the Old State Capitol)
5:00-5:45- Chris
Camp “The Whip Guy”
Plus Face Painting,
Balloon Art, and Carnival Games!
Thank
You Sponsors!


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