Saltair is getting ready to boogie with the third installment of this year’s Saltair City Limits.
The open-air concerts, which take place at the Saltair Pub, will be welcoming the Bill Johnson Blues Band and The Twisters on August 13.
Larry Kossey, one or the concert organizers, said this is not your average blues band.
Victoria’s Bill Johnson, he said, has a habit of getting people out of their seats and getting down.
“We’ve got what we’re calling a blues and boogie bash,” said Kossey. “It’s up-tempo blues, his stuff.”
“Bill’s been playing the blues in Victoria since the age of nine.”
Johnson is also up for a Western Canadian Music Award this year and has already received some blues awards.
Kossey said the previous shows have been a great time and wants to see more come out to soak up the atmosphere of the last two.
The follow-up act, The Twisters, are an even more up-temp ‘jump blues’ band.
“They’ve been up for Junos before too,” said Kossey, adding they have one of the most-respected harmonica players in David Hoerl.
Kossey said the shows are growing in popularity as word gets out and the weather, he said, has been as good as the performances.
Tickets are available at the Dancing Bean Cafe and the liquor store next to the Saltair Pub. More information is available at www.dancingbean.ca.
The final show of the year is August 27 and will feature two well-known cover bands the Steelwheels (Rolling Stones) and Fab Fourever (Beatles).
