FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Long Beach Blues Festival Goes On Hiatus; Blues Bash Planned Instead

Citing a tough economic climate, local jazz and blues standard-bearers KKJZ-FM (88.1) has announced that the long-running Long Beach Blues Festival will be going on hiatus this year, breaking a Labor Day tradition that lasted 30 years. On the bright side for blues fans, the Long Beach-based public radio station announced it will be carrying on the spirit of the festival with the KJAZZ Blues Bash, to be held at the festival's traditional home--the Cal State Long Beach campus. Scheduled for Sept....

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