| 17th Annual Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza |
August 3-5, 2012
Outdoors among the pines and showcasing the best craft breweries in the country and top blues performers—This is Mammoth’s biggest event—3 days of fun in the sun. The best party of the summer!
Mammoth Lakes, California is a beautiful mountain resort located in the Eastern High Sierra near Yosemite National Park—The perfect place to spend a “Blues and Brews” weekend.
| 2012 Performers |
Our 2012 festival promises to be our best yet!
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FULL 2012
BAND LINEUP!
AUGUST 3: FRIDAY NIGHT ROCK 'N' BLUES KICKOFF PARTY!
Featuring JOHNNY WINTER BAND • EDGAR WINTER GROUP
RICK DERRINGER • MOUNTAIN'S LESLIE WEST
Trampled Under Foot • Harper & Midwest Kind
AUGUST 4: SATURDAY—MAMMOTH FESTIVAL OF BEERS & BLUESAPALOOZA
BETTYE LAVETTE • CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
ROBBEN FORD & THE FORD BLUES BAND
Honey Island Swamp Band • Albert Cummings
AUGUST 5: SOULFUL SUNDAY HANGOVER PARTY
LEON RUSSELL • JOE LOUIS WALKER
Hadden Sayers • Shane Dwight • and More!
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Leon Russell Known to many as the ultimate rock & roll session man, Leon Russell's long and storied five decade career includes collaborations with a virtual who's who of music icons. More Details » |
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Johnny Winter Band Johnny Winter is a guitar hero without equal. Signing to Columbia Records in 1969 as the largest solo artist deal of its time, Johnny laid out the blueprint for his fresh take on classic blues. More Details » |
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Edgar Winter Group By the time Edgar Winter left his hometown of Beaumont, Texas in the 1960s, he was already technically proficient in every aspect of music. More Details » |
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Rick Derringer Guitar great, vocalist and entertainer Rick Derringer was just 17 when his band The McCoys recorded the No.1 hit "Hang On Sloopy" in the summer of 1965. More Details » |
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Mountain's Leslie West During his 40-plus year career, Leslie West is one of the most innovative and influential musicians in the history of rock music. More Details » |
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Charlie Musselwhite A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. More Details » |
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Joe Louis Walker Walker, an award-winning guitar slinger, a deeply soulful vocalist and gifted songwriter has been releasing groundbreaking music since 1986. More Details » |
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Bettye LaVette From deep soul to disco, Motown to Memphis, from funk to gospel and blues to trance, Bettye LaVette’s forty-odd-year recording career incorporates the whole gamut. More Details » |
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Robben Ford & The Ford Blues Band Robben Ford is one of the great blues guitarists of our time, drawing on tremendous songwriting, improvising, and vocal skills and creating powerful, spellbinding music. More Details » |
| All About Beer & Blues! |
The Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluespalooza was started 17 years ago by Sam Walker in the parking lot of Whiskey Creek with just ten breweries and a handful of beer lovers. With BBQ ribs on the grill and a local garage band playing on the roof of the restaurant, it was a fun beginning! The idea behind the event was simple—have fun and introduce Mammoth to the joys of handcrafted beers. The second year we threw in some real blues bands and a lot more breweries and we’ve never looked back. From these humble beginnings, the festival is now recognized as one of the best beer and blues festivals in the United States. FUN has always been, and continues to be, our top priority!
“Keep having events like this. It is still making me smile to think of the fun we had that weekend.” —Tom, 2010 Attendee
