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Winter Blues Fest 2018

Theres no better way to beat the doldrums of winter than at Willimantics Winter Blues Fest!

Coming Saturday February 24th to the Elks Club in Romantic Willimantic, The Mighty Soul Drivers join forces with Vitamin B-3 and the F & Blues Band to help you dance away those winter blues with a night chock-full of rockin' Soul dance numbers, down-in-the-alley testifying, and some funky Blues.

The Mighty Soul Drivers were voted Best Blues Band in 2015 by the CT Blues Society. The Soul Drivers bring the classic sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals and points South to the hills of New England. The Mighty Soul Drivers take their inspiration from the giants of Southern Soul - O.V. Wright, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding and more and combine that with contemporary tunes written in the classic style. The Mighty Soul Drivers turn every venue they play into a Soul dance party!

We promise a dance floor full of bodies so close you can feel each others heatPerfect to warm your heart a cold winters night. Bring your sweetheart, or come alone, youll fit right in. By midnight all those winter blues will be gone!

Doors open at 6:30pm, and well be dancin til midnight. Cash bar, BYO snacks. Get there early to get table seating. Proceeds to benefit Willimantics 3rd Thursday Street Fests. http://www.facebook.com/events/375390582486376/

Dance away those winter blues in Romantic Willimantic. These bands are guaranteed to have you on your feet.

Tickets are also available at the Willi Food Coop.

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