A few of the local vendors Credit: www.starznbarz.com/events

It`s time for the best blues weekend you can find locally – and it`s only FIVE BUCKS to get in!! kids 12 & under get in free!!! (VIP tickets available for $20 / $30) The 3rd Annual Bluesapalooza Music Festival is this weekend, Sept. 17 & 18, 2011 at Linda Pederson Park 6300 Shoal Line Blvd., Hernando Beach, FL. Gates open at noon both days, with the line up as follows -Saturday at 12 p.m. Franc Robert, at 2 p.m. Josh Lamkin, at 4 p.m. Sean Chambers Band, then at 6 p.m. The Damon Fowler Group takes the stage. Last year Sean and Damon teamed up to melt the stage with their wailing guitars! On Sunday the line up will be Southern Rock – 12 p.m., The Neon Truckers, then at 3 p.m. Roscoe Caine takes the stage. If you can tear yourself away from the stage shows and dancing (good luck with that) there will be plenty of great food,cold beer, arts & craft vendors, commercial exhibits, car & motorcycles on display, as well as a 50/50 drawing, and a guitar raffle. APACK is holding a poker run on Sunday that will end at the Festival at 1:30 p.m.,
contact them at – www.apack-inc.org for info on the poker run. Be sure to bring chairs, sunscreen, and your dancin` shoes! The photo`s that follow are just a few from last years Festival, want to see them all? go to http://www.starznbarz.com/events This Festival brought to you by Hernando County Parks & Recreation, as well as several local sponsors. Info at – parks@co.hernando.fl.us