"West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show 2010" Presented by the Bay Area Blues Society & the City of Oakland Hilton Oakland Airport, One Hegenberger Rd, Oakland Sun, Mar 28, 2010, 6:00 pm General seating tickets for this event can be purchased online. <Click Here> to select and order general seating tickets for this event. To support the Bay Area Blues Society’s ongoing programs and notably, the “Blues in the Schools” Program which uses local blues musicians to teach the history of the Blues to young students and provide instruction on the playing of musical instruments. The West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show honors blues, jazz and gospel artists for their contributions to the art form called Blues and to celebrate Black History Month. This years show will induct notables as Bobby Freeman, Larry Graham, Belva Davis, Steve Miller, Pete Escovedo, Lu Vason, Opal Nations, Don Robey, Nate James, Ed Howard, Art Lassiter, Ephesian Church of God In Christ, Bobby Webb, James Levi, Billy Pigrum, Vernon & Jewell, Lunnell, and Carl “Good Rockin” Robinson. The Bob Geddins Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Eleanor Boswell-Raine (Globe Newspaper) and Carolyn Crawford (U.C. Berkeley Oral History Department). For More Information About This Event: Website: http://www.bayareabluessociety.net/ Phone: 707-647-3962 E-Mail: hipwayblues@hotmail.com Tickets will be $35.00 at the door. Hilton Oakland Airport One Hegenberger Road Oakland, CA Grand Ball Room Tickets for this event cannot be purchased online at this time. <Back to Calendar>