From Blues & BBQ for Better Housing:
The 22nd Annual Blues & BBQ for Better Housing music festival, benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, will be held on Saturday, July 20th at Citizens Park. Proceeds will go towards performing critical home repairs in Denver’s Westwood, Globeville, and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods.
Habitat Denver has been helping families achieve the dream of affordable home ownership in the Denver area since 1979. Blues & BBQ, the longest running continual fundraiser for Habitat Denver, has raised over $250,000 to renovate and build homes since it was started in a small bar near Coors Field in 1998.
The day-long tribute festival will feature nine bands including Aretha Franklin, Journey, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Bob Seger, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Allman Brothers, The Who, and the music of Chess Records. There will be food trucks, a beer garden, retail vendors, face painting and a kids zone play area with inflatable bounce houses and games.
Ranger Miller, founder of Blues and BBQ says,“helping hard-working families is awesome…It’s so cool when you go out and work with Habitat for the day. They don’t do the work for you, they teach you how to do it and you do it, you fix-up a house working right next to the person who lives there. It really makes you feel like you’ve made a difference!”
Director of Communications and Marketing for Habitat Denver, Robyn Burns, expressed that the 20+ year partnership with Blues and BBQ is something the organization is very thankful for. “Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver has been building and preserving affordable home ownership for 40 years, and we couldn’t make the impact that we do without support from our local community. The proceeds from Blues and BBQ will support our home repair program this year, which helps low-income homeowners complete critical home repairs, allowing them to continue living in safe, decent, and affordable homes for many years to come. If you like good food and music, as well as having fun and supporting Habitat, please join us at Blues and BBQ.”
All-day entry passes are $10 for adults and free for children under 12. Tickets will be sold at the door and can be purchased in advance on the festival website: www.bluesnbbq.com
Details about the Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Critical Home Repair Program can be found at: www.habitatmetrodenver.org/our-programs/critical-home-repair-program/
Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.
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