Located inside the Evans Street Breezeway on W. Evans Street
Hailing from the esteemed Ardoin family in Lafayette, Louisiana, Donald Caesar puts zydeco spice in everything he does…on harmonica, vocals, scrubboard, drums…and what a dancer! This is electrifying talent that will have audiences up and moving!
Hailing from Alabama as a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and recent inductee into the Alabama Blues Hall of Fame, Skyler Saufley is not your typical blues artist, and his journey to become one is uniquely his own. Specializing in jump, swing, and west coast style blues, coupled with his impeccable stage presence and knack for showmanship, Saufley’s talent becomes impossible to ignore, evoking the spirit of blues legends T-Bone Walker and Pee Wee Crayton. His live shows are infused with a mix of electrifying blues and boogie-woogie standards that will bring the audience to their feet and leave them begging for more!
This isn’t nostalgia. This is a reckoning.
Jared Petteys & The Headliners channel the raw spirit of vintage American rebellion through the firepower of modern rock energy. Based in Charleston, SC and built for the road, this band doesn’t ask for attention—they take it. With thunderous riffs, soul-soaked lyrics, and a stage presence that burns like an oil fire, they deliver a sound that hits like Elvis on a motorcycle crashing into Nevermind.
It’s blues with dirt under its nails. It’s punk with purpose. It’s storytelling soaked in the outlaw grit of Johnny Cash, the danger of The Clash, and the restless weight of ’90s alt rock. Every song feels like a midnight drive with the windows down—unfiltered, and impossible to ignore.
Front man Jared Petteys leads with ferocity and heart, writing from scars and truth. Together with his band, they’ve earned a reputation for explosive live shows, a growing international following, and music that connects with the restless, the wild-hearted, and the ones who carve their own path—always moving forward, never looking back.
Christopher Dean was born Aug 1973 and is a NJ native but resides in Havre De Grace MD as of 2020. He has been touring since 1997 fulltime as a traveling blues/soul musician.
He started playing guitar at age 15 and studied various styles of blues and soul guitar after high school in 1992. Early influences included Charlie Patton, BB King, and Magic Sam. Later, David Ruffin, Al Green, and Sarah Vaughn. He formed the Christopher Dean Band 1995 and started working the hardcore blues area in Newark, Elizabeth, and Plainfiled, NJ. Dean was recommended to Big Jack Johnson agent /manager Hooter Saslaff and joined Big Jack and The Oilers in January, 1997. For next 3 years, he toured worldwide and recorded 2 highly acclaimed blues albums with Big Jack: "All The Way Back,(98) Roots Stew (2000). He restarted the Christopher Dean Band in early 2000 and has recorded several albums since then including: "Three Times a Fool ( Johnny Rawls Deep South Sound, 2003). Where I Need To Be (2007; Lost World Music), What I Need (Lost World Music; 2010) and an April 2014 release, "Call Me Later." The albums all received great reviews from blues and soul publications alike.
The band has toured non-stop since 2000, 180 days/year and have played many special concerts, clubs, and events during that time including American Music Fest (Harrisburg, PA), Central PA Arts Fest, The Kennedy Center, DC, Miami Dade Cultural Center, and BB King's NYC along with hundreds of other festivals and concert venues along the East Coast. Christopher Dean will be performing acoustically, showcasing the fundamentals of soul blues and juke joint rhythms in the process.
Shrimp City Slim (Charleston, SC) was born and raised in Chicago and now splits his time between Charleston, SC and France, performing on both side of the pond. His trademarked stage name, Shrimp City Slim, has been in place since the early 1990s. His style, simply described, marries a little Chicago Blues, New Orleans bayou, Latin, and ambient piano--a full kitchen sink.
Shrimp City Slim played his first paid gig at the age of ten (on drums, his first instrument, at a high school sock-hop in his brothers’ band…the gig paid $5.00) and has had a succession of original and/or Blues bands since teenage years. He has released over a dozen albums of all-original material. His performance schedule (solo or occasionally band) finds him throughout the eastern USA, France, and elsewhere in Europe.
