Mr. Sipp

It doesn’t matter what kind of blues music you dig, the 2022 Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival has the blues for you.

In keeping with this event’s first few years of existence, the lineup of performers includes a bunch of heavy hitters from across the blues spectrum. There’s native Mississippian and gospel-influenced guitarist Mr. Sipp and Ana Popovic, a pyrotechnic blues-rock singer and guitarist from Serbia. (Yes, Serbia.)

There’s Memphis, Tennessee’s own Cedric Burnside, grandson of legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside and a rising blues superstar in his own right, and Pokey La Farge, a throwback country-blues dude from the Midwest who’ll pay tribute to the music of Howlin’ Wolf in Sisters.

There’s Eric Gales, arguably the greatest blues guitarist alive, and the Northwest’s own ‘60s-style soul-jazz band the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, and nine-piece Latin funk band Brownout playing the music of Black Sabbath, and North Carolinian Nikki Hill, whose massive voice prompted the Minneapolis Star Tribune to describe her thusly: “If Tina Turner and Little Richard had a daughter and raised her with the help of uncles James Brown and Chuck Berry.”

Incredibly, those acts are all playing Friday and Saturday, and a festival pass will get you up and close and personal with ‘em. But also be aware that the Sisters Rhythm & Blues Festival is partnering with the Sisters Folk Festival to host Southern Avenue, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Jontavious Willis Thursday night at Sisters Art Works. That one requires a separate ticket, and you can learn more at sistersfolkfestival.org.

Blues fans: You want to be in Sisters this weekend.

What: Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival

When:

4-11 p.m. Friday, gates open 3 p.m.

11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, gates open 11 a.m.

Where: Village Green City Park, Sisters

Cost:

General admission pass $125 ($75 ages 10-17)

Friday only $65 ($35 ages 10-17)

Saturday only $85 ($45 ages 10-17)

More info: sistersrhythmandbrews.com