Date: August 30-31, 2008, $45-$85

For the 29th consecutive year, the popular two-day blues event takes over Long Beach, hosted for the first time on the tree-lined lawns of Rainbow Lagoon Park. This established annual fundraiser for the area's publicly supported KKJZ radio station will showcase the best of the blues with Chuck Berry [ tickets ], Booker T. Jones and John Mayall [ tickets ], among others.