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Blast Furnace Blues Festival

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The Blast Furnace Blues Festival is a blues music festival held annually in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Blast Furnace Blues Festival was founded to showcase contemporary and traditional blues, acoustic and electric blues, soul, zydeco and gospel music. Performers have included national recording artists as well as local and regional performers.The festival began in 2011.

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Blast Furnace Blues Festival
Fortuna Street, Bethlehem

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