Coloma Blues Live Festival June 7th
May 14th, 2008 by Malina
Our sleepy little valley is going to reverbarate with the soulful sounds of another music festival! Either buy a ticket or get out some earplugs because the Coloma Blues Festival is back for another day of stompin’ guitar licks, screamin’ harmonica, and serious singing.
The headliner this year is none other than Los Lobos! Earlier in the day Alan Cummings, the Tommy Castro band, and others will warm up the crowd and keep the tunes flowing.
The festival will be held next to the South Fork of the American River in Henningson-Lotus park. For more info, or to buy tickets online, check out the
festival website.
Local accomodations are less than a mile away–check out Camp Lotus or the Lotus Inn . And it probably goes without saying that if you go to the Blues Festival on Saturday, you’re right in the neighborhood for an American River rafting trip……wash the blues away with some sweet sweet whitewater……
(Above and Right: Alan Cummings and Sista Monica rock the 2007 Blues Fest)












AO’s very own Mark Reiner is bringing the 

As of a couple weeks ago, spring officially arrived–although the blooming poppies on the upper
This FREE event is great way to contact other whitewater enthusiasts, meet the Pros, swap gear, and learn about what’s going on in the California whitewater scene in 2008. Highlights of the event include a swap meet for gear, films and seminars, a raffle and silent auction and a BBQ dinner and live entertainment at the end of the day.
years old—might have been growing here in this valley during the Gold Rush. It shaded the old Lotus hotel before it bit the dust, shaded a tiny cabin and storage sheds, provided a home for hundreds of birds, creepy crawlies, and chattering ADD squirrels. It watched silently as Lotus Road turned from a sleepy country road into an increasingly busy thoroughfare. Buggies and old Ford trucks have changed into SUVs and Subarus with Kayaks strapped to the top.
