South Orange International Blues Festival

the village bot and leadership have approved a special events application by the north jersey blues alliance to host a major festival event this year. the 2010 south orange international blues festival (soibf) will be a free daylong outdoor live blues festival on sunday, september 12, 2010 at a location in the heart of downtown. the outdoor events on two stages will be preceded by a club crawl of performances the previous evening in village restaurants and clubs. organized by veteran bassist/producer mike griot of pwi entertainment and joel levin (both village residents), this world-class blues festival hopes to help establish south orange as a preferred cultural destination, and further expose blues music. the goal is to familiarize newcomers with the village’s many charms and commercial attractions as well as to remind villagers about their hometown’s physical, retail, educational, and culinary assets. for the last 10 years, griot has concentrated his work in the international blues