The Havelock-Cherry Point Rotary Club and the Havelock Chamber of Commerce have scheduled the annual Havelock Heritage Blues Festival and Reverse Raffle for 7 p.m. April 25 at the Havelock Tourist and Event Center.
The annual fundraiser includes a steak dinner and music from the Havelock High School Jazz Ensemble and national blues musicians Cool John Ferguson, Captain Luke and Big Ron Hunter. Reverse raffle participants have the chance to win a grand prize of $5,000.
Proceeds go toward the Rotary club’s college scholarship program, the Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust, Polio Plus and other local nonprofit groups as well as the Havelock chamber.
Reverse raffle tickets are $150 each and include admission for two for the concert. The reverse raffle tickets will be drawn during the concert, with the final winner being drawn after the concert.
A limited number of individual dinner and concert tickets will be available for $50 per person and can be purchased in advance at the Havelock Chamber of Commerce, located inside the Havelock Tourist and Event Center.
The evening will begin with dinner at 7 p.m. with music provided by the jazz ensemble. After dinner, Big Ron Hunter, Captain Luke and Cool John Ferguson will take the stage.
Hunter is known as the world’s happiest bluesman. The guitarist and singer has performed in Belgium and at New York’s Lincoln Center as well as at blues festivals throughout the United States.
Captain Luke Mayer has a deep voice and low-key style that has made him popular on various tours in Europe and the United States, as well as at the Capitol Blues Night in Washington, D.C.
Ferguson has been called one of the top five blues guitarists in the world. He began his self-taught journey in the world of blues at age 3, learning to play the guitar backwards, which makes for a unique sound and style.
A cash bar will be available.
For more information on the concert, call the Havelock Chamber of Commerce at 252-447-1101, stop by the chamber office at the tourist center or go online to www.havelockchamber.org.
For more information or to purchase tickets for the reverse raffle, contact Rotary Club members Frank Amato at 252-447-8178, Tim Newton at 252-447-7372, Nate Johnson at 252-675-0686 or Gary Baldree at 252-671-6711.