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# Big Blues Bender Brings Luxury Indoor Fests To U.S. – A New Direction For Festivals
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/big-blues-bender-brings-luxury-indoor-fests-to-us-a-new-direction-for-festivals/
- Published: 2014-09-17T08:59:53.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-17T08:59:53.000Z
- Description: Want to attract an adult audience to your music festival? Promise them a nice hotel room and a guarantee the won't get rained on. Echoing a trend that began in. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/09/big-blues-bender-brings-luxury-indoor-fests-to-us-a-new-direction-for-festivals.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Music Business, B.B. King, Blind Boys of Alabama, Buckwheat Zydeco, Charlie Musselwhite, Coco Montoya, Europe, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Tab Benoit, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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Want to attract an adult audience to your music festival? Promise them a nice hotel room and a guarantee the won't get rained on. Echoing a trend that began in Europe almost ago, that's premise behind the inaugural [Big Blues Bender Festival](http://bigbluesbender.com/?ref=hypebot.com) set for the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. "No port-o-potties! A festival lineup in an upscale environment," reads the fest's advertising. "No long treks between stages! Everything is an elevator ride away."

Set for Sept. 25-28, the festival features a lineup that includes headliners B.B. King and George Thorogood & The Destroyers along with the Blind Boys of Alabama, Buckwheat Zydeco, Charlie Musselwhite, Ana Popovic Tab Benoit and Coco Montoya among others.

Festival packages, including lodging at the Riviera Hotel & Casino and tickets to the five-day festival, begin at $599 plus tax and applicable fees per person.

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