Rick Estrin & the Nightcats

General Admission
First-come, first-served limited seating. Seats NOT guaranteed.

The Linn County Blues Society is planning to hold the fourth Czech Village Blues on Saturday, August 14, 2021 in the greenspace south of the Czech Village neighborhood of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. GATES OPEN AT 4 PM

Rick Estrin and the Nightcats will headline the show. A three time winner at the 2018 Blues Music Awards, Rick Estrin & the Nightcats lead the nomination count in this year's Blues Music Awards. See more info on rickestrin.com

The middle act features triple International Blues Challenge winner Kevin “BF” Burt. Kevin won the 2018 International Blues Challenge in three categories, taking home top honors in the Solo/Duo, Solo/Duo Guitar, and Harmonica. In 2019 he was a Blues Music Award nominee for Heartland and Soul, (Best Emerging Artist Album). Read more at kevinburtmusic.com

Opening the show will be a unique collaboration with members of Flat Cat sharing the stage with the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy’s new Blues Band mentored by Craig Erickson! Local music fans will recall epic performances by this band whose personnel have included Mark Anderson, Dave Bader, Tom Dowd, Craig Erickson, Tommy “T-Bone” Giblin, Butch, JR and Patrick O’Connell, Zeke Schuller and our deary departed Jeff Reeder. Come and see who joins the lineup this summer.

Major sponsors for 2021 are New Leader Manufacturing and Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery.

For additional info see https://lcbs.org/

1:00PM - Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & Blue Max
3:00PM - Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
5:00PM - Carolyn Wonderland
7:00PM - Mike Zito and his Big Blues Band
9:00PM - Eric Gales

This popular and FREE outdoor concert series at the Village at Squaw Valley features acclaimed blues musicians, great grab and go food offerings from Village restaurants and a Blues bar with beer, wine & spirits available in the Events Plaza. Every Tuesday at Squaw (6:00pm - 8:00pm).

There might not be a band that has won more blues awards than Rick and his Nightcats. This band is better than most of the rest. Kid Andersen is maybe the best blues guitar player on the planet. At the upcoming US Blues Music Awards, the band and its members are nominated for eight awards for 'Band of the Year', 'Album of the Year', 'Entertainer of the Year'. This proves that Rick Estrin & The Nightcats might be the best band of the world in this genre. Due to the corono virus, we have to postpone the concert foreseen from 2020 into 2021. read more