RL BOYCE PICNIC Sep. 3-5, 2022

U Ready?
Ladies Take Center stage at the RL BOYCE Picnic
Sep. 3-5, 2022 Como Ms.
Come On, RL waiting on u, and you n You

SAT. SEP. 3, 2022

Guitar & Drum Workshop

11am-3pm
Hill Country Blues Guitar and Drum Workshop
$100, Kids under 16 – $50 (Limited to 20)
Get your Skoolin’ …Learn Licks and Tricks from North Mississippi Hill Country Legends
w/ Big Blues Mane 2018 GRAMMY nominee and three time BMA nominee Como’s favorite Son RL BOYCE

Duwayne Burnside son of internationally celebrated Hill Country Blues legend R. L. Burnside., According to Dr. David Evans of University of Memphis and High Waters Records Duwayne Burnside is the greatest North Mississippi Blues musician alive today.

Ms SlideGuitar, Wendy Jean Garrison Oxford Ms. guitarist will show students and RL BOYCE a thing or two about North Mississippi slide guitar techniques.

Roderick “Keshun” Wooten Coldwater Ms. drummer for the Soul Children, is kin to the Turners. Keshun will share classic fife and drum rhythms from the region.

Students are invited to join the legends on the floor SAT. NITE CLUB Jam

Greg’s Guess Room
16830 Old Panola Road @HWY51 on the Tate/Panola Countyline
Como MS. 38619
If traveling North on HWY51,
Left at bridge at Old Panola Rd.

*RL BOYCE Picnic Work Shop 2021,*
*Como MS* *photo by Amy Verdon*

NITEClub Jam w/ RL BOYCE

*RL BOYCE Picnic 2021 Greg’s Guess Room, Como Ms. Photo by Amy Verdon*

6pm
NITEClub Jam w/ the Big Blues Mane RL BOYCE, and special guest Greg Ayers and The Soul Children featuring Stacey and Virginia Johnson
Workshop students join the legend hisself RL in the club.
$10
Greg’s Guess Room
16830 Old Panola Road @HWY51 on the Tate Panola Countyline
Como MS. 38619
If traveling North on HWY51,
Left at bridge at Old Panola Rd.

SUN. SEP. 4, 2022

*Sharde Thomas w/ Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, RL Boyce Picnic, 2019*
*photo by Amy Verdon*

4pm-11pm
PICNIC w/ Live Music Food Trucks, Vendors
We got the Womens taking center stage!!!!!
w/ Wendy Jean Garrison, Andrea Staten, Beverly Davis with Garry Burnside Band, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Duwayne Burnside Band, and RL BOYCE!
Como Community Park
West Street, Como MS.
38619
FREE FAMILY

FOOD TRUCK & VENDOR RATES
SUN. SEP. 4, 2022 ONLY
Load in 1:00pm
Food Trucks $100
Vendor $50

MON. SEP. 5, 2022

*RL escorts guests to pay respects to The SheWolf herself*
*HillCountry Blues Guided Tour*

NOON-3pm
Hill Country Blues Guided Tour w/ RL BOYCE
RL BOYCE leads guests to a variety of locations pertinent to RL’s musical legacy, and incredible life. Also learn about RL family’s Fife n Drum connections to so many from the North Mississippi Blues community. Each guest is provided with a printed map. Questions and discussion are encouraged. Stop by spots like where Fred McDowell’s trailer stood, LPs Ball Field, Hunter Chapel Church, Compress Rd. And the grave sites of Fred McDowell, Otha and Bernice Turner, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Napoleon Strickland, Rev. John Wilkins, Calvin Jackson, and R.L. Burnside.
Guests are requested to caravan in their own vehicles.
$25

*Sharde Thomas leads crowd w/ Rising Stars Fife n Drum Band, Como MS., RL BOYCE PICNIC 2019 photo by Amy Verdon*

ALL ACCESS VIP $150
LIMITED to 10
RL got You. You are his guest. Get up close and personal with RL BOYCE.
Includes all scheduled events. Are U Ready? A gift bag too.