{"id":114968,"date":"2025-08-03T06:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114968\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:48:09","slug":"they-got-the-blues-saturday-at-lansdowne-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114968\/","title":{"rendered":"They got the blues Saturday at Lansdowne Farmers Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Steven Weisz, for the Daily Times<\/p>\n<p>The Lansdowne Farmers Market at Veterans Landing, 30 N. Lansdowne Ave., brought the blues to town on Saturday in celebration of International Blues Music Day, treating visitors to a lively afternoon of food, family fun and live performances.<\/p>\n<p>Blues tenor Chris Cross of G3 Soul kicked off the event, captivating the crowd with his smooth, soulful sound.<\/p>\n<p>The Philly Blues Kings followed, showcasing the group\u2019s signature blend of classic blues, tight grooves and dynamic stage presence that has earned them acclaim in the region.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Frank &quot;Mr. Saxman&quot; McKitty and the rest of the Philly Blues Kings entertained as well. (COURTESY OF STEVEN WEISZ) \" width=\"2851\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7R509060-Frank-Mr.Saxman-McKittyontenorsax-PhillyBluesKings-copy.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1640385\" \/>Frank \u201cMr. Saxman\u201d McKitty and the rest of the Philly Blues Kings entertained as well. (COURTESY OF STEVEN WEISZ)<\/p>\n<p>The celebration drew music fans of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Community organizations on hand were Lansdowne Public Library and School of Rock Delco. Christina Wills will be featured as the artist of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The market happens 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from May through October, with each week having a new theme.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: August 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Steven Weisz, for the Daily Times The Lansdowne Farmers Market at Veterans Landing, 30 N. Lansdowne Ave.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,7282,24005,728,50,1448,2830,1311,11104,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-114968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-delaware-county","10":"tag-lansdowne","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-pa","14":"tag-pennsylvania","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-top-stories-dtd","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114963500544919957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}