Brighton Blues Bash
An evening featuring metro-Detroit’s finest blues musicians!
2 Stones Events and the Brighton Center for the Performing Arts have teamed up to present the Brighton Blues Bash! 2 — presented by Cooper & Binkley Jewelers.
At 5:30, the great Etta James is paid tribute by an all-star cast of 12 of Detroit's finest blues musicians: The Woodward Horns (Bobby Streng, Jimmy Smith, Matt Martinez, and James Hughes); bassist David Uricek; drummer Rennell Gonsalves; keyboardist Mark Thibodeaux; guitarists Johnny Rhoades and Kris Kurzawa; and vocalists Tosha Owens, Raye Williams, and Lenny Watkins.
Kicking off the evening at 4 p.m. — A tribute to the late Johnnie Bassett, Detroit’s Gentleman of the Blues, with The Brothers Groove (Chris Codish, keys; Skeeto Valdez, drums; and James Simonson, bass) joined by Brett Lucas, guitar; and Keith Kaminski, saxophone. Learn more about the Johnnie Bassett Tribute by clicking HERE.
Tickets are $30 before Sept. 13. Price will increase to $40 day-of at the door.
The doors for this special Sunday show at the BCPA will open at 3 p.m. The evening will top off a full weekend of blues music with the Brighton Smokin Rock-N-Blues Festival on Sept. 11-12.
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
Please bring a non-perishable item for the Livingston County Hunger Council food drive. Monetary donations are taken as well.
Date: 09.13.2026
Time: 4:00pm-7:00pm
Location: Brighton Center for the Performing Arts
7878 Brighton Rd, Brighton, MI 48116 (on the campus of Brighton High School)
Tickets: $33.85
Available at www.bcpashows.com
Contact: (810) 299-4130
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Date and Time
Sunday Sep 13, 2026
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
September 13, 2026 4pm-7pm
Fees/Admission
$33.85
Contact Information
Brighton Center for the Performing Arts BCPA
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Printed courtesy of www.brightoncoc.org/ – Contact the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce for more information.
218 E. Grand River, Brighton, MI 48116 – (810) 227-5086 – karens@brightoncoc.org