Plainfield blues musicians Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs will headline the Blues Stage with other blues musicians from New Jersey and Pennsylvania October 3rd at the Festival in the Borough in Washington.




This year the Washington Bid office with sponsorships of local business are holding their annual Festival in the Borough in Washington, NJ. There will be plenty of fun for everyone, with a Washington Kid Care Family Fun Are, Arts & Crafts Vendors, Delicious Food, Beer Garden and three stages with Live Music. The date is October 3rd from 11:00am to 9:00pm and the location is downtown Washington (Rt57). The festival will be held Rain or Shine.

The Festival in the Borough is proud to present live music from Bill Harley’s Comets. Magnum, Jame Bone, Whiskey Girls Band, Jimmy & The Parrots, Quimby Mountain Band, Day Low on the main stage. This year the festival committee has added the BLUES STAGE which is located across the street from the PNC Bank in the vacant lot of the St. Cloud Hotel. The Blues stage is sponsored by Taylor Rental and MoPromo Management. The Blues stage will present great blues music from June Bloom from Washington, Lori V Can’t Stop Now from the Washington area, The Blues Factor from Berks County PA and Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs from Plainfield NJ. This Blues lineup will not only entertain you but also gives you the opportunity to meet the band and buy their merchandise at the musician booth next to the beer garden right by the Blues stage. There is plenty of free parking available. The blues stage will start at noon and runs through 5pm with foot stomping, Southern and Mississippi type juke joint blues originals and Blues standards.

The line up for the Blues Stage:


Noon - June Bloom
1:15 pm Lori V Can't Stop Now
2:30pm The Blues Factor
3:45pm Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs

With bands like June Bloom, a Bluesy rock trio from Washington, which are coming into its own on stage. The trio tries to encapsulate the jam bands that carved the way for modern rock into their own music with its blues undertone. Winner of many local band competitions, you will enjoy this band.




You will have the opportunity to see and listen to The Lori V Can't Stop Now Band is a compilation of some of the most talented players from Central New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley, doing their own versions of select classic rock and smokin blues. http://www.cantstopnow.com/



The Blues Stage is proud to bring to Washington this year The Blues Factor - "Blues you can use” is that “feel better feeling” you get when you listen to stories and songs about people that have the same problems or bigger problem than you do. Van, Keith, Jimmy, Brad, and John collectively have over 100 years experience entertaining in and out of Berks County. When you see The Blues Factor you will immediately know why people love to hear them play the Blues. The Blues Factor is from Fleetwood, Berks County Pa. Band web site http://www.thebluesfactor.com/. Listen to some of their tunes go to airplaydirect.com/thebluesfactor .




This year’s Blues Stage headliner is our own New Jersey Blues band from Plainfield New Jersey Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs.
Plainfield Slim is the blues alter ego of singer/songwriter Gar Francis. Guitarist and songwriter for the Doughboys whose song “Black Sheep” from the acclaimed first album “Is It Now?” was chosen by Little Steven’s Sirius radio show The Underground Garage as the #2 “Coolest Song In The World” for the year 2008. The new single “I’m Not Your Man” from the upcoming second album by the Doughboys has also been picked as the “Coolest Song In The World” for the week of September 4, 2009. As well as solo projects under the Gar Francis name, there is Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs, a very raw, hypnotic, Mississippi type juke joint blues band. Band members include Lee Fink (from Nasty Ned and the Famous Chili Dogs) on slide guitar, fellow Doughboys Myke Scavone on harp, and Mike Caruso on bass, and Myke’s little brother Rocco Scavone on drums. Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs have recently released their second CD “When The Devil Hits Home” after much global success from “Another Mule In The Barn” the first Plainfield Slim album. Songs such as Dirty Girl, Moan, Hideout, Marlene, and Sweet Jesus have been receiving airplay around the world as well as here in the US. Both CD’s are available on CD Baby and as downloads on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, etc. Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs bring a kind of excitement to the stage that is like no other blues band in the area. www.myspace.com/plainfieldslim

Whether you're from Washington Borough or beyond, the Festival offers good times in a convenient, accessible and welcoming environment that characterizes our hometown friendly community. Presale wristband for unlimited rides from 12pm-6pm are available for Festival In The Borough 2009, October 3rd. Day of event $15, Presale cost $12 Call the office at 908-689-4800 Mail your check or money order to Washington BID, 21 Belvidere Ave., Washington, NJ 07882. For more information please visit the festival site at http://www.washingtonbid.org/festival



Johnny McLaughlin - Too Stupid To Quit! 10:00pm Show


Admission is free to the festival.





The festival will be concluded with an All Star Music Benefit Jam at the Washington Theater. Hosted by Too Stupid To Quit! Tickets for the All Star benefit Jam are $10.00. Call Marko at 908-763-8184


















For more information www.myspace.com/mopromo

Monique