Published at 15:53, Wednesday, 30 April 2008

THE godfather of rock ’n’ roll, Chuck Berry, will top the bill at this year’s 10th Maryport Blues Festival.

festival date: Chuck Berry

Tickets for the festival – which also features top names such as Jools Holland and Marc Almond – will go on sale tomorrow (Friday).

Berry, 81, is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has his own star on Hollywood Boulevard.

Many of his songs – including Johnny B Goode, Maybellene, No Particular Place To Go, and Roll Over Beethoven – are regarded as classics.

Berry will headline the three-day festival’s opening night on July 25.

He will be supported by Darlin Ingrid Berry-Clay on vocals and harmonica, Charles Berry Junior on guitar, James Marsala on bass, Jean Michel Biger on drums and Daniel T Rossing on piano.

A host of other top acts, including Jools Holland, have also signed up to play at the event. American blues diva Shemekia Copeland – described as the next Tina Turner – will also play the opening night.

Earl Thomas will play on Saturday afternoon before Jimmie Vaughan makes his only UK appearance on Saturday night.

Jools Holland and guests – including Marc Almond and Ruby Turner – will close the event on the Sunday night.

Tickets can be bought from Workington’s Carnegie Theatre (01900 602122); from www.ticketline.co.uk (0871 424 4444); or from Maryport Festivals Ltd, Maritime Museum, 1 Shipping Brow 01900 817200 (no credit cards sales).

Main stage ticket prices are: Friday £35; Saturday £45 (afternoon and evening sessions); Sunday £45 (afternoon and evening sessions); weekend £95.

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