Thursday March 5, 2025 – The Exchange
All Ages – $25

Colin Weist (Regina)
A veteran of the Regina blues scene, Colin Wiest has played at man Mid-Winter Blues Festivals since the beginning. Featuring slide/fingerpicking blues on vintage acoustic and resonator guitars with gravelly vocals and a good time attitude that takes us back to the juke joints of the Mississippi delta.

Blackstrap Molasses (Regina)
Blackstrap Molasses features veteran Regina based blues musicians. Featuring Sharon Young on Vocals/Sax, Larry Richea on Vocals/Guitar/Say/Keyboard, Jim McKillop on Vocals/Bass, Terry Schiissler on Vocals/Drums and Az Paris on Vocals/Guitar. The band puts their homemade Blackstrap Molasses on Blues based songs from band and artists such as Ray Charles to Joe Cocker, to Downchild Blue Band to Samantha Fish, and every song in between…with their own type of Molasses on each song. “Sweet Rich & Thick Blues is the way we roll.”

One Way Out (Regina)
One Way Out is a local band composed of musicians who have been playing around Regina for a number of years. A passion for the blues is what brought this band into existence; blues rock being its foundation.