KMRE presents Curtis Salgado: A Benefit Concert For Community Radio

Sunday, April 2, 2023

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Event website: kmre.org

Artist website: Curtis Salgado

Community powered KMRE presents bluesmaster Curtis Salgado!

Award-winning vocalist, instrumentalist, and songwriter Curtis Salgado, the man NPR calls “an icon” with “a huge voice,” is revered worldwide for his ability to wring every ounce of soul out of every song he performs. Salgado is famed not only for his powerhouse live shows and ten previous albums, but also for his passionate and insightful original songs. He has been nominated three times for the Blues Music Award for Song Of The Year, winning in 2018 for Walk A Mile In My Blues from The Beautiful Lowdown. In total, he has won eleven Blues Music Awards, including the B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year. DownBeat calls his songwriting skills “an impressive gift.” Billboard says Salgado’s music is “inspired and powerful.” Now, Salgado is back with Damage Control, his first full band album in four years, and it’s packed with fresh, original material. 

Salgado has performed at Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival, The Chicago Blues Festival, and The Tampa Bay Blues Festival. He has also played The San Francisco Blues Festival, Memphis’ Beale Street Music Festival, Denver’s Mile High Blues Festival as well as on The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. Internationally he’s toured in Saipan, Guam, Canada, England, throughout Europe, Brazil, Chile, Panama, The Philippines, Thailand, and Hong Kong. According to Blues Revue, Salgado’s performances “start at excellent before segueing into goose bumps, ecstasy, and finally nirvana.”

Come out and join us at this Fundraising Event and help support our effort to bring more power to community voices! 

ABOUT KMRE

KMRE is on a mission to amplify community voices to ALL of Whatcom County.

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized KMRE to expand the radio station’s broadcast range. This is a rare opportunity for Whatcom County to have a “full power” community radio station.  We’re talking 20 times the wattage KMRE has today!

What’s it going to take to make it happen? A new transmitter and a really big antenna. We are raising funds to purchase the new equipment so we can Raise The Antenna & Pump Up The Volume!

Donations can be made through the Ticket Tomato website, by PayPal, and via check.

ADD A DONATION AMOUNT ON TICKET TOMATO: After adding your ticket to your cart, you will have the option to make an additional money donation on top of your ticket purchase. 

PAYPAL: Donate through PayPal HERE.

CHECK: Send a check payable to Kulshan Community Media, P.O. Box 2723, Bellingham, WA 98227

We are committed to our community and would like to deliver KMRE’s unique mix of roots music, locally focused conversation, arts & culture, local news, and educational programming to all of Whatcom County.

Tickets:
Advance: $25
Door: $30

21 & over
Tickets non-refundable