Flagstaff Honors Heroes Benefit Aug. 3

WHAT: Flagstaff Honors the Heroes at Rock & Roll Blues Festival

 WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 3, 3pm [gates open 1:30pm]

 WHERE: Pepsi Amphitheater, Fort Tuthill County Park, Flagstaff, Ariz.

 MUSIC:

Performances by music legends Ten Years After, Edgar Winter Band, Canned Heat, Rick Derringer and Pat Travers.  Three acts – Edgar Winter, Canned Heat, and Ten Years After – performed at the historic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.  (Ten Years After and Canned Heat also appeared in the famed film Woodstock, documenting the generational-changing festival.)

 CHARITY:             

Arizona continues to remember its fallen heroes this summer with this unique opportunity to honor the Granite Mountain Hot Shots. A portion of this event’s proceeds goes to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation to benefit the families left behind.

 FOOD:                   

BBQ by Arizona’s own Chef Aaron May of LTB Concepts (Over Easy, Praying Monk, The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, Taverna Grill, May’s Counter and others).

 DRINK:                  

Serving more than 40 styles of craft beer.

 TICKETS:              

Tickets start at $19.  Visit www.PepsiAmp.com, or purchase by phone at 1.866.977.6849.  Or visit Flagstaff ticket outlet Higher Grounds Coffee (2 S. Beaver St.). Coconino County Residents Special general admission tickets are $18 with proof of residency within Coconino County; limited availability, not available day of show.