Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival 2025

Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival 2025
Lake Shawnee Reynolds Lodge, Topeka KS
July 4, 2025
IMG 010763 Kevin "Frosty" Fross and crew prepare for a long day of AMAZING audio! IMG 010769 early morning setup IMG 010771 Early morning arrivals
IMG 010777 Dennis Rogers of the Navajo tribe provides a little history of the Spirit Dance IMG 010784 Dennis Rogers offering a Spirit Dance to kick things off IMG 010785 Switch In Time opens the show
IMG 010788 Switch In Time IMG 010789 Switch In Time IMG 010790 Myself and Dennis Nelson of the Kansas City Blues Society
IMG 010797 Topeka Blues Society Vice President, Whitney Vowell, shares with WIBW-TV IMG 010802 Next up was the Sean McDonnell Band IMG 010805 Sean McDonnell Band
IMG 010806 Killer drum solo by Adam Hagerman of the Sean McDonnell Band! IMG 010807 Next up was Big Luke & The Soul Disciples IMG 010813 Food Trucks galore!
IMG 010818 Just a KILLER groove by Big Luke & The Soul Disciples IMG 010826 Adrian "Big Luke" Wilson and yours truly, Topeka Blues Society Technical Director, Danl Blackwood IMG 010831 Next up was the Howard Mahan Band (which was a slight variation of the Sean McDonnell Band 😍)
IMG 010831B Howard Mahan Band from the air IMG 010832 Howard Mahan Band powerhouse IMG 010834 Amanda Fish, closing out the evening
IMG 010835 Amanda and her powerful vocals! IMG 010838 Amanda is joined by Howard Mahan for the closing song of another successful Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival!