BOBBLE TIKI: TODAY IS THE DAY >>>

Has there ever been a more appropriately titled music festival than the one set to engulf downtown Tacoma today and tonight?

The festival Bobble Tiki speaks of, of course, is the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival, which kicks off directly after this weekend’s Tacoma Daffodil Grand Floral Parade and will fill several venues in the heart of the city with topnotch blues, including The Swiss, the Harmon, Cutter’s Point Coffee, urbanXchange and The Hub. Organized by the Tacoma Events Commission and folks involved with the South Sound Blues Association, the Gray Sky Blues Music Festival seems destined to provide everything its name suggests â€" though those in attendance could likely do without the clouds.

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