Blue River Cafe Tribute, Saturday, May 22 from 12-9

On Monday, May 10 we lost the historic Blue River Cafe in Milltown, IN to a fire. This is a celebration of how much the Blue River Cafe brought our community together in love and merriment. Please bring your memories, stories & pictures to share. Mark & Debbie Woods and the whole Blue River Cafe family have given us connections and friends we might never have without the Cafe. Let's come together to show our deep appreciation for the Blue river Cafe!

Musicians who played at the cafe will be performing all day.

MUSIC STAGE: (Sound support provide by Paul Ash)

12:00 -12:30 p.m. Dave & Em

12:45 - 1:15 p.m. Tyrone Cotton

1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Big Poppa Stampley

2:15 - 2:45 p.m. Troubadours of Divine Bliss

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Tim Harman

3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Earth Mamas

4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Eddie Rasche

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Katie Toupin and Matt Myers

6:15 - 6:45 p.m. Last Hope for Sunrise

7:00 - 7:45 p.m. Lick Creek

8:00 - 8:45 p.m. Los Luddites

It is also a benefit for the employees who are now out of work. There has been an outpouring of community support and desire to help in some way. Mark & Debbie ask that if you would like to help, please give to the Employee Fund.

If you cannot attend and would like to make a donation to the Employee Fund, please mail a check to:

Mark and Debbie Woods

1300 North Otts Lane

Milltown, IN 47145

There will be a silent auction run by Miriam Ash & friends. Businesses & BRC family from all over the area are donating their goods and services to help raise money. A Heal-a-thon, Kris Lasher is organizing massage and healing throughout the day with donations going to the Employee Fund. Tom & Dottie Nelson are grilling hamburgers & veggie burgers with all proceeds going to the Employee Fund. Boundless Grounds is also donating food and drinks for the Fund.

"Blue River Cafe will always call to mind some of the most special people in my life. Shared many wonderful meals there. Very difficult loss for so many people and the community of Milltown." -- Natalie Bowlds Hundley

" I never thought the loss of a building would be like the loss of a friend. The Blue River Cafe was a birthplace of friendships, a home for the homeless and a central hub for a group of the most amazing community I've ever been... a part of. Today is a very sad day." --Lisa Mc Spadden

If it rains, we will move above the Blue Heron Gallery upstairs and across the street from where the Blue River Cafe stood.