Hundreds boogie downtown with the Ladies of the Blues

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Headliner Thornetta Davis entertains a large crowd dancing in the street after 10 p.m.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Nora Jean Wallace (formerly Bruso) performs for the 8 p.m. crowd.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Tosha Owens and Broken Arrow Blues Band entertain concert-goers Saturday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the 17th Annual Alpena Blues Festival in downtown Alpena.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Cee Cee Collins boogies and wails with her band from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Erin Coburn plays a riff on a guitar made from a Spider-Man lunch box.

News Photo by Darby Hinkley A crowd is seen seated in a roped-off area of 2nd Avenue at about 5 p.m.

Hundreds of people poured into downtown Alpena on Saturday for the 17th Annual Alpena Blues Festival, featuring the Ladies of the Blues. Each performer brought their own band and entertained crowds for a 90-minute set. The festival ran from noon to midnight.

: News Photo by Darby Hinkley Headliner Thornetta Davis entertains a large crowd dancing in the street after 10 p.m.

: News Photo by Darby Hinkley Nora Jean Wallace (formerly Bruso) performs for the 8 p.m. crowd.

: News Photo by Darby Hinkley Tosha Owens and Broken Arrow Blues Band entertain concert-goers Saturday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the 17th Annual Alpena Blues Festival in downtown Alpena.