NCF Blues Society Presents: Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
Heartwood Soundstage · 619 S Main St, Gainesville
Doors: 5:30 p.m. Show: 6-7:30 p.m. For the first time in over 20 years, the Blues Award-winning Rick Estrin & The Nightcats return to Gainesville for the North Central Florida Blues Society at Heartwood Soundstage on Friday, February 12. Rick Estrin is considered among the very best players, singers and songwriters in the Blues world today. His harmonica playing is deep in the tradition of legends Sonny Boy Williamson II and Little Walter, while at the same time pushing that tradition forward. His Blues cohorts, The Nightcats, are a crowd-pleasing crew that is guaranteed to bring a show-stopping event of dancing, shouting, laughing and cheering. For decades, their audiences have been forever enjoying some of the best live music they’ve ever heard. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats won Band of the Year at the 2018, 2021, and 2025 Blues Music Awards, and they’ve always delivered tunes that reflect modern ideas and sentiments with a great deal of insight and humor. Living Blues called their…