Blues Brunch featuring Johnny Sansone Trio - Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11AM
Bay Saint Louis, MS – The 100 Men Hall hosts its Second Sunday BLUES BRUNCH featuring the best of blues music and the finest in dining all served in a historical setting. Sunday, April 12, 2026, from 11-1PM starring the Johnny Sansone Trio. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door. Food for purchase by Alligator Mike and cash/credit bar. You can also reserve a table for an additional fee here.
US blues artist Johnny Sansone started a recording career in 1987, and his new album, Into Your Blues, is produced on his own label Short Stack Records and features all self-penned songs. The 64-year-old singer and songwriter produced the 11-song set and plays a mean harmonica (his harp skills are heard on several movie soundtracks) and resonator guitar. The New Jersey bluesman has resided in New Orleans since 1990 and is also known for his Cajun and Zydeco gigs on accordion.
As a kid, Johnny started out on saxophone and moved on to harmonica and guitar before he decided a blues man he would be, after he saw a Howling Wolf show in Florida at the age of 12. He sat in with Honeyboy Edwards (Robert Johnson’s compatriot) at 13-years-old. During the 1970s Sansone studied with blues harmonica legends James Cotton and Jr. Wells. In the 1980s he toured with Ronnie Earl, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Rodgers and Robert Lockwood Jr.
He has won several awards over the years, and caught the eye and ear of Anders Osborne, and the pair began writing songs together. Osborne produced Sansone’s 2007 release “Poor Man’s Paradise.” In 2009, Sansone formed an acoustic trio with Osborne and guitarist John Fohl.
Food available for purchase from Alligator Mike. Hailing from LaRose, LA, Alligator Mike has been cooking over a pot, usually a very large black pot, for decades on his family’s alligator farm, and for over 15 years at T Bois Blues Festival, and more recently at 100 Men Hall. Alligator Mike’s Louisiana cooking includes redfish courtbouillon all the way to his very special Cajun gumbo. Louisiana cooking is a diverse cuisine influenced by many cultures, including French, Spanish, African and Native American.
The historical 100 Men Hall, a famed stop on the Chitlin' Circuit, a Must See Venue by Rolling Stone Magazine, winner of the 2024 MS Governor’s Award for Excellence for Arts in the Community, a rare site on the MS Blues Trail, is maintained and preserved under a 501c3 nonprofit organization (Hundred Members Debating Benevolent Association, est. 1894). The Hall is supported by its membership organization 100 WOMEN DBA, as well as from the generosity of sponsors and donors. The 100 Men Hall is the only endowed African American landmark in Mississippi. Additional information about the venue’s history and other activities can be found on https://100menhall.com or by emailing 100menhall@gmail.com.
Photo by Melanie Cole