The event is set up so the music alternates between the two stages with about 10 minutes between each set. This allows the fans time to get to the next show and not miss any of the great blues performances. Unlike some other festivals that have multiple shows going on at the same time, at Duluth the fans are a captive audience. Many of the fans have made an art-form out of attending the festival. Some set up their lawn chairs half way between the two stages and just get up and turn their chairs around after each set, content to listen to the great music as it floats overhead while the large ships float by in the harbor.
Some fans just pick their chairs up and make the walk between stages every hour and a half.
Other fans bring two sets of chairs and set them up at each stage staking out their territory before hand. With the sea of chairs to get lost in many fans have devised some creative ways of locating their chairs. Long sticks, fishing poles and tree branches are attached to the backs of many of the chairs with an interesting assortment of flags and markers on top. It was fun watching new markets sprout up each day. Friday - Day One Azure Du Jour Tradition at Bayfront is to open the event with a local blues band to show the growing international crowd that Duluth is home to some great blues talent.