The season is a ways off, but Walla Walla is starting early with its 8th annual guitar festival. It’s a wide palette, speckled with local blues artists including Stacy Jones, Polly O’Keary, Randy Oxford, and Junkyard Jane. The fest stretches over three days (3/08 to 3/10) and ten venues, with hotel discounts available. Home to Ray “Bigdaddy” Hansen and Blues Therapy Radio, Walla Walla is a fine blues town, and this will be a bang-up weekend.