Compiled by Melanie Young Specific dates are provided where possible. However, some festivals had not set their 2019 dates at press time. You can also view this list year round at www.LivingBlues.com.
ALABAMA Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off March 16, 2019 Living Blues Festival Guide Heritage Park Foley, Alabama Freedom Creek Festival Flagstaff Blues & Brews 251.943.5590 2019 TBA June 7-8, 2019 https://www.foleybbqandblues.net Cookieman’s Place on Highway 17 Continental Country Club Driving Range Spring Fling Music Festival Aliceville, Alabama Flagstaff, Arizona April 6, 2019 https://www.alabamablues.org 928.606.7600 The Grounds https://flagstaffblues.com Johnny Shines Blues Festival Mobile, Alabama TBA 7th Annual Alpine Country Blues Festival 251.379.8283 Band of Brothers Brewing Co. June 14-15, 2019 http://www.springflingmusicfestival.com Tuscaloosa, Alabama Mellody Field 10th Annual Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival 205.887.6859 Alpine, Arizona April 27, 2019 928.245.1143 Bull Pen Blues and BBQ Festival http://alpineazmusicfest.com/cms/ DeBardeleben Park TBA Bessemer, Alabama Old York Farms Blues in Bisbee 205.426.1400 Oakman, Alabama September 7, 2019 https://bobsykes.com 205.544.1108 Old City Park 23rd Annual Old School and Blues Festival Bisbee, Arizona May 25, 2019 ALASKA 520.327.1529 Huntsville Dragway http://bluesinbisbee.com Huntsville, Alabama 33rd Annual Juneau Jazz & Classics May 3-18, 2019 246.820.9347 ARKANSAS http://www.oldschoolandbluesfestival.com Juneau, Alaska 907.463.3378 2019 Crossroad Festival Alabama Blues Week https://jazzandclassics.org March 1-3, 2019 July 8-13, 2019 Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas Tuscaloosa, Alabama Seward Music & Arts Festival Pine Bluff, Arkansas September 27-29, 2019 https://www.alabamablues.org 870.536.3375 Dale R. Lindsey Alaska Railroad Intermodal https://www.asc701.org/crossroad-festival/ W.C. Handy Festival Facility July 19-28, 2019 Seward, Alaska Riverfront Blues Festival The Shoals 907.224.2696 June 21-22, 2019 Florence, Alabama https://www.sewardfestival.com Harry E. Kelley River Park 256.766.7642 Fort Smith, Arkansas http://www.wchandymusicfestival.org/festival. https://riverfrontbluesfest.org htm ARIZONA 5th Annual Boogie, Brews & Blues Festival Hot Springs Blues Festival Black Belt Folk Roots Festival August 31, 2019 August 24-25, 2019 February 16, 2019 Gateway Park Hill Wheatley Plaza Historic Greene County Courthouse Square Hot Springs, Arkansas Eutaw, Alabama Yuma, Arizona 619.301.9880 501.815.2939 205.372.0525 http://www.spacityblues.org/bluesfest.html https://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/black- http://robb-bowerpresents.com belt-folk-roots-festival McDowell Mountain Music Festival Bikes, Blues & BBQ Motorcycle Rally March 1-3, 2019 September 25-28, 2019 Spring Fling Cruise Fayetteville, Arkansas October 10-15, 2019 Margaret T. Hance Park Phoenix, Arizona 479.527.9993 Carnival Fantasy Cruise to Cozumel and https://bikesbluesandbbq.org Progeso, Mexico 602.343.0453 Mobile, Alabama https://www.m3ffest.com King Biscuit Blues Festival 251.599.8846 Phoenix Blues Blast October 9-12, 2019 https://springflingcruise.com/ March 9, 2019 Cherry Street Helena, Arkansas 48th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts Margaret T. Hance Park Phoenix, Arizona 870.572.5223 October 12-13, 2019 https://kingbiscuitfestival.com Northport, Alabama 602.252.0599 205.758.1257 http://www.phoenixblues.org Eureka Springs Blues Weekend https://www.kentuck.org SABHF Blues & Brews Festival TBA March 30, 2019 Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge Gene C. Reid Park Eureka Springs, Arkansas Tucson, Arizona 479.253.7377 https://azblues.org http://eurekaspringsblues.com
2 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 CALIFORNIA Ojai Blues Fest Napa Blues, Brews & BBQ June 1, 2019 August 24, 2019 San Jose Jazz Winter Fest The Art Center First Street February 14-17, 2019 Ojai, California Napa, California San Jose, California https://www.facebook.com/ojaibluesfest/ 707.257.0322 408.288.7557 https://donapa.com/event/blues-brews-bbq/ https://sanjosejazz.org/winter-fest/ Live Oak Music Festival June 21-23, 2019 Blues and Bones Festival Delta Blues Festival Benefit Concert El Chorro Regional Park September 28, 2019 March 2, 2019 San Luis Obispo, California Calaveras County Fairgrounds Living Blues Festival Guide El Campanil Theatre 805.781.3030 Angels Camp, California Antioch, California www.liveoakfest.org www.bluesandbones.com www.deltabluesfestival.net 2019 Taste of Soul Family Festival 38th Annual San Jose Fountain Blues & Cruisin’ For a Bluesin’ Brews Festival October 19, 2019 March 14-17, 2019 June 22, 2019 Crenshaw Boulevard Long Beach, California to Ensenada, Mexico Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park Los Angeles, California 903.454.3381 San Jose, California 323.299.3800 https://cruisinforabluesin.com 408.641.4144 https://tasteofsoul.org https://fountainblues.com Spring Harp Fest XX Legendary Rhythm and Blues Mexican March 20, 2019 Red, White & Blues Festival Riviera Cruise Harry Griffen Park Amphitheater June 29, 2019 October 26-November 2, 2019 La Mesa, California Alameda County Fairgrounds San Diego, California to Cabo San Lucas, Puerto 619.263.6826 Alameda, California Vallarta and Manzanillo www.springharpfest.org 510.472.8800 816.753.7979 New Blues Festival https://www.westcoastbluessociety.org https://bluescruise.com April 27, 2019 High Sierra Music Festival Signifyin’ Blues Huntington Beach, California July 4-7, 2019 November 7-10, 2019 562.338.4805 Plumas County Fairgrounds Los Angeles, California http://www.newbluesfestival.com Quincy, California https://www.signifyinblues.com http://highsierramusic.com Adams Avenue Unplugged Long Beach Bayou Festival April 27, 2019 Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival TBA San Diego, California July 13-14, 2019 Queen Mary Events Park 619.282.7329 Hayward City Hall Plaza Long Beach, California www.adamsavenuebusiness.com Hayward, California 562.912.4451 36th Annual Topanga Blues Festival 510.472.8800 http://longbeachbayou.com https://www.westcoastbluessociety.org May 4, 2019 Blue Wing Blues Festival Topanga Canyon, California California WorldFest TBA 714.209.7347 July 11-14, 2019 Upper Lake, California https://scbsevents.org Nevada County Fairgrounds 707.275.2244 Redwood Coast Music Festival Grass Valley, California http://tallmanhotel.com 530.274.8384 May 9-12, 2019 New Blues Festival https://worldfest.net/ Eureka, California TBA 707.445.3378 24th Annual Mammoth Festival of Beers & Long Beach, California www.rcmfest.org Bluesapalooza 562.338.4805 Gator by the Bay Music, Louisiana Food & August 1-4, 2019 https://www.newbluesfestival.com/ Mammoth Lakes, California Crawfish Festival Red, White & Blues Barbecue 888.992.7397 May 9-12, 2019 TBA http://mammothbluesbrewsfest.com Spanish Landing Park Stockton Waterfront San Diego, California 31st Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival Stockton, California 619.234.8612 August 9-11, 2019 707.647.3962 https://www.gatorbythebay.com Rainbow Lagoon Park https://www.facebook.com/ Doheny Blues Festival Long Beach, California events/1742855459336348/ 562.424.0013 May 18-19, 2019 Art + Soul Oakland http://longbeachjazzfestival.com Sea Terrace Park TBA Dana Point, California San Jose Jazz Summer Fest Downtown Oakland, California 949.360.7800 August 9-11, 2019 510.238.7402 https://dohenybluesfestival.com San Jose, California www.artandsouloakland.com 408.288.7557 Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Music Festival Mountain Harvest Beer Fest https://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org May 25-26, 2019 TBA Rancho Santa Susana Community Park 9th Annual Polk Street Blues Festival Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds Simi Valley, California August 17-18, 2019 Quincy, California 805.517.9000 Polk Street 530.283.3402 www.simicajun.org San Francisco, California www.plumasarts.org 800.310.6563 https://www.sresproductions.com/events/bay- area-blues-festival/
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 3 Ojai Bowlful of Blues 10th Annual Rocky Mountain Old-Time Otis Taylor Trance Blues Jam Festival TBA Music Festival November 9, 2019 Libbey Bowl July 10-14, 2019 eTown Hall Ojai, California Parrish Ranch Boulder, Colorado 805.836.4665 Berthoud, Colorado 303.579.4917 https://bowlfulofblues.org https://www.thecroma.org www.trancebluesfestival.com Blues Under the Bridge Brighton Blues Blast COLORADO July 13, 2019 TBA 16th Annual Beaver Creek Blues, Brews & Colorado Springs, Colorado The Armory Performing Arts Center BBQ Festival 719.473.4801 Brighton, Colorado May 24-26, 2019 www.bluesunderthebridge.org 303.655.2026 http://brightonarmory.org Beaver Creek Resort Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest Blues & BBQ for Better Housing Festival Beaver Creek, Colorado August 9-11, 2019 TBA 970.754.0020 Downtown Fort Collins, Colorado Citizens Park https://www.beavercreek.com 970.472.7656 Edgewater, Colorado Durango Blues Train www.bohemiannights.org 720.480.4477 http://bluesnbbq.com May 31-June 1 & August 16-17, 2019 Trinidaddio Blues Fest Durango, Colorado August 24, 2019 12th Annual Carbon Valley Music & Spirits 970.728.8037 Central Park Festival www.durangobluestrain.com Trinidad, Colorado TBA Greeley Blues Jam 719.846.6407 Centennial Field June 7-8, 2019 http://www.trinidaddiobluesfest.com Dacono, Colorado Island Grove Arena 303.833.2317 26th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival http://carbonvalleymusicfestival.com Greeley, Colorado September 13-15, 2019 970.356.7787 Telluride Town Park Denver Oktoberfest https://greeleybluesjam.org Telluride, Colorado TBA 17th Annual Blues from the Top 970.728.8037 Larimer Street June 29-30, 2019 https://www.tellurideblues.com Denver, Colorado Rendezvous Event Center at Hideaway Park 303.734.0718 Winter Park, Colorado https://thedenveroktoberfest.com https://grandblues.org
Home base for all the great ones & FREE since 1988
Jimmy Duck Holmes Super Chikan Johnson Kenny Brown Sunflower River Blues Fest
August 9-11 - Clarksdale - www.sunflowerfest.org
4 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 CONNECTICUT FLORIDA Smokin’ Blues, Boats, Bikes & BBQ Strawberry Park Blast from the Bayou May 11, 2019 8th Annual Winter Garden Blues & BBQ Cajun Zydeco Festival St. Cloud Main Street June 6-9, 2019 Festival St. Cloud, Florida February 9, 2019 Strawberry Park 407.498.0008 Downtown Pavilion Preston, Connecticut www.stcloudmainstreet.org Winter Garden, Florida 860.886.1944 407.656.4111 Women in Blues Showcase https://www.strawberrypark.net http://www.cwgdn.com/453/Winter-Garden- May 19, 2019 24th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Blues-BBQ Cypress & Grove Brewing Co. July 26-28, 2019 Gainesville, Florida Goshen Fairgrounds Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival 352.376.4993 February 23-24, 2019 Goshen, Connecticut ncfblues.org Coachman Park 860.361.6285 Clearwater, Florida Florida Folk Festival https://litchfieldjazzfest.com 727.562.4700 May 24-26, 2019 Stafford Springs Blues Festival www.sea-blues.com Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park August 3, 2019 White Springs, Florida Stafford Springs, Connecticut Taste of New Orleans Blues & Brews Festival 850.245.2157 March 2, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/ https://www.floridastateparks.org/ Causeway Cove StaffordSpringsBluesFest/ FloridaFolkFestival Fort Pierce, Florida Black-Eyed & Blues Fest https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of- Brick City Blues Festival TBA new-orleans-blues-and-brews-festival- June 14, 2019 Bushnell Park tickets-54598221751 Reilly Arts Center Hartford, Connecticut Ocala, Florida 860.278.7427 13th Annual Bonita Blues Festival 352.547.5059 March 8-9, 2019 www.blackeyedsallys.com https://www.facebook.com/ Riverside Park BrickCityBluesFestival/ Blues, Views & BBQ Festival Bonita Springs, Florida TBA [email protected] BBQ and Blues Festival Levitt Pavilion www.bonitablues.com October 11-13, 2019 Westport, Connecticut Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards https://www.bluesviewsandbbq.com Wanee Block Party Clermont, Florida March 22-23, 2019 800.768.9463 New England Jazz & Blues Festival Fort Lauderdale, Florida http://lakeridgewinery.com/Events/bbq-and- TBA https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/ blues/ Middlebury, Connecticut wanee-block-party/ 860.307.2909 Riverhawk Music Festival www.newenglandjazzbluesfestival.com Fort Pierce Jazz Week November 7-10, 2019 March 25-29, 2019 Sertoma Youth Ranch Fort Pierce Marina Square DELAWARE Brooksville, Florida Fort Pierce, Florida 863.984.8445 St. Georges Blues Festival 772.460.5299 http://lindentertainment.com/riverhawk/ June 8-9, 2019 www.jazzsociety.org Fort DuPont State Park Forgotten Music Festival 29th Annual Springing the Blues Festival November 8-9, 2019 Delaware City, Delaware April 5-7, 2019 http://www.bluehorizonpromotions.com Mexico Beach, Florida Seawalk Pavilion 850.890.6035 Riverfront Blues Festival Jacksonville Beach, Florida https://www.forgottenmusicfestival.com TBA 904.270.9301 Wilmington, Delaware www.springingtheblues.com Downtown Festival & Art Show November 16-17, 2019 302.576.2136 Rhythm & Ribs www.riverfrontbluesfestde.com Gainesville, Florida April 5-7, 2019 352.393.8536 Francis Field www.gainesvilledowntownartfest.org DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA St. Augustine, Florida https://rhythmandribs.net/ Bradenton Blues Festival Washington DC Lindy Exchange (DCLX) December 6-8, 2019 April 25-28, 2019 Biscuit Fest 8 Riverwalk Event Pavilion Washington, DC April 10-11 and 13-14, 2019 Bradenton, Florida https://dclx.org The Funky Biscuit 941.621.6471 Boca Raton, Florida http://www.bradentonbluesfestival.org 27th Annual Giant National Capital Barbecue 561.395.2929 Battle www.funkybiscuit.com Giving Hunger the Blues June 22-23, 2019 TBA Pennsylvania Avenue Tampa Bay Blues Fest Van Wezel PAC Washington, DC April 12-14, 2019 Sarasota, Florida 202.828.3099 Vinoy Park www.givinghungertheblues.org https://bbqindc.com St. Petersburg, Florida 727.895.6153 12th Annual College Park Free Blues Festival www.tampabaybluesfest.com TBA College Park, Maryland www.collegeparkbluesfest.eventbrite.com
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 5 Hoodoo Voodoo Halloween Blues Ball 2nd Annual Fountain City Father’s Day Blues 7th Annual East Hawaii Jazz and Blues TBA Festival Festival Downtowner Saloon June 16, 2019 October 27, 2019 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Columbus Civic Center Nani Mau Gardens 954.399.2583 Columbus, Georgia Hilo, Hawaii http://www.hoodoovoodoo.com 706.653.4460 https://hawaiiislandveterans.org/east-hawaii- https://civiccenter.columbusga.gov/events/ jazz-and-blues-festival/ Blues/ GEORGIA Maui Jazz & Blues Festival Barnesville BBQ and Blues Festival Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival TBA March 15-16, 2019 September 19-21, 2019 Maui, Hawaii Barnesville, Georgia Blue Ridge, Georgia www.mauijazzandbluesfestival.com https://blueridgebluesandbbq.com 770.358.5884 Honolulu BBQ & Blues Festival https://barnesville.org/bbq-blues Georgia Blues and Roots Festival TBA Savannah Music Festival TBA Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort March 28-April 13, 2019 Mable House Barnes Amphitheater Honolulu, Hawaii Savannah, Georgia Mableton, Georgia https://www.hawaii.com/event/honolulu-bbq- 912.234.3378 http://www.gabluesnroots.org blues-festival/ www.savannahmusicfestival.org HAWAII IDAHO 2nd Annual Atlanta Blues Festival April 13, 2019 Willie K’s BBQ Bluesfest Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival Fox Theatre January 5, 2019 March 29-31, 2019 Atlanta, Georgia Maui Arts & Cultural Center Coeur d’Alene Resort 404.881.2100 Maui, Hawaii Coeur d’Alene, Idaho https://www.foxtheatre.org/events/detail/ https://williekbluesfest.com 855.703.4648 atlanta-blues-festival https://www.cdaresort.com/play/events/blues- Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival festival 26th Annual Blind Willie McTell Blues May 30-June 2, 2019 Festival Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Historic Wallace Blues Festival May 4, 2019 Waimea, Hawaii July 12-14, 2019 Thomson, Georgia 808.573.5530 Wallace, Idaho http://blindwillie.com www.bigislandjazzandbluesfestival.com www.wallacebluesfestival.com
Spend a week living and playing alongside masters of acoustic ACOUSTIC blues traditions: Aaron Jonah Lewis, Andrew Alli, Ben Hunter, Sunpie Barnes, Cedric Watson, BLUES Coleman Akin, Dalton Ridenhour, Ernie Vega, F. H. Henry and Frog & WORKSHOP Henry, Guy Davis, Jim Kweskin, with Artistic Director Jerron Paxton Joe Seamons, John Miller, Jonathan Doyle, Jontavious Willis, Junious Brickhouse, Kit Stovepipe, Lightnin’ Wells, Mark Puryear, Maxwell Poulos, Phil Wiggins, Reverend Robert Jones, Rick Franklin, Robin Rapuzzi, Sean Cronin, Shirley Smith, Suzy Thompson, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, and Valerie Turner.
The Largest Acoustic Blues Gathering in the Nation. Located on the shores of Puget Sound July 28 – August 4 at Fort Worden State Park in scenic Port Townsend, WA Register online at centrum.org For questions, call 360-385-3102 x116 Guy Davis
6 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 Yellow Pine Music & Harmonica Festival Peoria Blues & Heritage Music Festival Broad Street Blues & BBQ Festival August 1-3, 2019 August 30-31, 2019 June 28-30, 2019 Yellow Pine, Idaho Riverfront Park Griffith Central Park 208.633.6945 Peoria, Illinois Griffith, Indiana https://www.yellowpinefestival.org 309.839.1220 219.924.7500 http://peoriabluesandheritagefestival.com https://www.facebook.com/ Blues and Bones Festival Broadstreetbluesfest/ August 24, 2019 Windy City Blues Festival Eagle Island State Park September 6-8, 2019 21st Annual Firefighters Blues Festival Eagle, Idaho Cermak Woods July 20th, 2019 www.bluesandbones.com Lyons, Illinois Kamm Island Park https://windycitybluesfest.org Mishawaka, Indiana http://firefightersblues.org ILLINOIS Riverside Art, Wine & Blues Festival Grafton Winery Blues Festival September 7, 2019 Bloomington Boogies May 18-19, 2019 Riverside Park August 10-12, 2019 Grafton Winery & Brewhaus Murphysboro, Illinois Bloomington, Indiana Grafton, Illinois 608.684.6421 812.334.0415 618.786.3001 https://www.facebook.com/ https://bloomingtonboogies.com/ riversideartwinebluesfestival/ https://www.thegraftonwinery.com Madison RibberFest: BBQ & Blues Chicago Blues Festival River City Soul Fest August 16-17, 2019 June 7-9, 2019 TBA Madison, Indiana Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois Peoria RiverFront 800.559.2956 312.744.3370 Peoria, Illinois www.madisonribberfest.com https://peoriaparks.org/event/river-city-soul- https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/ La Porte County Blues Festival fest-20th-anniversary-blues-night-2/ supp_info/chicago_blues_festival.html/ August 17, 2019 PACC Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Logan Center Bluesfest Amphitheater at Fox Park June 13, 2019 TBA La Porte, Indiana Warehouse 109 Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the http://laporteblues.org University of Chicago Plainfield, Illinois Bean Blossom Blues Fest Chicago, Illinois https://business.plainfieldchamber.com/ August 22-24, 2019 773.702.2787 events/details/2nd-annual-blues-brews-bbq- Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground https://www.loganbluesfest.org festival-17069 Bean Blossom, Indiana Blacks, Whites and Blues Festival Cairo Heritage Blues Festival 812.325.8836 August 3-4, 2019 TBA http://www.beanblossomblues.com Cairo, Illinois Springfield, Illinois Fishers Blues Fest https://www.facebook.com/ https://blackswhitesandbluesfestival.org August 30, 2019 cairoheritagefoundation/ Joliet Blues Festival Nickel Plate District Amphitheater August 10, 2019 Blues on the Fox Fishers, Indiana Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park TBA 317.595.3150 Joliet, Illinois Riveredge Park http://npdamp.com/157/Blues-Fest Aurora, Illinois 815.724.3762 5th Annual Blues on the Rock Festival 630.896.6666 https://www.jolietbluesfestival.com September 1, 2019 http://riveredgeaurora.com/2017/02/blues-on- Rockport City Park Prairie Crossroads the-fox/ Blues Festival Rockport, Indiana August 10, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/ INDIANA Champaign County BluesontheRockFestival/ Fairgrounds Chi-Town Blues Festival 11th Annual BBQ and Blues Urbana, Illinois March 23, 2019 September 7, 2019 http://bluesfest.prairiecrossroadsblues.org The Venue at Horseshoe Casino McCormick’s Creek State Park Hammond, IN Spencer, Indiana Old Capitol Blues & BBQ https://www.songkick.com/festivals/2825594- August 23-24, 2019 812.829.4344 14th-annual-chitown-blues/id/36559769-14th- Old State Capitol Plaza https://friendsmccormickscreek.org annual-chitown-blues-festival-2019 Springfield, Illinois Blues at the Crossroads https://www.facebook.com/Springfield.Illinois. 22nd Annual BBQ RibFest: Blues, Brews & September 13-14, 2019 Usa/ BBQ Terre Haute, Indiana June 13-16, 2019 812.234.9536 Crossroads Blues Festival Headwaters Park August 24, 2019 www.bluesatthecrossroads.com Fort Wayne, Indiana Lyran Park 260.602.1831 NABBBFest: New Albany Blues, Brews, & Rockford, Illinois http://bbqribfest.com BBQ 779.537.4006 September 27-28, 2019 www.crossroadsbluesfestival.com Bicentennial Park New Albany, Indiana 502.445.5343 https://nabbbfest.com
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 7 Southern Indiana Bacon & Blues Festival Bicycle, Blues & BBQ 31st Annual Rollin’ on the River Blues October 5-6, 2019 July 12-14, 2019 Festival South Harrison Park Clear Lake, Iowa August 16-17, 2019 Laconia, Indiana https://bicyclebluesbbq.com Keokuk, Iowa https://www. 660.754.6679 North Liberty Blues & BBQ southernindianabaconandbluesfestival.org http://www.rollinontheriverkeokuk.com July 13, 2019 Centennial Park 27th Annual Bowlful of Blues IOWA North Liberty, Iowa September 1, 2019 Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival 319.626.5726 Maytag Park January 18-19, 2019 https://northlibertyblues.org Newton, Iowa 641.840.0972 Cherokee, Iowa BBQ’Loo & Blues Too! http://www.southskunkblues.org 712.225.6414 July 19-20, 2019 http://cherokeejazzbluesfestival.com Lincoln Park KANSAS Winter Blues Fest Waterloo, Iowa February 1-2, 2019 319.404.7308 Wichita Riverfest Downtown Marriott https://www.mainstreetwaterloo.org/bbq May 31-June 8, 2019 Des Moines, Iowa Blue Ribbon Blues Fest Wichita, Kansas http://cibs.org August 3, 2019 877.934.3378 https://wichitariverfest.com Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Jefferson County Fairgrounds July 5-6, 2019 Fairfield, Iowa Kansas City Kansas LeClaire Park 641.233.7438 Street Blues Festival Davenport, Iowa https://southeastiowabluessociety.org June 29, 2019 563.322.5837 Czech Village Blues Lavender’s Circle L Ranch http://mvbs.org August 10, 2019 Kansas City, Kansas Czech Village 913.991.3451 Saturday in the Park https://www.kckblues.com July 6, 2019 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Grandview Park https://czechvillagefriends.org Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival Sioux City, Iowa July 4, 2019 712.277.2575 Reynolds Lodge http://saturdayinthepark.com Lake Shawnee Topeka, Kansas https://www.topekabluessociety.org/
ROBERT KIMBROUGH SR. ANNOUNCING wants THE INAUGURAL 2C YOUR FACE IN THA PLACE MAY 17-19, 2019 THE HUT, HOLLY SPRINGS, MS r of b Soulo Bl u 3Days ch ues g mat i P Fe h n s o t Cotton Patch Kt iv t a o l C Soul Blues Exhibit, Classes, Jams Hosted by Robert Kimbrough Sr. Special guests The Kimbrough Brothers RL BOYCE OCTOBER 25-27, 2019 Duwayne Burnside Eric Deaton and MORE! Salmon Lake Park kimbroughcottonpatchsoulbluesfestival.com Grapeland, TX KINDLY SUPPORTED BY Holly Springs CDC @lonestarbluesfest @lone_star_blues lonestarbluesfest Friends of Graceland Too www.lonestarbluesfest.com Partially funded by the Holly Springs Tourism and Recreation Bureau
8 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 30th Annual Paola Roots Festival Kenlake Hot August Blues Festival Festival International de Louisiane August 23-24, 2019 August 22-24, 2019 April 24-28, 2019 Paola Park Square Kenlake State Resort Park Lafayette, Louisiana Paola, Kansas Hardin, Kentucky 337.232.8086 913.294.6427 270.519.1788 https://festivalinternational.org www.rootsfestival.org http://kenlakeblues.com New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 16th Annual Paxico Blues Festival Bands & BBQ at the Point April 25-May 5, 2019 September 21, 2019 September 13-14, 2019 Fair Grounds Race Course Main Street Carrollton, Kentucky New Orleans, Louisiana Paxico, Kansas 502.732.7036 504.410.4100 785.636.5520 http://www.visitcarrolltonky.org www.nojazzfest.com http://www.paxicobluesfest.com Garvin Gate Blues Festival Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival October 11-12, 2019 May 3-5, 2019 TBA Louisville, Kentucky Parc Hardy Sedan, KS 502.445.4193 Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 620.875.0735 www.garvingatebluesfestival.com 337.332.6655 www.cqbluesfest.com http://bbcrawfest.com Blues Harbor Fest Jammin’ in J.C. Blues and Barbecue Festival TBA Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week TBA Lake Cumberland State Dock May 5-10, 2019 Heritage Park Jamestown, Kentucky Chicot State Park Junction City, Kansas 270.343.2525 Ville Platte, Louisiana 785.238.8069 www.lakecumberlandbluesfest.com 337.234.8360 www.jammininjc.com https://www.lafolkroots.org Blues Masters at the Crossroads LOUISIANA Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Music Festival TBA 13th Annual Shreveport Blues Festival May 17-19, 2019 Salina, Kansas March 8, 2019 New Orleans, Louisiana 785.825.8609 Shreveport Municipal Auditorium 504.488.3865 [email protected] Shreveport, Louisiana https://thebayouboogaloo.com www.blueheavenstudios.com 318.841.4000 Bluesberry Festival https://www.shreveportmunicipalauditorium. June 8, 2019 KENTUCKY com/event/the-13th-annual-shreveport-blues- Bogue Falaya Park festival/ BBQ, Blues & Bikes Covington, Louisiana May 25, 2019 T-Bois Blues Festival https://www.thebluesberryfest.com Elizabethtown, Kentucky March 15-16, 2019 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival https://bbqbluesfest.com Falgout Alligator Farm June 22-23, 2019 Larose, Louisiana Louis Armstrong Park 10th Blues Between the Bridges http://www.tboisblues.com May 26, 2019 New Orleans, Louisiana Proud Mary BBQ Hammond Smokin’ Blues & BBQ Challenge 504.558.6100 Lexington, Kentucky March 22-23, 2019 www.jazzandheritage.org/cajun-zydeco https://www.gbusyblues.com Hammond, Louisiana Lebeau Zydeco Festival http://www.hammondbbq.com Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues July 6, 2019 Festival Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival Immaculate Conception Catholic Church May 31-June 1, 2019 March 30-31, 2019 Grounds Next to Check’s Cafe Louis Armstrong Park Lebeau, Louisiana Louisville, Kentucky New Orleans, Louisiana 337.945.4238 https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 504.558.6100 http://lebeauzydecofestival.com gtownbluesfest/ www.jazzandheritage.org/congo-square 40th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival French Quarter Festival July 26-27, 2019 June 12-15, 2019 Audubon Mill Park April 11-14, 2019 Natchitoches, Louisiana Henderson, Kentucky New Orleans, Louisiana 318.357.4332 800.648.3128 504.522.5730 http://louisianafolklife.nsula.edu/2019- www.handyblues.org https://fqfi.org natchitoches-nsu-folk-festival/ Louisville Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival 12th Annual Big Easy Blues Festival Satchmo Summerfest June 21-22, 2019 April 12, 2019 August 2-4, 2019 Water Tower Park UNO Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana Louisville, Kentucky New Orleans, LA 504.522.5730 502.583.0333 https://www.arena.uno.edu/event/12th-annual- https://fqfi.org www.louisvillebluesandbbqfestival.com big-easy-blues-festival/69/ Le Cajun Music Awards & Festival Master Musicians Festival Baton Rouge Blues Festival August 15-17, 2019 July 19-20, 2019 April 13-14, 2019 Rayne Civic Center Somerset Community College Downtown Baton Rouge Rayne, Louisiana Somerset, Kentucky Baton Rouge, Louisiana 337.349.2575 888.810.2063 http://www.batonrougebluesfestival.org http://www.cajunfrenchmusic.org http://mastermusiciansfestival.org
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 9 Cutting Edge CE MAINE Easterns Bayside Blues & Wine Festival August 21-24, 2019 August 17, 2019 InterContinental Hotel 14th Annual Maine Blues Festival Eastern Yacht Club New Orleans, Louisiana June 14-16, 2019 Baltimore, Maryland 504.322.3540 Naples, Maine 703.481.6525 http://www.cuttingedgenola.com 207.333.2135 http://easternsbaysidefestival.com www.mainebluesfestival.com Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival National Folk Festival August 31, 2019 North Atlantic Blues Festival September 6-8, 2019 Historic Yambilee Festival Grounds July 13-14, 2019 Salisbury, Maryland Opelousas, Louisiana Public Landing https://nationalfolkfestival.com 337.232.7672 Rockland, Maine www.zydeco.org 207.596.6055 Chestertown Jazz Festival http://www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com September 12-14, 2019 Highland Jazz & Blues Festival Wilmer Park September 14, 2019 American Folk Festival Chestertown, Maryland Columbia Park August 23-25, 2019 410.810.2060. Shreveport, Louisiana Bangor Waterfront https://www.facebook.com/ctownjazzfestival/ http://www.highlandjazzandblues.org Bangor, Maine 207.262.7765 GrooveFEST Music Festival Festival Acadiens et Créoles https://americanfolkfestival.com September 21, 2019 October 10-13, 2019 Downtown Cambridge Girard Park Northeast Blues Festival Cambridge, Maryland Lafayette, Louisiana TBA 443.477.0843 http://www.festivalsacadiens.com Bangor Waterfront https://downtowncambridge.org Bangor, Maine Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival 207.989.5631 Federal Hill Main Street Jazz & Blues October 18-20, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/ Festival Lafayette Square Park NortheastBluesFestival/ TBA New Orleans, Louisiana Baltimore, Maryland 504.558.6100 MARYLAND 410.727.4500 www.jazzandheritage.org/blues-fest http://www.fedhill.org/event/17th-annual- Berlin Jazz & Blues, Wine & Brews federal-hill-jazz-blues-festival Slidell Jazz & Blues Festival May 4, 2019 November 2, 2019 Main Street Alonzo’s Memorial Picnic Heritage Park Berlin, Maryland TBA Slidell, Louisiana 410.641.4775 Baltimore, Maryland http://slidelljazzandblues.com https://berlinchamber.org/jazz-blue-bash/ 410.744.2291 http://www.mojoworkin.com Treme Creole Gumbo Festival Silver Spring Blues Festival November 17-18, 2019 June 15, 2019 Greenbelt Blues Festival Louis Armstrong Park Silver Spring, Maryland TBA New Orleans, Louisiana http://silverspringbluesfest.yolasite.com Roosevelt Center 504.558.6100 Greenbelt, Maryland https://www.jazzandheritage.org/treme-gumbo/ 22nd Annual Common Ground on the Hill https://www.facebook.com/GreenbeltBluesFest Festival Ponderosa Stomp Events July 13, 2019 MASSACHUSETTS TBA Carroll County Fairgrounds New Orleans, Louisiana Westminster, Maryland The Green River Festival 504.810.9116 410.857.2771 July 12-14, 2019 http://www.ponderosastomp.com https://www.commongroundonthehill.org Greenfield Community College Greenfield, Massachusetts Little Walter Music Festival 38th Annual Artscape TBA 413.341.5995 July 19-21, 2019 https://www.greenriverfestival.com Alexandria, Louisiana Baltimore, Maryland https://littlewalterfoundation.org/contact 410.752.8632 Sweet Molasses Blues Dance Exchange Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival http://www.artscape.org July 26-28, 2019 TBA Boston, Massachusetts Hot August Music Festival https://www.sweetmolassesblues.com Cassidy Park August 17, 2019 Bogalusa, Louisiana Oregon Ridge Park 27th Annual Onset Blues Festival 985.205.1075 Cockeysville, Maryland August 3, 2019 www.bogalusablues.com 877.321.3378 Lillian Gregerman Bandshell Blackpot Festival http://hotaugustmusicfestival.com Onset, Massachusetts TBA 508.295.7072 Southern Maryland Wine, Jazz, R&B and http://onsetbluesfestival.com Vermillionville Historic Village Funk Festival Lafayette, Louisiana August 17, 2019 Gloucester Massachusetts Blues Festival https://www.blackpotfestival.com Calvert County Fairground August 10, 2019 Prince Frederick, Stage Fort Park Maryland Gloucester, 202.439.4942 Massachusetts https://www.facebook.com/ 207.596.6055 SouthernMDPremierFestival http://gloucesterbluesfestival.com
10 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival Library Park Blues Festival Hudson-Concord Elks Balloons & Blues August 10, 2019 TBA Festival Court Square Library Field TBA Springfield, Massachusetts Woburn, Massachusetts Elks Club 413.219.8229 781.953.5005 Hudson, Massachusetts https://springfieldjazzfest.com/ http://www.bluesforveterans.org http://www.hudsonelksballoonfestival.com Green Harbor Roots Festival New England Blues Festival & Car Cruise August 18, 2019 TBA MICHIGAN Marshfield, Massachusetts Middleboro Lodge Ferndale Blues & Music Festival 781.254.5986 Middleboro, Massachusetts January 25-February 2, 2019 http://www.rhythmroomentertainment.com 508.269.7700 Ferndale, Michigan http://www.nebluesfest.com North River Blues Festival 248.259.0058 August 24-25, 2019 Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ http://ferndalebluesfestival.org Marshfield, Massachusetts TBA Motor City Blues Festival 781.254.5986 Franklin County Fairgrounds March 16, 2019 http://www.rhythmroomentertainment.com Greenfield, Massachusetts Fox Theatre 413.772.1553 Detroit, Michigan 18th Annual Blues ’n Brews Festival http://www.riversidebluesandbbq.com September 7, 2019 313.471.6611 JFK Plaza The Reel Blues Fest https://www.313presents.com/events/detail/ Lowell, Massachusetts TBA motor-city-blues-festival-1 978.496.9313 Woods Hole, Mr. B’s 22nd Annual Blues and Boogie Piano http://www.bluesnbrewsrotary.org Massachusetts Celebration 508.495.3456 April 24-28, 2019 Cape Cod Roots & Blues Festival http://www.thereelbluesfest.org September 14, 2019 The Ark Nauset Beach Salem Jazz & Soul Festival Ann Arbor, Michigan Orleans, Massachusetts TBA www.mrbpiano.com https://capecodrootsandblues.com Salem Willows West Branch Blues & Brews Festival Salem, Massachusetts May 3-4, 2019 http://www.salemjazzsoul.org/ West Branch, Michigan 989.345.3503 http://westbranchblues.com/index.html
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 11 Jackson Blues Festival Traverse City Blues, Brews & BBQ Boundary Waters Blues Festival June 13-15, 2019 TBA August 29-September 1, 2019 Jackson County Airport Hagerty Center Ely, Minnesota Jackson, Michigan Traverse City, Michigan 218.349.5520 517.962.5939 231.947.4230 http://www.elyblues.com https://jacksonbluesfest.com https://www.cherryfestival.org/events/2019/ blues-brew—bbq Santiago Shakedown 16th Annual Alpena Blues Festival TBA June 22, 2019 26th Annual Kalamazoo Blues Festival Bailey Ray’s Bandshell Park Alpena, Michigan TBA Santiago, Minnesota 989.657.9313 Kalamazoo, Michigan 763.856.8900 https://www.facebook.com/AlpenaBluesFest/ 269.381.6514 https://kvba.org/festival Marshall Blues Festival MISSISSIPPI June 22, 2019 12th Annual St. Louis Blues Festival Mississippi Blues Marathon Marshall, Michigan TBA January 26, 2019 269.781.5183 https://www.marshallbluesfest. St. Louis, Michigan Jackson, Mississippi com 989.621.6404 504.454.6561 http://www.saintlouisbluesfestival.com 39th Annual Blissfest Folk and Roots http://msbluesmarathon.events/ Festival End of Summer Bluesfest Soul City Blues Festival July 12-14, 2019 TBA March 16, 2019 Blissfest Festival Farm Alpha, Michigan Mississippi Coliseum Harbor Springs, Michigan 906.265.3822 Jackson, Mississippi 231.348.7047 https://www.iron.org/events/events/bluesfest/ 678.322.8098 https://blissfest.org Marquette Area Blues Festival https://www.facebook.com/XperienceJxn Cowpie Music Festival Labor Day Weekend Southern Miss Jazz and Blues Festival August 8-10, 2019 Marquette, Michigan March 30, 2019 Shagbark Farm 906.227.1032 Gulf Park Campus Caledonia, Michigan https://marquetteareabluessociety.org Long Beach, Mississippi 616.293.2675 228.865.4500 https://www.cowpiemusicfestival.com/ Blues-N-Brews Festival TBA https://www.usm.edu/gulfcoast/jazz-blues Ribs R&B Music Festival Adrian, Michigan Catfish in the Alley August 9-11, 2019 517.260.0934 March 30, 2019 Hart Plaza http://www.blues-n-brews.com Columbus Detroit, Michigan Mississippi 800.794.7503 MINNESOTA 662.329.1191 http://ribsrnbmusicfestival.com http://www.visitcolumbusms.org/event/catfish- Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival in-the-alley/ Ann Arbor Blues Festival March 31, 2019 August 16-18, 2019 Crooners Lounge & Supper Club Spring Jam Washtenaw Farm Council Fairgrounds Minneapolis, Minnesota March 30, 2019 Ann Arbor, Michigan http://www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com/winter/ Attala County Coliseum https://www.a2bluesfestival.com Kosciusko, Mississippi Smokin’ in Steele BBQ & Blues Festival 678.322.8098 Petoskey Festival on the Bay May 31-June 1, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/XperienceJxn August 15-17, 2019 Steele County Fairgrounds Petoskey Waterfront Owatonna, Minnesota World Catfish Festival Petoskey, Michigan 507.279.4015 April 6, 2019 231.347.4150 http://www.smokininsteele.com Belzoni, Mississippi http://www.petoskeyfestival.com 662.247.4838 21st Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival https://www.belzonibe.com/catfishfest.hth Tawas Blues By The Bay June 20-22, 2019 August 23-25, 2019 Mears Park Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival Harbor Park St. Paul, Minnesota April 6-7, 2019 East Tawas, Michigan 651.209.7195 Renaissance at Colony Park https://www.bluesbythebaytawas.org/index. http://www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com Ridgeland, Mississippi html 601.605.5252 Lowertown Blues & Funk Fest https://www.ridgelandartsfest.com/ 13th Annual Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & July 19-20, 2019 Barbecue Blues Festival Mears Park Juke Joint Festival & Related Events September 6-7, 2019 St. Paul, Minnesota April 11-14, 2019 Brighton, Michigan http://lowertownbluesfestival.com Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi 810.227.5086 662.624.5992 https://www.brightoncoc.org/brighton-smokin- 31st Annual Bayfront Blues Festival http://www.jukejointfestival.com/ jazz-barbecue-blues-festival August 9-11, 2019 Bayfront Festival Park Cotton District Arts Festival Michigan BluesFest Duluth, Minnesota April 13, 2019 September 20-21, 2019 715.817.6933 Starkville, Mississippi Old Town https://www.bayfrontblues.com 662.324.3080 Lansing, Michigan https://www.cdafestival.com/ 517.485.4283 http://www.oldtownbluesfest.com
12 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival Market Street Festival Hill Country Harmonica April 13, 2019 May 3-4, 2019 May 16-19, 2019 Cleveland, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi Foxfire Ranch 662.579.8881 662.328.6305 Waterford, Mississippi http://www.crosstiefestival.com/ https://www.marketstreetfestival.com/ 504.799.9043 http://www.hillcountryharmonica.com/home. Cat Head Mini Blues Festival I Leland Crawfish Festival html April 14, 2019 May 4, 2019 Clarksdale, Mississippi Leland, Mississippi Kimbrough Cotton-Patch Soul Blues Festival 662.624.5992 662.686.2687 May 17-19, 2019 https://www.cathead.biz/ http://lelandchamber.com/page/Leland- The Hut Crawfish-Festival Holly Springs, Mississippi 39th Annual Alcorn State University Jazz https://kimbroughcottonpatchsoulbluesfestival. Festival Vicksburg Riverfest com/ April 18, 2019 May 10-11, 2019 Vicksburg Convention Center Vicksburg, Mississippi Batesville SpringFest Vicksburg, Mississippi https://riverfestms.com/ May 17-18, 2019 601.877.6261 Batesville, Mississippi Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest http://www.alcorn.edu/jazzfest 662.563.3126 May 11, 2019 http://batesvillemainstreet.com/ Double Decker Festival Clarksdale, Mississippi April 26-27, 2019 662.627.6149 Square Affair Oxford, Mississippi http://blues2rock.com/ May 18, 2019 662.232.2477 Carthage, Mississippi Pinetop Boogie and Crawfish Boil https://doubledeckerfestival.com/ 601.267.9231 May 11, 2019 http://www.leakems.com/ Natchez Trace Festival Ground Zero Blues Club April 26-27, 2019 Clarksdale, Mississippi World Championship Old- Time Piano Kosciusko, Mississippi https://pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/ Playing Contest & Festival 662.289.2981 May 23-26, 2019 Mother’s Day Blues Festival https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/ Oxford, Mississippi May 12, 2019 662.915.1282 Laurel Fairgrounds Bones Fest XXIII http://oldtimepianocontest.com/ May 2-5, 2019 Laurel, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi 734.994.0138 https://rhythmbones.com/ http://www.jtrproductions.com/
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Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 13 Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival Cat Head Mini Blues Festival II May 25, 2019 August 9-11, 2019 October 13, 2019 Martin Luther King Park Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi Cat Head Clarksdale, Mississippi http://www.sunflowerfest.org/ Clarksdale, Mississippi 405.412.8796 662.624.5992 Cat Head 17th Anniversary Blues Party https://www.facebook.com/ https://www.cathead.biz/ August 11, 2019 redsoldtimersbluesfestival/ Clarksdale, Mississippi Super Blues Sunday Goat Fest VI 662.624.5992 October 13, 2019 May 31-June 2, 2019 https://www.cathead.biz/ Clarksdale, Mississipi Shack Up Inn 662.624.5992 Otha Turner Family Picnic Clarksdale, Mississippi https://www.cathead.biz/ August 23-24, 2019 662.624.8329 Senatobia, Mississippi Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration https://www.facebook.com/ 662.562.7606 October 13, 2019 goatfestatthecrossroads/ https://www.instagram.com/goatpicnic/ Hopson Plantation & Shack Up Inn B. B. King Homecoming Clarksdale, Mississippi 24th Annual Black Prairie Blues Festival June 1, 2019 https://pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/ August 30, 2019 Fletcher Park & Club Ebony West Point, Mississippi Delta Hot Tamale Festival Indianola, Mississippi 662.295.8361 October 17-19, 2019 662.887.9539 http://blackprairiebluesfestival.com/ Greenville, Mississippi https://bbkingmuseum.org/ 662.378.3121 9th Annual Sam Chatmon Blues Festival Tupelo Elvis Festival https://www.mainstreetgreenville.com/delta- September 20-21, 2019 June 5-9, 2019 hot-tamale-festival.html Hollandale, Mississippi Tupelo, Mississippi 662.827.2241 Deep Blues Festival 662.841.6598 https://www.hollandaleblues.com/ October 17-20, 2019 https://www.tupeloelvisfestival.com/ The Shack Up Inn & The New Roxy 42nd Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Lauren Rogers Museum of Art’s Blues Bash Clarksdale, Mississippi Heritage Festival June 7, 2019 662.313.6220 September 21, 2019 Lauren Rogers Museum of Art https://deepbluesfest.com/ Greenville, MS Laurel, Mississippi 662.335.3523 Native American Days 601.649.6374 https://www.deltabluesms.org/ October 23-25, 2019 https://www.lrma.org/ Winterville Mounds, Mississippi 20th Annual Highway 61 Blues Festival Bentonia Blues Festival 662.334.4684 October 5, 2019 June 10-15, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/wintervillemounds/ Leland, Mississippi Bentonia, Mississippi 662.686.7646 Hambone Festival 662.528.1900 www.highway61blues.com October 24-27, 2019 http://visityazoo.org/ Hambone Gallery The Dancing Rabbit Festival Pinetop Perkins Foundation 10th Annual Clarksdale, Mississippi October 5, 2019 Workshop Experience 662.403.8810 Macon, Mississippi June 11-14, 2019 http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival. 662.726.4456 Hopson Plantation & Shack Up Inn html https://www.facebook.com/ Clarksdale, Mississippi dancingrabbitfestival/ Great Delta Bear Affair https://pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/ October 26, 2019 Deak’s Harmonica Block Party North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Rolling Fork, Mississippi October 5, 2019 June 28-29, 2019 662.873.6261 Clarksdale, Mississippi Waterford, Mississippi https://greatdeltabearaffair.org/ 217.218.2194 http://www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com/ http://deakharp.com/ 12th Annual Blues and Heritage Festival Grassroots Blues Festival October 26, 2019 Mighty Mississippi Music Festival July 12-13, 2019 Picayune, Mississippi October 10-12, 2019 Duck Hill, Mississippi 601.799.3070 Warfield Point Park www.facebook.com/grassrootsblues https://picayunemainstreet.com/ Greenville, Mississippi 19th Annual Jus’ Blues Music Awards http://www.mightymississippimusicfestival. Music at the Mounds August 1, 2019 com/ October 29-30, 2019 Horseshoe Casino & Hotel Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Bukka White Blues Festival Tunica, Mississippi Natchez, Mississippi October 11-12, 2019 678.403.1993 601.446.6502 Aberdeen, Mississippi https://www.jusblues.org/ http://www.mdah.ms.gov/new/events/music- 662.369.9440 at-the-mounds/ Bikes, Blues & Bayous http://bukkawhitebluesfestival.com/ August 3, 2019 Burdine’s Blues & Greens Festival 9th Annual Gateway to the Delta Festival Greenwood, Mississippi December 6-7, 2019 October 12, 2019 662.453.4152 Shack Up Inn Charleston, Mississippi https://bikesbluesbayous.racesonline.com/ Clarksdale, Mississippi 662.647.0942 https://www.bbgfestival.com/ https://charlestongatewayfestival.org/
14 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 Shed Summer Concert Series Farish Street Heritage Festival Hotrods & BBQ Blues Festival TBA TBA April 6, 2019 Ocean Springs, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Murphy’s Pub 228.875.9590 601.948.5667 Humansville, Missouri www.theshedbbq.com http://www.farishstreetheritagefestival.com/ 417.754.2490 https://www.417mag.com/events/hotrods-bbq- Delta Jubilee Shed BBQ Shedhead Blues Festival blues-festival/ TBA TBA Clarksdale, Mississippi Ocean Springs, Mississippi Rock’n Ribs BBQ Festival www.clarksdale-ms.com 228.875.9590 April 25-27, 2019 Oxford Blues Festival www.theshedbbq.com Ozark Empire Fair Grounds TBA Springfield, Missouri Oxford, Mississippi Mobile Street Festival 347.424.2566 TBA 662.259.7190 https://rocknribs.com Hattiesburg, Mississippi http://oxfordbluesfest.com/ http://mobilestreetfestival.com/ WashMO BBQ, Bikes & Blues Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival April 26-28, 2019 TBA MISSOURI Washington Farmers’ Market Avalon, Mississippi Washington, Missouri 312.810.1954 Missouri Blues Fest 636.239.1743 https://www.facebook.com/johnhurtfoundation March 15, 2019 https://www.downtownwashmo.org/ The Blue Note events2019/2019/4/26/washmo-bbq-bikes- Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Columbia, Missouri amp-blues Festival 573.874.1944 TBA http://thebluenote.com/event/missouri-blues- Round Barn Blues Jackson County Fairgrounds fest/ May 4, 2019 Pascagoula, Mississippi Kirksville, Missouri 228.282.0951 13th Annual Gateway Blues Festival 660.665.2760 http://www.msgulfcoastbluesfest.com/ March 22, 2019 http://kirksville.net/roundbarn/ Chaifetz Arena Wing Dang Doodle Festival St. Louis, Missouri Stomp the Blues out of Homelessness TBA 314.977.5000 May 18, 2019 Gaddis Park http://www.thechaifetzarena.com/events/ Community Blood Center of the Ozarks Forest, Mississippi gateway-blues-festival Springfield, Missouri 601.469.4332 http://stompthebluesoutofhomelessness.com http://www.wingdangdoodlefestival.com/ Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge Band Competition TBA Club Ebony Indianola, Mississippi 662.887.4913 www.indianolablues.org Oktoberfest TBA Carthage Coliseum Carthage, Mississippi 601.267.9231 http://www.leakems.com/ Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge Solo/Duo Competition TBA The Blue Biscuit Indianola, Mississippi 662.887.4913 www.indianolablues.org Tommy Johnson Blues Festival TBA Jackson, Mississippi 601.212.6088 https://www.facebook.com/ tommyjohnsonblues/ Hill Country Freedom Festival TBA 662.534.1047 New Albany, Mississippi http://www.visitnewalbany.com/ summerofmusic/
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 15 Greater Ozarks Blues Bash Festival Magic City Blues: Montana’s Urban Music NEVADA May 18, 2019 Festival West Plains, Missouri August 1-3, 2019 Henderson BluesFest http://gobluesbash.com Billings, Montana April 13, 2019 406.534.0400 Henderson Pavilion Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest http://www.magiccityblues.com Henderson, Nevada June 7-8, 2019 702.267.4849 Oak Grove Park Big Sky Blues Festival http://www.cityofhenderson.com Gladstone, Missouri August 2-4, 2019 816.436.4523 Pilgrim Park Blues & Brews Festival https://www.gladstonechamber.com/bluesfest Noxon, Montana April 19-21, 2019 406.370.1288 Colorado Belle Casino Resort Blues Funk Festival http://bigskyblues.com Laughlin, Nevada August 10, 2019 702.298.4000 West City Park Riverfront Blues Festival https://www.coloradobelle.com Festus, Missouri August 9-10, 2019 https://www.cityoffestus.org/294/Blues-Funk- Riverfront Park Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz & R&B Festival Festival---Aug-10-2019 Libby, Montana April 27-28, 2019 406.291.0185 Government Amphitheater 24th Annual Big Muddy Blues Festival http://www.riverfrontbluesfestival.com Las Vegas, Nevada Labor Day Weekend http://www.yourjazz.com St. Louis, Missouri Flathead Lake Blues & Music Festival 314.241.5875 August 16-17, 2019 Las Vegas Brews & Blues Festival www.bigmuddybluesfestival.com Regatta Shoreline Amphitheater May 11, 2019 Polson, Montana The Springs Preserve Amphitheater Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival 406.890.9952 Las Vegas, Nevada September 21, 2019 http://www.flatheadlakebluesfestival.com 702.822.7700 Downtown Webster Groves https://www.springspreserve.org St. Louis, Missouri 314.962.3300 NEBRASKA Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews & Blues Festival http://oldwebsterjazzfest.com/ June 14-15, 2019 Omaha Summer Arts Festival Downtown Reno Farmington Fall Fest Blues, Brews & BBQ June 7-9, 2019 Reno, Nevada September 21-22, 2019 Omaha, Nebraska 775.786.5700 Farmington, Missouri 402.345.5401 https://www.eldoradoreno.com 573.366.8540 https://www.summerarts.org https://farmingtonfallfest.com Jazz and Beyond – Carson City Music Nebraska Folk & Roots Festival Festival Roots ’n’ Blues ’n’ BBQ Festival June 15, 2019 August 9-25, 2019 September 27-29, 2019 Pinewood Bowl Carson City, Nevada Stephens Lake Park Lincoln, Nebraska 775.883.4154 Columbia, Missouri 402.435.5335 http://jazzcarsoncity.com 573.442.5862 https://nebraskafolkandroots.com https://rootsnbluesnbbq.com Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off Playing With Fire August 28- September 2, 2019 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz & Blues Festival July 13 & August 24, 2019 Nugget Casino Resort TBA Turner Park at Midtown Crossing Sparks, Nevada Kansas City, Missouri Omaha, Nebraska 775.356.3300 816.474.8463 402.618.7734 https://nuggetribcookoff.com www.americanjazzmuseum.org http://playingwithfireomaha.net Las Vegas Big Blues Bender Kansas City Jazz and Heritage Festival Zoofest September 5-8, 2019 TBA July 19-20, 2019 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Kansas City, Missouri The Zoo Bar Las Vegas, Nevada 816.474.8463 Lincoln, Nebraska 702.518.3222 www.americanjazzmuseum.org 402.435.8754 http://bigbluesbender.com http://www.zoobar.com Boxcar of Blues Festival TBA Rhythm Blues & Arts Fest NEW HAMPSHIRE Kansas City, Missouri September 1, 2019 Lewis & Clark Landing Barnful of Blues Festival 816.483.1456 August 3, 2019 www.knuckleheadskc.com Omaha, Nebraska https://rbafest.com New Boston, New Hampshire 603.325.8659 MONTANA Blues & Balloons Festival http://granitestateblues.org TBA Montana Folk Festival Soaring Wings Vineyard White Mountain Boogie n’ Blues Festival July 12-14, 2019 Springfield, Nebraska August 16-18, 2019 Butte, Montana 402.253.2479 Thornton, New Hampshire 406.497.6464 https://www.soaringwingswine.com 603.726.3867 https://montanafolkfestival.com https://www.whitemountainboogie.com Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival September 28-29, 2019 Portsmouth, New Hampshire http://www.pmffest.org
16 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 NEW JERSEY Mountain Jam MerleFest June 13-16, 2019 April 25-28, 2019 Michael Arnone’s 30th Annual Crawfish Fest Bethel Woods Wilkes Community College May 31-June 2, 2019 Bethel, New York Wilkesboro, North Carolina Sussex County Fairgrounds https://mountainjam.com 800.343.7857 Augusta, New Jersey http://merlefest.org http://www.crawfishfest.com New York State Blues Festival June 27-29, 2019 Durham Blues & Brews Festival 27th Annual Baymen’s Seafood & Music Clinton Square May 18, 2019 Festival Syracuse, New York Durham Central Park June 22-23, 2019 https://www.nysbluesfest.com Durham, North Carolina Tuckerton, New Jersey https://www.durhambluesandbrewsfestival. 609.296.8868 Great Blue Heron Music Festival com https://tuckertonseaport.org July 5-7, 2019 Sherman, New York 33rd Annual Carolina Blues Festival Anglesea Blues Festival/ New Jersey State 716.761.7190 May 18-19, 2019 Barbecue Championship https://greatblueheron.com LeBauer Park July 12-14, 2019 Greensboro, North Carolina North Wildwood, New Jersey Finger Lakes Wine Festival https://carolinabluesfestival.com 609.523.6565 July 12-14, 2019 http://www.angleseablues.com Watkins Glen, New York Blues ’n’ Brews Festival 607.535.2486 June 8, 2019 Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival http://www.flwinefest.com Festival Park August 24, 2019 Fayetteville, North Carolina Long Branch, New Jersey Chenango Blues Festival 910.323.4234 August 16-17, 2019 732.933.1984 http://bnb.cfrt.org https://jsjbf.org Chenango County Fairgrounds Norwich, New York Cape Fear Blues Festival Mike Griot’s Essex County/South Mountain 607.334.5653 ext. 1 June 22-23, 2019 International Blues Festival http://www.chenangobluesfest.org Wilmington, North Carolina TBA 910.350.8822 West Orange, New Jersey Hudson Valley Ribfest: BBQ, Bands & More http://www.capefearblues.org 973.378.8973 August 16-18, 2019 http://southmountainbluesfestival.com Ulster County Fairgrounds Festival for the Eno New Paltz, New York July 4 & 6, 2019 NEW MEXICO 844.742.3378 West Point on the Eno https://hudsonvalleyribfest.org Durham, North Carolina Red, White & Blues Festival 919.620.9099 April 20, 2019 Niagara Falls Blues Festival https://www.enofest.org St. Clair Winery & Bistro September 13-14, 2019 Las Cruces, New Mexico Niagara Falls, New York Soulshine Farm Music Festival https://www.mvjazzblues.net http://www.niagarafallsbluesfest.org August 8-10, 2019 Green Mountain, North Carolina Silver City Blues Festival Barrier Beach Blues & Arts Festival https://www.soulshinefarmfest.com May 24-26, 2019 TBA Gough Park Long Beach, New York John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Silver City, New Mexico 516.432.6342 Festival 575.538.2505 http://aip-arts.org August 31-September 1, 2019 https://www.silvercitybluesfestival.org Oak Hollow Festival Park Hudson River Park Blues BBQ Festival High Point, North Carolina TBA Albuquerque Blues & Brews 366.819.5299 Hudson River Park Pier 97 May 26, 2019 https://coltranejazzfest.com Sandia Resort & Casino New York, New York Albuquerque, New Mexico 212.627.2020 New River Blues Festival 505.796.7500 https://hudsonriverpark.org September 1, 2019 http://www.abqbluesandbrews.com River House Inn NORTH CAROLINA Grassy Creek, North Carolina Land of Enchantment Blues Festival 336.982.2109 TBA OooWee BBQ and Blues Festival https://newriverbluesfestival.info Bernalillo, New Mexico March 30, 2019 505.255.9798 OooWee BBQ Down Home Southern Soul Blues Fest http://www.enchantmentblues.org Pineville, North Carolina TBA 980.345.6883 Pitt County Fairgrounds Greenville, North Carolina NEW YORK https://www.eatoooweebbq.com Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Folk 2 Funk Festival NORTH DAKOTA March 29-31, 2019 Festival Long Beach Public Library April 13-14, 2019 Winter Blues Festival Long Beach, New York Kure Beach, North Carolina February 9, 2019 516.432.6342 910.458.8434 Ramada Ballroom http://aip-arts.org http://www.pleasureislandnc.org Fargo, North Dakota 866.552.5837 http://fargobluesfest.homestead.com
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 17 Buggies ’n’ Blues Classic Car Show Canal Winchester Blues and Ribfest Bricktown Blues & BBQ Festival June 8-9, 2019 July 26-27, 2019 TBA Mandan, North Dakota Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 701.751.2983 Canal Winchester, Ohio 405.236.4143 http://www.buggies-n-blues.org 614.270.5053 http://www.bricktownokc.com https://www.bluesandribfest.com Fargo Blues Festival July 26-27, 2019 Blues, Brews & BBQ OREGON Newman Outdoor Field July 27, 2019 Soul’d Out Festival Fargo, North Dakota Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum April 16-21, 2019 866.552.5837 Hamilton, Ohio Portland, Oregon http://fargobluesfest.homestead.com 513.868.8336 971.230.0029 https://www.pyramidhill.org http://www.souldoutfestival.com OHIO Lebanon Blues Festival 8th Annual Inner City Blues Festival Cincinnati Winter Blues Experience August 3, 2019 April 27, 2019 February 16, 2019 Downtown North Portland Eagle’s Lodge Fretboard Brewing Lebanon, Ohio Portland, Oregon Cincinnati, Ohio 513.638.2752 503.419.7093 513.739.2583 https://lebanonbluesfestival.com http://www.hcao.org/ https://cincyblues.org Black Swamp Arts Festival Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Pickle’s Blues Weekend September 6-8, 2019 July 4-7, 2019 March 8-9, 2019 Bowling Green, Ohio Tom McCall Waterfront Park Old City Prime 877.865.6082 Portland, Oregon Lima, Ohio http://www.blackswampfest.org 800.820.9884 419.227.7463 Rhythm on the River http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com https://www.oldcityprime.com TBA Birding & Blues Festival River City Blues Fest Court Grill TBA March 15-16, 2019 Pomeroy, Ohio Pacific City, Oregon The Lafayette Hotel 740.992.6840 503.965.6247 Marietta, Ohio http://www.pomeroyblues.org https://birdingandblues.org 740.376.0222 The Toledo Food Bank’s Northwest Ohio http://bjfm.org Summer Blues Festival Music Festival TBA Canton Blues Festival TBA Grizzly Peak Winery June 7-8, 2019 International Park Ashland, Oregon Downtown Canton Downtown Toledo, Ohio 541.944.6764 - Mark Howard Canton, Ohio 419.242.5000 ext. 212 https://www.ashlandblues.com 330.458.2054 http://www.toledofoodbank.org https://www.cantonchamber.org/canton-blues- PENNSYLVANIA fest OKLAHOMA Lehigh River Blues Jam Washboard Music Festival Rentiesville Springing the Blues Mini Fest January 26, 2019 June 13-15, 2019 April 20-21, 2019 Days Hotel Logan, Ohio Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame Allentown, Pennsylvania 740.277.1806 Rentiesville, Oklahoma 800.241.6246 http://washboardmusicfestival.com 918.855.0978 http://www.lehighriverbluesjam.com dcminnerblues.com Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival Lancaster Roots and Blues Festival June 14-16, 2019 Bixby BBQ’n Blues Festival February 22-24, 2019 Creekside District May 3-4, 2019 Downtown Gahanna, Ohio Washington Irving Memorial Park Lancaster, Pennsylvania 614.418.9114 Bixby, Oklahoma 717.875.2772 http://www.creeksidebluesandjazz.com 918.549.8065 https://lancasterrootsandblues.com https://bixbyrotarybbq.com Cincy Blues Fest Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest July 13, 2019 Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival April 5-14, 2019 Schmidlapp Event Lawn August 30-September 1, 2019 Reading, Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame 610.898.1930 513.739.2583 Rentiesville, Oklahoma https://berksjazzfest.com https://cincybluesfest.org 918.855.0978 http://dcminnerblues.com Media Americana Roots Ramble Big Bend Blues Bash April 13, 2019 July 26-27, 2019 Paul’s Valley Brickfest State Street Pomeroy, Ohio TBA Media, Pennsylvania 740.992.6524 Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma 610.566.5039 http://www.pomeroyblues.org 405.238.3308 http://www.statestreetblues.com http://paulsvalley.com
18 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 Bucks County Blues Society Spring Fever Erie’s Blues & Jazz Festival Blues & BBQ Harbor Cruises Footstomper August 2-4, 2019 Thursdays, March 21-November 8; First April 28, 2019 Erie, Pennsylvania Fridays, April-October 2019 Edgely, Pennsylvania 814.459.5477 Charleston, South Carolina 215.946.4794 https://www.facebook.com/ 843.722.1112 http://www.buckscountybluessociety.org BluesandJazzFestival/ https://www.charlestonharbortours.com Dauphin County Music & Wine Festival 58th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival Lowcountry Cajun Festival June 8-9, 2019 August 15-18, 2019 April 7, 2019 Fort Hunter Mansion & Park Old Pool Farm James Island County Park Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Charleston, South Carolina 717.599.5751 215.247.1300 843.795.4386 http://www.dauphincounty.org https://pfs.org https://www.ccprc.com Billtown Blues Festival Phoenixville Blues Festival Arts International Festival June 14-16, 2019 September 7, 2019 April 13, 2019 Lycoming County Fairgrounds Reeves Park Francis Marion University Hughesville, Pennsylvania Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Florence, South Carolina 570.584.4480 https://pvilleblues.org 800.368.7551 https://www.billtownblues.org https://www.fmarion.edu/artsinternational Gypsy Moon Blues Festival State Street Blues Stroll September 7, 2019 15th Annual Blues by the Sea June 15, 2019 East Petersburg, Pennsylvania April 14, 2019 State Street https://www.facebook.com/ Freshfields Village Green Media, Pennsylvania gypsymoonbluesfest Kiawah Island, South Carolina 610.566.5039 843.768.6491 http://www.statestreetblues.com Reading Blues Fest https://freshfieldsvillage.com TBA Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Reading, Pennsylvania Greater Clemson Music Festival Festival 610.898.1830 Weekends in Festival Guide 2019 June 15, 2019 http://www.readingbluesfest.com Clemson, South Carolina Honesdale, Pennsylvania 864.650.0585 https://honesdalerootsandrhythm.com RHODE ISLAND http://www.clemsonmusicfest.org Franklin Blues & Barbecue Festival New England Winter Blues Festival 13th Annual Mac Arnold Cornbread & June 15-16, 2019 February 9, 2019 Collard Greens Blues Festival Franklin, Pennsylvania Knickerbocker Music Center April 25-27, 2019 814.671.1497 Westerly, Rhode Island Fountain Inn, South Carolina https://www.franklinbluesandbbq.org 401.315.5070 303.757.1949 https://www.macarnold.com/tour Blast Furnace Blues Festival https://knickmusic.com/ June 28-30, 2019 Newport Folk Festival Rivertown Music & Craft Beer Festival SteelStacks Campus July 26-28, 2019 May 4, 2019 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Fort Adams State Park Conway, South Carolina 610.332.1300 Newport, Rhode Island 843.248.6260 https://www.steelstacks.org http://www.newportfolk.org https://conwayalive.com/event/rivertown- music-and-beer-festival-2/ Briggs Farm Blues Festival Newport Jazz Festival July 11-14, 2019 August 2-4, 2019 Piccolo Spoleto Festival Nescopeck, Pennsylvania Fort Adams State Park May 24-June 9, 2019 570.379.3342 Newport, Rhode Island Charleston, South Carolina https://www.briggsfarm.com http://www.newportjazz.org 843.724.7305 http://www.piccolospoleto.com The Peach Music Festival Rhythm & Roots July 25-28, 2019 August 30-September 1, 2019 July 4th Blues & BBQ Harbor Cruise Montage Mountain Ninigret Park July 4, 2019 Scranton, Pennsylvania Charlestown, Rhode Island Charleston, South Carolina http://thepeachmusicfestival.com 401.783.3926 843.722.1112 https://www.charlestonharbortours.com Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival https://rhythmandroots.com July 27-28, 2019 South Carolina Festival of Discovery / Syria Shrine Center SOUTH CAROLINA Greenwood Blues Cruise Cheswick, Pennsylvania July 11-13, 2019 https://www.pghbluesrootsfest.com Lowcountry Blues Bash Multiple Venues March 3, 2019 Uptown Greenwood, South Carolina AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival Bowens Island Restaurant 864.942.8448 August 2-3, 2019 Charleston, South Carolina http://www.uptowngreenwood.com/events/sc- Johnstown, Pennsylvania 844.297.1962 festival-of-discovery 814.539.1889 http://www.alstonwilkessociety.org https://www.floodcitymusic.com Sea & Sand Festival September 21, 2019 Folly Beach, South Carolina https://visitfolly.com
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 19 Blues & Jazz Festival Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Big Pines Blues Festival Junior Showcase October 3-4, 2019 June 13-16, 2019 May 11, 2019 Rock Hill, South Carolina Manchester, Tennessee Heritage Plaza 803.328.2787 888.512.7469 Longview, Texas https://www.yorkcountyarts.org https://www.bonnaroo.com 903.237.1230 https://www.facebook.com/Big-Pines-Blues- South Carolina Pecan Festival Riverbend Festival Festival-349894248368489/ November 2, 2019 May 29-June 1, 2019 Florence, South Carolina Chattanooga, Tennessee 11th Annual Simply Texas Blues Festival 843.665.2047 423.756.2211 May 18, 2019 http://www.florencedowntown.com https://riverbendfestival.com Oakes Street San Angelo, Texas Carolina Downhome Blues Festival Muddy Roots Music Festival 325.500.1083 TBA August 30-September 1, 2019 http://www.sabluessociety.com Camden, South Carolina Cookeville, Tennessee 803.425.7676 615.534.2441 Kerrville Folk Festival https://www.fineartscenter.org http://www.muddyrootsrecords.com/mr_ May 23-June 9, 2019 events/mr_musicfest/ Kerrville, Texas Columbia Annual Free Blues Festival 830.257.3600 TBA Hatchie Fall Fest https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org Columbia, South Carolina October 19, 2019 803.708.4500 Brownsville, Tennessee Texas Folklife Festival http://www.wordofmouthproductions.org 731.779.9000 June 7-9, 2019 http://www.hatchiefallfest.com San Antonio, Texas SOUTH DAKOTA 210.458.2300 Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival http://www.texancultures.com Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival TBA July 19-20, 2019 Nashville, Tennessee Tall City Blues Fest Yankton Trail Park 615.726.5867 July 12-13, 2019 Sioux Falls, South Dakota http://www.nashvillejazzandbluesfest.com Midland, Texas 605.335.6101 432.262.0034 Memphis Music and Heritage Festival http://www.tallcitybluesfest.com https://www.siouxfallsjazzfest.com TBA Oahe Blues Fest Main Street Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival July 19-20, 2019 Memphis, Tennessee August 30-September 1, 2019 Grey Goose Store & Social Club 901.525.3655 Bedford, Texas Pierre, South Dakota https://www.southernfolklore.com 817.952.2128 https://www.bedfordbluesfest.com 605.945.0794 Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival https://www.facebook.com/GreyGooseStore TBA Eastside Kings Festival Deadwood Jam Cove Lake State Park September 14-15, 2019 September 13-14, 2019 Caryville, Tennessee East Austin, Texas Deadwood, South Dakota 423.566.0329 512.228.8434 800.344.8826 http://louiebluie.org https://www.facebook.com/ https://www.deadwood.com EastsideKingsFestival/ TEXAS Austin City Limits Music Festival TENNESSEE 20th Annual KNON Blues Festival October 4-6 & 11-13, 2019 January 26, 2019 Zilker Park International Blues Challenge Austin, Texas January 22-26, 2019 Poor David’s Pub Dallas, Texas 888.512.7469 Memphis, Tennessee https://www.aclfestival.com 901.527.2583 214.828.9500 https://blues.org/international-blues-challenge/ http://www.knon.org Lone Star Blues & Heritage Festival South by Southwest Music Festival October 25-27, 2019 Beale Street Music Festival Salmon Lake Park May 3-5, 2019 March 11-17, 2019 Austin, Texas Grapeland, TX Memphis, Tennessee https://www.lonestarbluesfest.com/ 901.525.4611 https://www.sxsw.com/festivals/music/ https://www.memphisinmay.org H-Town Blues Festival KNON Fort Worth Blues Festival March 29, 2019 TBA Blues Music Awards Fort Worth, Texas May 9, 2019 NRG Park Houston, Texas 214.828.9500 Memphis, Tennessee http://www.knon.org 901.527.2583 832.667.1400 https://blues.org/blues-music-awards/ https://www.nrgpark.com Remembrance Ride & Concert Benefiting Stevie Ray Vaughan Scholarship Fund Exit 56 Blues Fest Old Settler’s Music Festival April 11-14, 2019 TBA May 25-26, 2019 Austin, Texas West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center Tilmon, Texas https://oldsettlersmusicfest.org https://www.facebook.com/ Brownsville, Tennessee remembrancerideandconcert 731.779.9000 http://exit56blues.com
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UTAH Richmond Folk Festival WEST VIRGINIA October 11-13, 2019 Utah Arts Festival Downtown Riverfront Blues & Swing Week June 20-23, 2019 Richmond, Virginia July 14-19, 2019 Library Square 804.788.6466 Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins Salt Lake City, Utah https://www.richmondfolkfestival.org College 801.322.2428 Elkins, West Virginia https://uaf.org Columbia Pike Blues Festival https://augustaheritagecenter.org TBA 304.637.1209 VERMONT Arlington, Virginia 703.892.2776 Heritage Music Blues Fest Discover Jazz Festival http://columbia-pike.org August 9-11, 2019 May 31-June 9, 2019 Heritage Port Amphitheater Wheeling, West Virginia Burlington, Vermont WASHINGTON 802.863.7992 304.238.6064 https://discoverjazz.com Sunbanks Festival https://www.heritagemusicfest.com May 16-19 & September 5-8, 2019 Bluefield Blues Festival VIRGINIA Sunbanks Lakes Resort TBA Electric City, Washington Commerce Street Winter Blues & Jazz Festival 888.822.7195 Bluefield, West Virginia January 17-20, 2019 http://www.sunbanksfestival.com 304.320.3631 Williamsburg, Virginia https://bluefieldbluesfest.com 757.592.4289 Northwest Folklife Festival https://www.winterbluesjazzfest.com May 24-27, 2019 Snowshoe Mountain Blues, Brews & BBQ Seattle Center TBA Sedalia BBQ & Blues Festival Seattle, Washington Snowshoe Mountain Resort April 27, 2019 206.684.7300 Snowshoe, West Virginia The Sedalia Center https://www.nwfolklife.org 877.441.4386 Big Island, Virginia https://www.snowshoemtn.com 434.299.5080 Sweet Onion Festival http://sedaliacenter.org/index.html July 20, 2019 Walla Walla, Washington WISCONSIN Tinner Hill Music Festival 509.529.8755 June 8, 2019 https://www.sweetonions.org Blues Café Falls Church, Virginia March 8-9, 2019 703.241.4109 32nd Annual Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Rothschild Pavillion https://www.tinnerhill.org Festival Rothschild, Wisconsin July 19-21, 2019 https://midwestblues.org 15th Annual Stone Soul Music & Food The Blues Ranch Festival Winthrop, Washington Paramount Blues Challenge June 8, 2019 800.8240.9884 March 16, 2019 Virginia Credit Union Live at Richmond Raceway https://winthropbluesfestival.com Port Washington, Wisconsin Richmond, Virginia 262.208.6288 804.672.9299 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival and http://paramountmusic.org https://kissrichmond.com Workshop July 28- August 4, 2019 Monroe Balloon & Blues Festival Bayou Boogaloo Music & Cajun Food Fort Worden State Park June 14-15, 2019 Festival Port Townsend, Washington Green County Fairgrounds June 28-30, 2019 360.385.3102 Monroe, Wisconsin Norfolk, Virginia https://centrum.org/port-townsend-acoustic- 608.214.3852 757.441.2345 blues-festival-workshop/ https://monroeballoonrally.com https://festevents.org Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival Summerfest Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival August 2-4, 2019 June 26-30 & July 2-7, 2019 August 3, 2019 Deming, Washington Milwaukee, Wisconsin Roanoke, Virginia http://www.bakerblues.com 414.273.2680 540.343.2624 https://summerfest.com http://www.jeffcenter.org/blueridgebluesfest Bumbershoot August 30-September 1, 2019 New Glarus Blues, Brews & Food Truck American Music Festival Seattle Center Festival August 30-September 1, 2019 Seattle, Washington June 29, 2019 Virginia Beach, Virginia https://www.bumbershoot.com New Glarus, Wisconsin 757.385.7873 608.527.2095 https://liveonatlantic.com Snoqualmie Railroad Days https://www.swisstown.com TBA Bristol’s Rhythm & Roots Reunion Snoqualmie, Washington Prairie Dog Blues Festival September 20-22, 2019 425.888.3030 July 26-27, 2019 Birthplace of Country Music Museum http://www.railroaddays.com St. Feriole Island Bristol, Virginia Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin 423.573.1927 608.326.0085 https://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org http://www.prairiedogblues.com
22 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2019 Blues on the Chippewa Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival August 2-4, 2019 June 6-17, 2019 August 15-18, 2019 Durand, Wisconsin Barrie, Ontario Salmon Arm Fair Grounds https://www.bluesonthechippewa.com http://www.barriejazzbluesfest.com Salmon Arm, British Columbia Beaumont Blues and Roots Festival 13th Annual Waukesha Rotary BluesFest 250.833.4096 August 9-10, 2019 June 21-22, 2019 https://www.rootsandblues.ca Naga-Waukee Park Four Seasons Park Delafield, Wisconsin Beaumont, Alberta Trois-Rivières en Blues 800.366.1961 https://bbrf.ca August 22-25, 2019 http://www.waukeshabluesfest.com Trois-Rivières, Québec Stratford Blues & Rib Fest 819.378.2009 June 21-23, 2019 Big Bull Falls Blues Fest http://3renblues.com August 16-17, 2019 Stratford, Ontario Fern Island Park https://stratfordbluesandribfest.com Edmonton Blues Festival Wausau, Wisconsin August 23-25, 2019 RBC Bluesfest 715.297.9531 Hawrelak Park July 4-14, 2019 https://www.wausauevents.org Edmonton, Alberta Lebreton Flats http://www.bluesinternationalltd.com Mineral Point Blues and Roots Festival Ottawa, Ontario August 24, 2019 613-247-1188 Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Gundry House https://ottawabluesfest.ca September 10-15, 2019 Mineral Point, Wisconsin Fredericton, New Brunswick Thunder Bay Blues Festival 888.622.5837 July 5-7, 2019 Oktoberfest USA http://www.harvestjazzandblues.com September 26-29, 2019 Marina Park La Crosse, Wisconsin Thunder Bay, Ontario 608.784.3378 807.684.4444 MEXICO https://www.oktoberfestusa.com http://www.tbayblues.ca Tequila Blues Explosion Festival January 10-13, 2019 Rods-n-Relics 29th Annual Car Show Tremblant International Blues Festival Ixtapa, Mexico TBA July 5-14, 2019 +52.1.755.101.5989 Lime Kiln Park Mont-Tremblant, Québec https://bestformexico.com/bluesfest/ Grafton, Wisconsin 819.681.3000 #46643 262.208.6288 https://blues.tremblant.ca Baja Blues Fest http://paramountmusic.org August 9-11, 2019 Beaches Jazz Festival Rosarito Beach Hotel & Resort Paramount Music Festival July 5-28, 2019 Baja California, Mexico TBA Woodbine Park 619.513.7626 Port Washington, Wisconsin Toronto, Ontario https://www.bajabluesfest.org 262.208.6288 416.698.2152 http://paramountmusic.org http://beachesjazz.com AFRICA Bluesfest Windsor WYOMING July 5-6 & July 12-13, 2019 Cape Town International Jazz Festival Riverfront Festival Plaza March 29-30, 2019 Sweetwater Blues ’n’ Brews Fest Cape Town, South Africa August 10, 2019 Windsor, Ontario http://www.bluesfestwindsor.com +27.21.671.0506 Bunning Park https://www.capetownjazzfest.com Rock Springs, Wyoming Calgary International Blues Festival 307.352.1434 July 29-August 4, 2019 Joy of Jazz Festival https://www.downtownrs.com Calgary, Canada September 26-28, 2019 http://www.calgarybluesfest.com Johannesburg, South Africa INTERNATIONAL http://www.joyofjazz.co.za/home Festival de Blues de Donnacona August 7-11, 2019 CANADA SOUTH AMERICA Donnacona, Québec Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival https://www.donnaconablues.com Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival February 22-24, 2019 June 20-23, 2019 Toronto, Ontario Kitchener Blues Festival Rio das Ostras, Brazil https://www.winterfolk.com August 8-11, 2019 http://www.riodasostrasjazzeblues.com/joomla/ Kitchener, Ontario index.php Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest 519.571.2555 February 25-March 1, 2019 https://kitchenerbluesfest.com Mississippi Delta Blues Festival Calgary, Alberta November 21-23, 2019 http://www.calgarybluesfest.com Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival Caxias do Sul, Brazil August 10, 2019 https://mdbf.com.br Pender Harbour Blues Festival Deer Lake Park June 7-9, 2019 Burnaby, British Columbia ViJazz & Blues Festival Pender Harbour, British Columbia https://www.burnabybluesfestival.com TBA 604.741.1186 Ouro Preto, Ponte Nova, Muriaé, Viçosa https://www.penderharbourbluesfestival.com Brazil +55.31.3891.2580 http://www.vijazz.com.br
Festival Guide 2019 • LIVING BLUES • 23 CENTRAL AMERICA JazzAscona North Wales Blues & Soul Festival June 20-29, 2019 August 2-4, 2019 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival Ascona, Switzerland Theatr Clwyd Fields February 21-24, 2019 www.jazzascona.ch Mold, North Wales, Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama United Kingdom http://www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com Southern Soul Festival http://www.nwbluesandsoul.co.uk June 26-July 1, 2019 ASIA Velika Plaza OFF Festival Ulcinj, Montenegro August 2-4, 2019 Jazzmandu http://www.southernsoulfestival.com Katowice, Poland October 17-23, 2019 http://off-festival.pl Kathmandu, Nepal Summerblues +977.980.351.6450 June 28, 2019 Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival http://jazzmandu.org Basel, Switzerland August 23-25, 2019 https://www.summerblues.ch Colne, Lancashire EUROPE United Kingdom Skanevik Bluesfestival +441.282.861.888 July 4-6, 2019 London Blues Week 2019 https://www.bluesfestival.co.uk January 14-19, 2019 Skanevik, Norway The 100 Club http://blues2017.skaanevikblues.com Campsoul Music Festival London, United Kingdom August 24-25, 2019 Cognac Blues Passions Grove Farms, Milton Hill https://www.the100club.co.uk July 4-8, 2019 Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Cognac, France Pakkasukko Blues N’ Jazz https://campsoulfestival.com January 30-February 3, 2019 +335.453.611.81 Kemi, Lappland, Finland https://www.bluespassions.com Harvest Time Blues Festival http://pakkasukko.com September 6-8, 2019 Dereham Blues Festival Monaghan Town, Ireland July 10-14, 2019 European Blues Challenge http://www.harvestblues.ie April 4-6, 2019 Dereham, Norfolk, United Kingdom Ponta Delgada http://www.derehambluesfestival.org.uk/ The European Blues Cruise Azores, Portugal September 30-October 4, 2019 from Marseille, Åmål’s Blues Fest France http://www.europeanbluesunion.com July 11-14, 2019 +003.349.154.0053 Åmål, Sweden Holland International Blues Festival http://europeanbluescruise.com June 14-15, 2019 +46.53.271.398 Grolloo, Netherlands http://www.bluesfest.net Rawa Blues Festival http://www.hollandinternationalbluesfestival. October 11-12, 2019 Mostly Jazz, Funk, & Soul Festival Katowice, Poland com July 12-14, 2019 https://www.rawablues.com/en/ Kwadendamme Blues Festival Moseley Park May 10-11, 2019 Birmingham, United Kingdom Stockholm Jazz Festival Kwadendamme, https://mostlyjazz.co.uk October 11-20, 2019 Netherlands Stockholm, Sweden Edinburgh Jazz & Blues http://stockholmjazz.se +310.113.649.673 July 12-21, 2019 http://kwadendamme.weebly.com Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Lucerne Blues Festival Bluesfest Eutin +441.314.675.200 November 8-17, 2019 May 16-19, 2019 http://www.edinburghjazzfestival.com Lucerne, Switzerland https://www.bluesfestival.ch Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Vallemaggia Magic Blues Festival https://blues-baltica.de July 12-August 8, 2019 Tenby Blues Festival Blues Festival Baden Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland November 8-10, 2019 May 18-25, 2019 +419.175.977.26 Tenby, Wales, United Kingdom Baden, Aargau, Switzerland http://www.magicblues.ch https://www.tenbyblues.co.uk/ https://www.bluesfestival-baden.ch Blues Express Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festivals Blues Rules X July 13, 2019 Various dates and locations, May 24-25, 2019 Differdange, Luxembourg United Kingdom Château de Crissier +352.587.719.00 http://solidentertainments.com/presents.htm https://www.bluesexpress.lu Lausanne, Switzerland Blues sur Seine http://www.blues-rules.com/ Porretta Soul Festival TBA Duvel Blues Festival July 18-21, 2019 Mantes-la-Jolie, France May 25, 2019 Porretta Terme, https://www.blues-sur-seine.com Bologna, Italy Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium Hondarribia Blues Festival http://www.porrettasoul.it http://www.duvelblues.be TBA Torrita Blues Festival Notodden Blues Festival Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain June 20-22, 2019 August 1-4, 2019 +346.794.731.61 Torrita di Siena, Italy Notodden, Norway http://www.blueshondarribia.com/en +39.349.080.1381 +47.934.319.99 http://www.torritablues.it https://www.bluesfest.no
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CARRIBEAN Legendary Rhythm and Blues Eastern Caribbean Cruise October February 3-10, 2019 Fort Lauderdale, Florida to St. Thomas, St. Maarten & Half Moon Cay 816.753.7979 https://bluescruise.com Soul Beach Music Festival May 22-28, 2019 Aruba https://soulbeach.net/2019/
AUSTRALIA Great Hawkesbury Blues Weekend II March 29-31, 2019 Tate’s Hawkesbury Hotel Windsor, New South Wales https://www.facebook.com/sydneybluesfest/ Byron Bay Bluesfest April 18-22, 2019 Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Byron Bay, New South Wales https://www.bluesfest.com.au Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival May 16-19, 2019 Broadbeach CBD Gold Coast, Queensland +617.565.601.00 http://bluesonbroadbeach.com
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