Compiled by George McDaniel
Specific dates are provided where possible. However, some festivals had not set their 2016 dates at press time. You can also view this list year round at www.LivingBlues.com
ALABAMA Bull Pen Blues and BBQ Festival TBA Living Blues Festival Guide Old York Farms Oakman, Alabama 2016ARIZONA 17th Annual Hot Springs Blues Festival 202.544.1108 September 3-4, 2016 Phoenix Blues Blast Hot Springs, Arkansas Annual Old School and Blues Festival March 5, 2016 501.815.2939 TBA Margaret T. Hance Park www.hotsprings.org Huntsville Dragway Phoenix, Arizona Huntsville, Alabama www.phoenixblues.org Annual Delta Boogie Blues Fest 246.820.9347 TBA www.huntsvillealabamausa.com McDowell Mountain Music Festival Craighead Forest Bandshell March 11-13, 2016 Jonesboro, Arkansas Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival Hance Park 870.219.4644 May 21, 2016 Phoenix, Arizona www.deltaboogie.com Bessemer, Alabama 602.343.0453 www.bobsykesblues.com www.mmmf.com Bikes, Blues & BBQ Motorcycle Rally 205.426.1400 September 21-24, 2016 Blues, Brews and BBQ Fayetteville, Arkansas Freedom Creek Festival June 18, 2016 479.527.9993 June 4, 2016 Continental Driving Range www.bikesbluesandbbq.org Cookieman’s Place on Highway 17 Flagstaff, Arizona Aliceville, Alabama 928.606.5601 King Biscuit Blues Festival 205.752.6263 www.flagstaffblues.com October 5-8, 2016 www.alabamablues.org Cherry Street Blues Heritage Fall Festival Helena, Arkansas W.C. Handy Festival TBA 870.572.5223 July 22-31, 2016 Reid Park www.kingbiscuitfestival.com The Shoals Tucson, Arizona Florence, Alabama www.azblues.org 256.766.7642 CALIFORNIA www.wchandymusicfestival.com ARKANSAS Robb Bower’s Blues Bash February 6, 2016 Black Belt Folk Roots Festival Blues in the Natural State August 27-28, 2016 Menghini Winery TBA Julian, California Eutaw, Alabama Fayetteville, Arkansas 205.372.0525 619.301.9880 479.372.0266 www.robb-bowerpresents.com www.eutawonline.com/festival.htm www.ozarkbluessociety.org 6th Annual Johnny Shines Blues Festival Cruisin’ For a Bluesin’ Wild Hog Motorcycle Rally & Musicfest March 17-20, 2016 TBA April 21-24, 2016 Tuscaloosa, Alabama Long Beach, California to Ensenada, Mexico Helena, Arkansas 972.805.5100 Kentuck Festival of the Arts www.wildhogmusic.org www.cruisinforabluesin.net October 15-16, 2016 Annual Sunday in the Park Series Redwood Coast Jazz Festival Kentuck Park TBA Northport, Alabama March 31- April 3, 2016 Craighead Forest Bandshell Eureka, California 205.758.1257 Jonesboro, Arkansas www.kentuck.org 707.445.3378 870.219.4644 www.rcmfest.org www.deltaboogie.net ALASKA Spring Harp Fest XIV Eureka Springs Blues Weekend March 26, 2016 Juneau Jazz & Classics June 16-19, 2016 Harry Griffen Park Amphitheater May 16-21, 2016 Eureka Springs, Arkansas La Mesa, California Juneau, Alaska 800.638.7352 www.springharpfest.org www.jazzandclassics.org www.eurekaspringsblues.com 907.463.3378 Adams Avenue Unplugged Riverfront Blues Festival April 30- May 1, 2016 Blues Train June 24-25, 2016 San Diego, California TBA Harry E. Kelley Park 619.282.7329 Anchorage to Seward, Alaska Fort Smith, Arkansas www.adamsavenuebusiness.com www.alaskarailroad.com www.riverfrontbluesfest.org 800.544.0552
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 1 9th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival Red, White & Blues Festival Bay Area Blues Festival TBA TBA September 24-25, 2016 Moorpark College Alameda County Fair Martinez, California Moorpark, California Pleasanton, California 800.310.6563 805.501.7122 707.647.3962 www.bayareabluesfestival.com www.venturacountybluessociety.org www.bayareabluessociety.net Bay for the Bayou – Part Deux Topanga Blues Festival Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival TBA TBA TBA San Francisco, California Topanga Canyon, California Hayward/Russell City, California 415.269.0066 714.209.7347 510.836.2227 www.forthebayou.org www.socialblues.org www.bayareabluessociety.net Thunderfest Car Show and Music Festival Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues, & Crawfish Metro Fountain Blues Festival TBA Festival June 25, 2016 Covina, California May 5-8, 2016 Cesar Chavez Plaza 626.380.8204 Spanish Landing Park San Jose, California www.covina.com San Diego, California 408.353.3087 619.234.8612 www.fountainbluesfestival.com Mountain Harvest Festival October 15, 2016 www.sandiegofestival.com California WorldFest Quincy, CA Doheny Blues Festival July 14-17, 2016 530.283.3402 May 21-22, 2016 Grass Valley, California www.plumasarts.org Doheny State Beach 530.214.8384 Dana Point, California www.worldfest.net Taste of Soul Family Festival October 15, 2016 949.360.7800 Blues and Bones Festival Los Angeles, California www.dohenybluesfestival.com July 29-30, 2016 www.tasteofsoulla.org Sacramento Music Festival Angels Camp, California (323) 299-3800 May 27-30, 2016 209.736.2561 Sacramento, California www.bluesandbones.com Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise 916.444.2004 Caribbean 19th Annual Mammoth Festival of Beers & October 29- November 5, 2016 www.sacmusicfest.com Bluesapalooza Los Angeles, California Santa Cruz American Music Festival August 4-7, 2016 816.753.7979 May 28-29, 2016 Mammoth Lakes, California www.bluescruise.com Aptos Village Park 888.992.7397 Aptos, California www.mammothbluesbrewsfest.com COLORADO www.santacruzamericanmusicfestival.com Blue Wing Blues Festival Durango Blues Train Pt. I Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Music Festival August 5-7, 2016 June 3-4, 2016 May 28-29, 2016 Upper Lake, California San Juan National Forest Rancho Santa Susana Community Park www.tallmanhotel.com Durango, Colorado Simi Valley, California 877.872.4607 San Jose Jazz Summer Festival 805.517.9000 www.durangobluestrain.com August 12-14, 2016 www.simicajun.org San Jose, California Brighton Blues Blast High Desert Music Festival 408.288.7557 TBA TBA www.jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org The Armory at Brighton Cultural Center Victorville Fairgrounds Brighton, Colorado Annual Art and Soul Oakland Victorville, California 303.710.7091 August 20-21, 2016 760.705.4386 www.heartofbrighton.org Downtown Oakland, California www.highdesertmusicfestival.com www.artandsouloakland.com Greeley Blues Jam Live Oak Music Festival June 11, 2016 Napa Blues, Brews & BBQ June 17-19, 2016 Island Grove Arena August 27, 2016 Live Oak Camp Greeley, Colorado Napa, California Santa Barbara, California 970.356.7787 707.257.0322 805.781.3030 www.greeleybluesjam.com www.donapa.com www.liveoakfest.org 13th Annual Blues from the Top 19th Annual Sebastopol Cajun/Zydeco Catfish Blues Festival June 25-26, 2016 Festival TBA Winter Park, Colorado TBA Lakeport, California 970.281.9519 Sebastopol, California 707.262.1900 www.grandblues.org 707.823.3631 www.catfishbluesfestival.com www.winecountrycajun.com 19th Annual Blues & BBQ for Better Housing Long Beach Bayou Festival TBA Delta Blues Festival TBA Olde Town Arvada, Colorado September 17, 2016 Rainbow Lagoon Park www.bluesnbbq.com Antioch, California Long Beach, California 925.698.8024 562.912.4451 www.deltabluesfestival.net www.longbeachfestival.com
2 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide Blues Under the Bridge New England Jazz & Blues Festival Blues and BBQ Festival July 30, 2016 TBA TBA for 2017 Colorado Springs, Colorado Middlebury, Connecticut Downtown Pavilion 719.473.4801 800.526.3040 Winter Garden, Florida www.bluesunderthebridge.com www.newenglandjazzbluesfestival.com 407.656.4155 www.cwgdn.com 7th Annual Carbon Valley Music Festival Black Eyed & Blues Festival August 6, 2016 TBA 10th Annual Blues B-Q Festival Dacono, Colorado Hartford, Connecticut February 27, 2016 www.cityofdacono.com 860.278.7427 Orlando, FL 303.833.2317 www.blackeyedsallys.com www.cityoforlando.net 407.246.2121 Rocky Mountain Music Festival 19th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival TBA--August August 6-7, 2016 10th Annual Bonita Blues Festival Clement Park Amphitheater Goshen Fairgrounds March 11-12, 2016 Littleton, CO Goshen, Connecticut Riverside Park www.therockymountainmusicfestival.com 860.361.6285 Bonita Springs, Florida [email protected] 239.947.0715 Bohemian Nights at New West Fest www.litchfieldjazzfest.com [email protected] August 12-14, 2016 www.bonitablues.com Downtown Fort Collins, Colorado 8th Annual Blues, Views & BBQ Festival [email protected] TBA--September Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Festival www.bohemiannights.org Levitt Pavilion and Westport Public Library TBA Westport, Connecticut Fort Pierce Marina Square Blues and Brews www.bluesviewsbbq.com Fort Pierce, Florida August 13, 2016 772.460.5299 Old South Pearl Street www.jazzsociety.org Denver, Colorado DELAWARE 303.242.1032 Riverfront Blues Festival Funky Biscuit Fest www.oldsouthpearlstreet.com August 5-7, 2016 March 30- April 3, 2016 Wilmington, Delaware Royal Palm Place 5th Annual Vail Soul Music Fest 302.576.2139 Boca Raton, Florida TBA www.riverfrontbluesfestde.com 561.395.2929 Vail, Colorado www.funkybiscuit.com [email protected] www.vailsoulmusicfest.com DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA George’s Music Springing the Blues Festival Washington DC Lindy Exchange (DCLX) TBA Trinidaddio Bluesfest Seawalk Pavilion August 27, 2016 April 14-17, 2016 Jacksonville Beach, Florida Central Park Washington, DC www.facebook.com/georgesblues Trinidad, Colorado www.dclx.net www.trinidaddio.com Safeway’s National Capital Barbecue Battle Tampa Bay Blues Fest June 25-26, 2016 April 8-10, 2016 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Downtown September 16-18, 2016 Washington, DC St. Petersburg, Florida Telluride, Colorado www.bbqdc.com 727.895.6153 866.515.6166 27th Annual DC Blues Festival www.tampabaybluesfest.com www.tellurideblues.com September 3, 2016 Wanee Music Festival Annual Otis Taylor Trance Jam Blues Washington, DC 202.962.0112 April 14-16, 2016 Festival Live Oak, Florida November 5, 2016 www.dcblues.org 386.364.1683 E-Town College Park Blues Festival www.waneefestival.com Boulder, Colorado November 5, 2016 303.579.4917 College Park, Maryland Bikini Blues Bash www.trancebluesfestival.com www.dcblues.org TBA Treasure Island, Florida CONNECTICUT FLORIDA 727.547.4575 www.mytreasureisland.com Blast from the Bayou: Annual Cajun/Zydeco Taste of New Orleans Blues & Brews Festival Smokin’ Blues, Bikes & BBQ Festival TBA April 30, 2016 June 9-12, 2016 Ft. Pierce, Florida St. Cloud, Florida Strawberry Park tasteofneworleansfla.wix.com/ftpierce 407.498.0008 Preston, Connecticut www.stcloudmainstreet.org 860.886.1944 Clearwater Sea Blues Festival www.strawberrypark.net February 20-21, 2016 Brick City Blues Fest Clearwater, Florida May 7, 2016 Mystic Blues Festival 727.562.4700 Ocala, Florida TBA www.clearwaterseablues.com 352.369.6656 Mystic, Connecticut www.ocala.com [email protected] Riverwalk Blues & Music Festival www.mysticbluesfestival.com February 26-28, 2016 Esplanade Park Fort Lauderdale, Florida www.riverwalkbluesfestival.com
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 3 Florida Folk Festival Riverhawk Music Festival HAWAII May 27-29, 2016 TBA White Springs, Florida Sertoma Ranch Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival 877.635.3655 Brooksville, Florida TBA www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest 863.984.8445 Kohala, Hawaii www.lindentertainment.com 808.882.7222 Amelia Island Blues Festival www.bigislandjazzandbluesfestival.com September 11-12, 2015 Mount Dora Blues and Wine Fest Downtown TBA IDAHO Fernandina Beach, Florida Mount Dora, Florida www.ameliaislandbluesfest.com www.mountdorabluesandwinefest.com Blues and Bones Festival June 11, 2016 Giving Hunger the Blues Fest of Rhythm and Blues Crooked Flats TBA TBA Eagle, Idaho Sarasota, Florida Kissimmee Lakefront Park www.bluesandbones.com 941.366.5555 Kissimmee, Florida [email protected] www.visitkissimmee.com Boise Blues Festival www.givinghungertheblues.org July 17, 2016 GEORGIA Julia Davis Park Daytona Beach Blues Festival Boise, Idaho October 7-9, 2016 Savannah Music Festival www.boiseblues.org Jackie Robinson Ball Park March 24- April 9, 2016 Daytona Beach, Florida Savannah, Georgia Caldwell Blues on the Banks 386.846.7302 912.525.5050 August 5, 2016 www.daytonabluesfestival.com www.savannahmusicfestival.org Caldwell, Idaho www.bluesonthebanks.com Downtown Festival & Art Show Barnesville Barbecue and Blues Festival November 5-6, 2016 April 22-23, 2016 Yellow Pine Music & Harmonica Festival Gainesville, Florida Barnesville, Georgia August 5-7, 2016 352.393.8536 www.bbqandblues.org Yellow Pine, Idaho www.gainesvilledowntownartfest.org 208.633.3300 Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival www.harmonicacontest.com May 7, 2016 Thomson, Georgia 706.597.1000 www.blindwillie.com
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4 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide Blues and Bones Festival Southbend Music Fest 27th Annual Rollin’ on the River Blues August 20, 2016 TBA Festival Eagle Island State Park South Bend, Indiana August 19-20, 2016 Eagle, Idaho 574.299.4765 Keokuk, Iowa www.bluesandbones.com www.sbpark.org www.keokukbluesfest.com Madison RibberFest: Barbeque, Blues & ILLINOIS KANSAS Balloons Chi-Town Blues Festival August 19-20, 2016 Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival March 5, 2016 Madison, Indiana TBA Star Plaza Theatre 800.559.2956 Sedan, KS Chicago, Illinois www.madisonribberfest.com 620.725.3834 www.cqbluesfest.com Chicago Blues Festival Bean Blossom Blues Fest June 10-12, 2016 August 25-27, 2016 Paola Roots Festival Grant Park, Downtown Chicago, Illinois Bill Monroe Music Park August 26-27, 2016 www.chicagobluesfestival.us Bean Blossom, Indiana Park Square 812.325.8836 Paola, Kansas Blues on the Fox beanblossomblues.com 913.294.6427 June 17-18, 2016 www.rootsfestival.org Riveredge Park Music Garden Uptown Jazz and Blues Festival Aurora, Illinois August 27, 2016 Paxico Blues Festival 630.896.6666 Lafayette, Indiana September 17, 2016 www.downtownaliveaurora.com 765.742.4041 Downtown Paxico www.ujbf.org Paxico, Kansas Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival 785.636.5551 June 24-25, 2016 Blues at the Crossroads [email protected] Champaign, Illinois September 9-10, 2016 217.359.6960 Terre Haute, Indiana Jammin’ in J.C. Blues and Barbecue Festival www.bluesbrewsandbbqfest.com www.bluesatthecrossroads.com September 23-24, 2016 Heritage Park BBQ and Blues Sterling Main Street Music Festival Junction City, Kansas July 23, 2016 September 10, 2016 785.238.8069 Grandon Civic Center McCormick’s Creek State Park www.jammininjc.com Sterling, Illinois Spencer, Indiana 815.626.8610 812.829.4344 Blues Masters at the Crossroads www.sterlingmainstreet.org www.indianafestivals.org October 21-22, 2016 Salina, Kansas Byron Crossroads Blues Festival IOWA 800.716.3553 August 27, 2016 www.blueheavenstudios.com Crossroads of 2nd and Union Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival Byron, Illinois January 15-16, 2016 779.537.4006 Cherokee, Iowa KENTUCKY www.crossroadsbluesfestival.com 712.225.6414 W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival www.cherokeejazzbluesfestival.com June 15-18, 2016 Illinois Blues and Roots Music Festival Henderson, Kentucky September 2-3, 2016 Liberty Centre Mississippi Valley Blues 800.648.3128 Riverfront Park Festival www.handyblues.org Peoria, Illinois July 1-2, 2016 309.863.5121 LeClaire Park Blues Harbor Fest www.illinoisbluesfestival.com Davenport, Iowa June 18, 2016 563.322.5837 Lake Cumberland State Dock Deep Blue Innovators Blues Festival www.mvbs.org Jamestown, Kentucky TBA 888.782.8336 Rivoli Theatre Saturday in the Park www.lakecumberlandbluesfest.com Monmouth, Illinois July 2, 2016 www.monmouthblues.com Grandview Park Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival Sioux City, Iowa July 4, 2016 INDIANA 712.277.2575 Topeka, Kansas www.saturdayinthepark.com [email protected] Med Flory Jazz and Blues Festival June 11, 2016 Blues & BBQ Master Musicians Festival Logansport, Indiana July 9, 2016 July 8-9, 2016 574.735.2787 North Liberty, Iowa Somerset, Kentucky Floryfest.com 319.626.5726 888.810.2063 www.northlibertyblues.org www.mastermusiciansfestival.org Annual BBQ RibFest: Blues, Brews & BBQ TBA BBQ, Loo & Blues Too! Louisville Blues ’n’ Barbecue Festival Headwaters Park July 15-16, 2016 July 22-24, 2016 Fort Wayne, Indiana Waterloo, Iowa The Water Tower 206.602.1831 319.404.7308 Louisville, Kentucky www.bbqribfest.com www.mainstreetwaterloo.org 502.583.0333 www.louisvillebluesandbbqfestival.com
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 5 Hot August Blues Festival Congo Square Rhythms Festival Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival August 26-27, 2016 March 19-20, 2016 April 15-16, 2016 Kentucky Lake Louis Armstrong Park Downtown Hardin, Kentucky New Orleans, Louisiana Natchitoches, Louisiana 270.293.6641 504.558.6100 www.natchjazzfest.com www.hotaugustbluesfestival.com www.jazzandheritage.org/congo-square Festival International de Louisiane BBQ & Music at the Point Blues ’n’ BBQ Challenge – 10 Year April 20-24, 2016 September 16-17, 2016 Anniversary Lafayette, Louisiana Carrollton, Kentucky March 25-26, 2016 337.232.8086 800.325.4290 Hammond, Louisiana www.festivalinternational.com www.carrolltontourism.com 985.507.9175 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival www.hammondbluesandbbq.com Garvin Gate Blues Festival April 22- May 1, 2016 October 7-8, 2016 32nd Anniversary French Quarter Festival New Orleans, Louisiana Louisville, Kentucky April 7-10, 2016 504.410.4100 502.896.9833 New Orleans, Louisiana www.nojazzfest.com www.garvingatebluesfestival.com 800.673.5725 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival www.fqfi.org June 18-19, 2016 LOUISIANA Baton Rouge Blues Festival Louis Armstrong Park 9th Annual Big Easy Blues Festival April 9-10, 2016 New Orleans, Louisiana February 27, 2016 Downtown Baton Rouge 504.558.6100 UNO Lakefront Arena Baton Rouge, Louisiana www.jazzandheritage.org/cajun-zydeco New Orleans, LA 225.383.0968 36th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival www.ticketmaster.com www.batonrougebluesfestival.org July 15-16, 2016 800.745.3000 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week Natchitoches, Louisiana 7th Annual T-Bois Blues Festival April 9-14, 2016 318.357.4332 March 17-19, 2016 Chicot State park www.nsula.edu/folklife T-Bois Alligator Farm Ville Platte, Louisiana Satchmo Summerfest Larose, Louisiana 337.234.8360 August 4-7, 2016 www.tboisbluesfestival.com www.lafolkroots.org New Orleans, Louisiana 800.673.5725 www.fqfi.org JUNE Western Maryland 2–5 SPONSORS: The City of Hagerstown Maryland State Arts Council BLUES FEST 2016 Washington County Arts Council Ana Popovic Mike Zito and The Wheel Hamilton Loomis Mingo Fishtrap Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers Albert Cummings Albert Castiglia Quinn Sullivan Selwyn Birchwood ...and many more!*
CITY CENTER & CITY PARK TICKETS: 301.791.3246 or BLUES-FEST.ORG Hagerstown, MD *Acts subject to change 6 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide Le Cajun Music Awards & Festival Annual Western Maryland Blues Fest Bayou ‘n’ Boogie Festival TBA June 2-5, 2016 TBA Cade Community Center Hagerstown, Maryland Rehoboth, Massachusetts Cade, Louisiana 301.739.8577 ext. 116 401.965.0849 713.240.5089 www.blues-fest.org www.bayounboogiefest.com www.cajunfrenchmusic.org Federal Hill Main Street Jazz & Blues Green River Festival Ponderosa Stomp Festival July 8-10, 2016 TBA June 5, 2016 Greenfield, Massachusetts New Orleans, Louisiana Baltimore, Maryland 413.773.5463 504.810.3119 410.727.4500 www.greenriverfestival.com www.ponderosastomp.com www.historicfederalhill.org Paulie’s NOLA Jazz & Blues Festival Cutting Edge Music Business Conference & Silver Spring Blues Week TBA Roots Music Gathering June 13-17, 2016 Worcester, Massachusetts August 25-27, 2016 Silver Spring, Maryland www.baevents.com New Orleans, Louisiana www.silverspringblues.com www.cuttingedgemusicbusiness.com 24th Annual Onset Bay Blues Festival Silver Spring Blues Festival August 6, 2016 Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival June 18, 2016 Onset, Massachusetts September 3, 2016 Silver Spring, Maryland 508.295.7072 Zydeco Park www.silverspringblues.com www.onsetbluesfestival.com Plaisance, Louisiana 337.942.2392 Annual Common Ground on the Hill Festival Gloucester Blues Festival July 9-10, 2016 Library Park Blues Festival www.zydeco.org Carroll County Farm Museum TBA Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival Westminster, Maryland Gloucester, Massachusetts September 23-24, 2016 410.857.2771 978.325.0705 Bogalusa, Louisiana www.commongroundonthehill.org www.gloucesterbluesfestival.com 985.732.6200 www.bogalusablues.com Artscape North River Blues Festival July 15-17, 2016 TBA Festival Acadiens et Créoles Baltimore, Maryland Marshfield, Massachusetts October 13-16, 2016 410.752.8632 www.rhythmroomrecords.com Girard Park www.artscape.org Lafayette, Louisiana Blues ’n’ Brews Festival TBA www.festivalsacadiens.com Blues and Brews Festival July 23, 2016 Westford, Massachusetts Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Steppingstone Museum 978.772.3612 October 14-16, 2016 Havre de Grace, Maryland www.bluesandbrewsrotary.org Lafayette Square Park 410.939.2299 New Orleans, Louisiana www.steppingstonemuseum.org Wachusett Mountain Music Festival September 10-11, 2016 504.558.6100 Princeton, Massachusetts www.jazzandheritage.org/blues-fest Hot August Blues & Roots Festival August 20, 2016 978.464.2300 Oregon Ridge Park www.wachusett.com MAINE Cockeysville, Maryland 887.321.3378 Library Park Blues Festival Annual Maine Blues Festival September 17, 2016 June 17-19, 2016 www.hotaugustblues.com Woburn, Massachusetts Naples, Maine Alonzo’s Memorial Picnic www.bluesforveterans.org 207.333.2135 TBA www.mainebluesfestival.com Baltimore, Maryland MICHIGAN North Atlantic Blues Festival 410.744.2291 July 16-17, 2016 www.mojoworkin.com Annual White Lake Blues Festival May 7, 2016 Rockland, Maine Whitehall, Michigan 207.596.6055 MASSACHUSETTS 231.894.5523 www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com The Reel Blues Fest www.killerblues.net American Folk Festival April 29, 2016 with other dates to follow August 26-28, 2016 North Falmouth, Massachusetts Jackson Blues Festival June 2-4, 2016 Bangor, Maine 508.495.3456 Jackson County Airport 207.992.2630 www.thereelbluesfest.org Jackson, Michigan www.americanfolkfestival.com New England Blues Summit 517.962.5939 May 13-15, 2016 www.experiencejackson.com MARYLAND Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center Hyannis, Massachusetts 12th Annual Alpena Blues Festival Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival June 18, 2016 May 21-22, 2016 781.834.2948 Alpena, Michigan Sandy Point State Park www.rhythmroomrecords.com www.alpenablues.com 410.257.7413 Annapolis, Maryland www.bayblues.org
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 7 Traverse City Blues, Brews & BBQ Blues by the Bay in the Tawases “Smokin’ in Steele” BBQ Contest and Blues July 2, 2016 August 26-28, 2016 Fest Southside Festival Grounds East Tawas/Tawas City, Michigan June 3-4, 2016 Buckley, Michigan 989.362.5276 Steele County Fairgrounds www.traversecitybluesfest.com www.bluesbythebaytawas.org Owatonna, Minnesota 507.279.4015 Kalamazoo Blues Festival Marquette Area Blues Festival www.smokininsteele.com July 7-9, 2016 September 2-4, 2016 Kalamazoo, Michigan Marquette, Michigan Famous Dave’s BBQ & Blues Festival 269.381.6514 906.228.9925 TBA www.kvba.org www.marquetteareabluessociety.com Peavey Plaza Minneapolis, Minnesota Blissfest Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & Barbecue Blues 952.294.1300 July 8-10, 2016 Festival www.famousdaves.com Blissfest Festival Farm September 9-10, 2016 Harbor Springs, Michigan Brighton, Michigan Santiago Shakedown 231.348.7047 810.227.5086 TBA www.blissfest.org www.brightoncoc.org Bailey Ray’s Bandshell Park Santiago, Minnesota Ribs ’n’ R&B Jazz Festival Old Town BluesFest 763.856.8900 August 12-14, 2016 September 16-17, 2016 www.baileyrays.com Detroit, Michigan Lansing, Michigan 800.794.7503 517.371.4600 17th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival www.ribsrnbjazzfest.com www.oldtownbluesfest.com June 23-25, 2016 Mears Park Cowpie Music Fest St. Paul, Minnesota August 12-14, 2016 MINNESOTA www.hotsummerjazz.com Alaska, Michigan Hambone Music Festival 616.293.2675 TBA Lakefront Music Festival www.cowpiemusicfestival.com Rochester, Minnesota July 15-16, 2016 507.424.5880 Prior Lake, Minnesota Festival on the Bay www.hambonemusicfestival.com 952.403.9601 August 19-20, 2016 Lakefrontmusicfest.com Petoskey, Michigan www.petoskeyfestival.com
PENNSYLVANIA BLUES FESTIVAL produced by Michael Cloeren September 16-18, 2016 Split Rock Resort, Lake Harmony PA Buckwheat Zydeco Ronnie Earl &The Broadcasters Kenny Neal The Campbell Brothers Guy Davis Toronzo Cannon Delmark Records Revue- The Mike Wheeler Band with s/g Jimmy Burns & Peaches Staten 10 addtional national acts
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8 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide 27th Annual Bayfront Blues Festival Market Street Festival Juneteenth Celebration August 12-14, 2016 May 6-7, 2016 June 17-18, 2016 Duluth, Minnesota Columbus, Mississippi Sim Scott Park 715.394.6831 662.328.6305 Columbus, Mississippi www.bayfrontblues.com www.marketstreetfestival.com 662.329.5871 www.visitmississippi.org Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest MISSISSIPPI May 6-8, 2016 43rd Bentonia Blues Festival Mississippi Blues Fest Clarksdale, Mississippi June 18, 2016 March 5, 2016 901.605.8662 Bentonia, Mississippi Leflore Country Civic Center www.visitmississippi.org 662.528.1900 Greenwood, Mississippi www.visityazoo.org Mother’s Day Blues Festival 662.453.9197 May 8, 2016 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic www.mississippibluesfest.com Laurel, Mississippi June 24-25, 2016 Catfish Festival www.visitmississippi.org Potts Camp, Mississippi April 2, 2016 662.801.7272 City of Batesville’s SpringFest Belzoni, Mississippi www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com May 13-14, 2016 662.247.4838 Batesville, Mississippi Hill Country Blackberry Festival www.belzonims.com 662.563.3126 June 25, 2016 Vicksburg Riverfest www.batesvillemainstreet.com 662.316.9557 April 15-16, 2016 New Albany, Mississippi 24th Annual Leland Crawfish Festival Vicksburg, Mississippi May 14, 2016 Lena’s July 4th Celebration www.riverfestms.com Leland, Mississippi July 4, 2016 36th Annual Alcorn State University Jazz 662.347.4223 Lena, Mississippi Festival www.highway61blues.com 601.267.7118 April 16, 2016 www.leakems.com Down from the Hills Heritage Music Series Vicksburg, Mississippi May 21, 2016 Duck Hill Grassroots Blues Festival 601.877.6602 New Albany, Mississippi July 8-9, 2016 www.alcorn.edu/jazzfest 662.538.0014 Duck Hill, Mississippi Juke Joint Festival & Related Events www.ucheritagemuseum.com 662.565.2478 April 16, 2016 www.grassrootsblues.com The Square Affair Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi May 21, 2016 Oxford Blues Festival 662.624.5992 Carthage, Mississippi July 15-16, 2016 www.jukejointfestival.com 601.267.9231 Oxford, Mississippi Cotton District Arts Festival www.cityofcarthage.org 662.259.7190 April 16, 2016 www.oxfordbluesfest.com World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Starkville, Mississippi Contest and Festival Bikes, Blues, and Bayous 662.324.3080 May 26-30, 2016 August 6, 2016 www.cdafestival.com Oxford, Mississippi Front Street Annual Crosstie Festival www.oldtimepiano.org Greenwood, MS April 16, 2016 662.453.4152 B.B. King Homecoming Concert Cleveland, Mississippi www.bikesbluesbayous.com May 28, 2016 662.402.5451 Indianola, Mississippi Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival www.crosstie-arts.org 662.887.9539 August 12-14, 2016 Cat Head Mini Blues Festival I www.bbkingmuseum.org Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi April 17, 2016 662.624.5648 Elvis Festival Clarksdale, Mississippi www.sunflowerfest.org June 2-5, 2016 662.624.5992 Tupelo, Mississippi Cat Head 14th Anniversary Blues Party www.cathead.biz 888.273.7798 August 14, 2016 Double Decker Festival www.tupeloelvisfestival.com Clarksdale, Mississippi April 22-23, 2016 662.624.5992 Blues Bash Oxford, Mississippi www.cathead.biz June 3, 2016 662.232.2477 Laurel, Mississippi Annual Robert Johnson Blues Festival www.doubledeckerfestival.com 601.649.6370 TBA Natchez Bluff Blues Fest [email protected] Terry, Mississippi TBA www.lrma.org [email protected] Natchez, Mississippi www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/ Levitt AMP Concert Series 601.870.1008 festival06.html June 4-every Saturday for 10 weeks www.phatriver.com 662.316.9557 Jackson Rhythm & Blues Festival Natchez Trace Festival New Albany, Mississippi August 19-20, 2016 April 29-30, 2016 Jackson, Mississippi Kosciusko, Mississippi 601.960.1891 662.289.2981 www.jacksonrhythmandbluesfestival.com www.natcheztravel.com
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 9 Otha Turner Family Picnic Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Mighty Mississippi Music Festival – TBA Festival Highway 61 Blues Festival Senatobia, Mississippi September 10, 2016 September 30- October 2, 2016 662.562.7606 Pascagoula, Mississippi Warfield Point Park 228.497.5493 Greeneville, Mississippi 19th Annual Mississippi Jazz & Heritage www.msgulfcoastbluesfest.com 662.347.4223 Festival www.highway61blues.com TBA 39th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Belzoni, Indianola, Shelby, Greenville, and Heritage Festival Oktoberfest Greenwood, Mississippi September 17, 2016 TBA 662.453.9197 Greenville, Mississippi Carthage, Mississippi www.jazzmississippi.com 888.812.5837 601.267.9231 662.335.3523 www.festivalnet.com Mississippi John Hurt Gospel & Blues www.visitthedelta.com Festival Cat Head Mini Blues Festival III September 3-4, 2016 Farish Street Festival October 9, 2016 Avalon, Mississippi TBA Cat Head www.mississippijohnhurtfoundation.org Jackson, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi 601.948.5667 662.624.5992 Annual Howlin’ Wolf Memorial Blues Festival www.farishstreetheritagefestival.com www.cathead.biz September 4, 2016 West Point, Mississippi Annual Shed BBQ Shedhead Blues Festival 16th Annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming 662.605.0770 TBA TBA www.wpnet.org Ocean Springs, Mississippi Hopson Commissary 228.875.9590 Clarksdale, Mississippi Gateway to the Delta Festival www.theshedbbq.com 662.902.3866 TBA www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org Charleston, Mississippi Wing Dang Doodle Festival www.charlestongatewayfestival.com September 24, 2016 Deep Blues Festival Gaddis Park October 13-16, 2016 Delta Busking Festival Forest, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi TBA 601.469.4332 www.deepbluesfest.com Clarksdale, Mississippi www.wingdangdoodlefestival.com 901.605.8662 Blues and Heritage Festival www.bridgingtheblues.com October 22, 2016 Picayune, Mississippi 601.799.3070 www.picayunemainstreet.com
10 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide The Dancing Rabbit Festival Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest MONTANA October 22, 2016 April 15-17, 2016 800.487.0165 Washington, Missouri Montana Folk Festival Macon, Mississippi 888.792.7466 July 8-10, 2016 www.downtownwashmo.org Butte, Montana Great Delta Bear Affair 406.497.6464 October 22, 2016 Rock’n Ribs BBQ Festival www.montanafolkfestival.com Rolling Fork, Mississippi April 22-23, 2016 662.873.6261 Ozark Empire Fair Grounds Big Sky Blues Festival www.greatdeltabearaffair.org Springfield, Missouri August 5-7, 2016 347.424.2566 Noxon, Montana Annual Hambone Festival www.rocknribs.com 406.827.4210 October 27-30, 2016 www.bigskyblues.com Clarksdale, Mississippi Round Barn Blues 662.253.5586 April 30, 2016 Magic City Blues: Montana’s Urban Music www.hambonefestival.com Kirksville, Missouri Festival 660.665.2760 August 5-6, 2016 Bukka White Blues Festival www.woodennickelrestaurant.com Billings, Montana Weekend after Columbus Day 406.670.2329 Aberdeen, Mississippi Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest www.magiccityblues.com 662.436.8560 June 3-4, 2016 662.369.9440 Gladstone, Missouri Riverfront Blues Festival www.bukkawhitefestival.com www.gladstonechamber.com TBA 816.436.4523 Riverfront Park Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge Libby, Montana TBA Parkville River Jam Jazz, Blues and Fine 406.293.5900 Historic Club Ebony Arts Festival www.riverfrontbluesfestival.com Indianola, Mississippi TBA [email protected] Parkville, Missouri NEBRASKA www.indianolablues.org 816.880.9026 www.parkvilleriverjam.com Spring Wine, Beer, Blues and Balloon Tommy Johnson Blues Festival Festival November 4-5, 2016 Bear Creek Blues Festival June 4, 2016 Terry, Mississippi TBA Soaring Wings Vineyard 601.212.6088 Slater, Missouri Springfield, Nebraska www.tommyjohnsonblues.com 660.529.2212 402.253.2479 www.bearcreekblues.com Annual Tallahatchie Flats Fall Music www.soaringwingswine.com Festival: Rhythm on the River Boxcar of Blues Festival Omaha Summer Arts Festival TBA TBA June 10-12, 2016 Tallahatchie Flats Kansas City, Missouri Omaha, Nebraska Greenwood, Mississippi 816.483.1456 402.345.5401 866.93.FLATS www.knuckleheadskc.com www.summerarts.org www.tallahatchieflats.com 19th Annual Big Muddy Blues Festival Playing With Fire 11th Anniversary Native American Days TBA Celebration TBA St. Louis, Missouri TBA Winterville Mounds, Mississippi 314.241.5875 Omaha, Nebraska 662.334.4684 www.bigmuddybluesfestival.com www.playingwithfireomaha.net www.mdah.state.ms.us Greater Ozarks Blues Festival Blue Water Blues Festival St. Gabriel Harvest Festival TBA TBA November 5, 2016 Springfield, Missouri Lewellen, Nebraska Mound Bayou, Mississippi www.greaterozarksbluesfest.com 308.778.5542 662.741.3255 Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival www.bluewaterfest.com www.stgabrielmc.org September 17, 2016 Mississippi Blues Marathon St. Louis, Missouri NEVADA January 7, 2017 314.962.3300 Blues & Brews Festival Jackson, Mississippi www.oldwebsterjazzfestival.com April 22-24, 2016 [email protected] 8th Annual Roots ’n’ Blues ’n’ BBQ Festival Colorado Belle Casino Resort www.msbluesmarathon.com September 30- October 2, 2016 Laughlin, Nevada Stephens Lake Park 702.298.4000 MISSOURI Columbia, Missouri www.coloradobelle.com 11th Annual St. Louis Blues Festival www.rootsnbluesnbbq.com Las Vegas Brews & Blues Festival March 3-4, 2016 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz & Blues Festival May 28, 2016 Chaifetz Arena TBA The Springs Preserve Amphitheater St. Louis, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Las Vegas, Nevada 314.977.5000 816.474.8463 702.822.7700 www.thechaifetzarena.com www.americanjazzmuseum.com www.springspreserve.org
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 11 Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews & Blues Festival Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival Pt. Pleasant Jazz & Blues Festival June 17-18, 2016 September 24-25, 2016 June 18, 2016 Reno, Nevada Portsmouth, New Hampshire Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey 775.786.5700 www.newenglandfolknetwork.org/pmff/ 732.933.1984 www.eldoradoreno.com www.jsjbf.org NEW JERSEY www.jerseyshorefestival.org Jazz and Beyond – Carson City Music Festival Centenary Blues Bash Baymen’s Seafood & Music Festival TBA March 18-19, 2016 June 25-26, 2016 Carson City, Nevada Hackettstown, New Jersey Tuckerton, New Jersey 775.883.4154 908.979.0900 609.296.8868 www.jazzcarsoncity.com www.centenarystageco.org www.tuckertonseaport.org Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off Bourbon Street Blues Fest Anglesea Blues Festival/ New Jersey State August 31- September 5, 2016 TBA Barbeque Championship Sparks, Nevada Lebanon Township, New Jersey July 8-10, 2016 800.648.1177 609.488.4789 North Wildwood, New Jersey www.nuggetribcookoff.com www.bourbonstreetbluesfest.com 609.523.6565 www.angleseablues.com Cape May Music Festival NEW HAMPSHIRE May 29 - June 16 Asbury Park Blues and Brews Barnful of Blues Cape May, NJ 08204 July 23, 2016 TBA (609) 884-5404, (800) 275-4278 ext. 153 Asbury Park, New Jersey New Boston, New Hampshire [email protected] 732.933.1984 603.325.8659 capemaymac.org www.jsjbf.org www.granitestateblues.org www.jerseyshorefestival.org Michael Arnone’s 27th Annual Crawfish Fest White Mountain Boogie ’n’ Blues Festival June 3-5, 2016 Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival August 19-21, 2016 Sussex County Fairgrounds August 27, 2016 Thornton, New Hampshire Augusta, New Jersey Long Branch, New Jersey 603.726.3867 www.crawfishfest.com 732.933.1984 www.whitemountainboogie.com www.jsjbf.org www.jerseyshorefestival.org
From acoustic masters to electric wizards SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES is an authentic TOP TEN venue CELEBRATING ITS 29TH FREE FESTIVAL
August 12-13-14, 2016
In historic downtown Clarksdale where it was awarded a Mississippi Blues Trail Marker
For lineups & updates visit www.sunflowerfest.org
12 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide South Orange International Blues Festival Chenango Blues Festival NORTH DAKOTA September 11, 2016 August 19-20, 2016 West Orange, New Jersey Norwich, New York Winter Blues Festival 973.378.8973 607.334.5653 ext. 1 February 6, 2016 www.southorangebluesfestival.com www.chenangobluesfest.org Fargo, North Dakota 866.552.5837 Hudson River Blues and BBQ Festival www.fargobluesfest.com NEW MEXICO August 20, 2016 Buggies ’n’ Blues Classic Car Show – 21st 20th Annual Silver City Blues and Bikes Hudson River Park Pier 97 Anniversary Celebration Festival New York, New York June 11-12, 2016 May 27-29, 2016 917.661.6824 Mandan, North Dakota Gough Park www.hudsonriverpark.org 701.258.8876 Silver City, New Mexico Niagara Falls Blues Festival www.buggies-n-blues.org 888.758.7289 September 16-18, 2016 www.mimbresarts.org Niagara Falls, New York Fargo Blues Festival July 29-30, 2016 River & Brews Blues Fest www.niagarafallsbluesfest.org Fargo, North Dakota TBA 866.552.5837 Red River, New Mexico NORTH CAROLINA www.fargobluesfest.com 800.348.6444 ext. 1 www.redriverbluesfest.com Merlefest April 28- May 1, 2016 OHIO 11th Annual Animas River Blues Festival Wilkesboro, North Carolina July 16, 2016 800.343.7857 Pickle’s Blues Extravaganza Riverside Park www.merlefest.org TBA Aztec, New Mexico Lima, Ohio 505.333.4616 Rowan Blues & Jazz Festival 419.221.3897 May 13-14, 2016 www.animasriverblues.com www.picklesbluesextravaganza.com Salisbury, North Carolina 704.636.3277 River City Blues Fest NEW YORK www.rowanbluesandjazz.org March 18-19, 2016 Marietta, Ohio 11th Annual Mountain Jam Carolina Blues Festival 304.422.2944 June 2-5, 2016 May 21, 2016 www.bjfm.org Hunter, New York Festival Park 855.821.9209 Greensboro, North Carolina Canton Blues Festival www.mountainjam.com www.fest.piedmontblues.org June 10-11, 2016 Canton, Ohio Rhythm & Soul Music Festival Annual Blues ’n’ Brews Festival 800.533.4302 TBA June 4, 2016 www.events.downtowncanton.com New York, New York Festival Park 212.252.2528 Fayetteville, North Carolina The Toledo Food Bank’s NW Ohio Blues, 305.707.4730 910.323.4234 Rhythm, and Jazz Festival www.myspace.com/rsmf www.cfrt.org TBA Promenade Park Annual Riverhead Blues Festival Cape Fear Blues Festival Downtown Toledo, Ohio June 16-17, 2016 June 17-19, 2016 419.242.5000 ext. 212 Vail-Leavitt Music Hall Wilmington, North Carolina www.toledofoodbank.org Riverhead, New York 910.350.8822 631.727.5782 www.capefearblues.org Washboard Music Festival www.riverblues.org June 16-18, 2016 Festival for the Eno Logan, Ohio Barrier Beach Blues & Arts Festival July 2 & 4, 2016 740.380.3828 TBA Durham, North Carolina www.washboardmusicfestival.com Long Beach, New York 919.620.9099 ext. 203 516.456.9902 www.enoriver.org Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival www.barrierbeachblues.com June 17-19, 2016 New River Blues Festival Creekside Park Great Blue Heron Music Festival September 4, 2016 Gahanna, Ohio July 1-3, 2016 The River House 614.418.9114 Sherman, New York Grassy Creek, North Carolina www.creeksidebluesandjazz.com 716.761.7190 336.982.2109 www.greatblueheron.com www.newriverbluesfestival.info Hudson Blues, Brews & BBQs Festival TBA New York State Blues Festival Bull Durham Blues Festival – 26th Hudson, Ohio July 8-9, 2016 Anniversary 886.241.7881 Syracuse, New York TBA www.hudsonbluesbrewsandbbq.com 315.952.1259 Durham, North Carolina www.nysbluesfest.com 919.683.1709 Rhythm on the River June 24- July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016 Finger Lakes Wine Festival www.hayti.org/music Pomeroy, Ohio July 15-17, 2016 740.992.6524 Watkins Glen, New York www.pomeroyblues.org 866.461.7223 www.flwinefest.com
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 13 Big Bend Blues Bash Midpoint Music Festival OREGON July 29-30, 2016 TBA Pomeroy, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Soul’d Out Festival 740.992.6524 877.572.8690 April 13-17, 2016 www.pomeroyblues.org www.mpmf.com Portland, Oregon [email protected] Canal Winchester Blues and Ribfest www.souldoutfestival.com July 29-30, 2016 OKLAHOMA Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Canal Winchester, Ohio Bixby BBQ’n Music Festival July 1-4, 2016 www.bluesandribfest.com May 6-7, 2016 McCall Waterfront Park Washington Irving Memorial Park Lebanon Blues Festival Portland, Oregon Bixby, Oklahoma August 6, 2016 503.282.0555 www.bixbyrotarybbq.com Lebanon, Ohio www.waterfrontbluesfest.com 513.588.0321 Paul’s Valley Brickfest Beacon Hills Blues Festival www.lebanonbluesfestival.org TBA TBA Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma Cincy Blues Fest Ashland, Oregon 405.238.2555 August 12-13, 2016 541.944.6764 - Mark Howard www.paulsvalley.com Cincinnati, Ohio www.ashlandblues.org 513.739.2583 Bricktown Blues & BBQ Festival Bronze Blues & Brews www.cincybluesfest.org TBA August 12-13, 2016 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma African-American Cross-Cultural Works Joseph, Oregon 405.236.4143 Blues & Jazz Fest 541.432.2215 www.bricktownokc.com TBA www.bronzebluesbrews.com Yellow Springs, Ohio Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival 937.767.9114 September 4-6, 2016 PENNSYLVANIA www.aacw.org Rentiesville, Oklahoma 918.855.0978 Lancaster Roots and Blues Festival Black Swamp Arts Festival www.dcminnerblues.com February 26-28, 2016 September 9-11, 2016 Lancaster, Pennsylvania Bowling Green, Ohio Hound Dog Blues Festival 717.945.5500 419.354.2723 TBA lancasterrootsandblues.com/ www.blackswamparts.org Tulsa, Oklahoma www.tulsaworld.com
14 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide Blast Furnace Blues Festival Pennsylvania Blues Festival Annual Blues Stage at Arts March 11-13, 2016 September 16-18, 2016 International Festival SteelStacks Campus Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania TBA Bethlehem, Pennsylvania www.pennsylvaniabluesfestival.com Francis Marion University www.steelstacks.org Florence, South Carolina RHODE ISLAND www.fmarion.edu Media Americana Roots Ramble April 9, 2016 24th Annual Cajun & Zydeco Mardis Gras 10th Annual Mac Arnold Cornbread & Media, Pennsylvania Ball Collard Greens Blues Festival www.statestreetblues.com February 13, 2016 April 28-30, 2016 Cranston, Rhode Island Florence, South Carolina Bucks County Blues Society Spring Fever 401.783.3926 www.mardigrasri.com 843.662.8424 Footstomper www.macarnold.com/tour.html April 17, 2016 9th Annual Bayou ’n’ Boogie Festival Edgely, Pennsylvania TBA Rivertown Music & Arts Festival 215.946.4794 Diamond Hill Park May 7, 2016 www.buckscountybluessociety.org Cumberland, Rhode Island Conway, South Carolina 401.965.0849 843.248.2273 Lehigh River Blues Jam www.bayounboogiefest.com www.visitmyrtlebeach.com April 29-30, 2016 Allentown, Pennsylvania Newport Folk Festival Piccolo Spoleto Festival www.lehighriverbluesjam.com July 22-24, 2016 May 27- June 12, 2016 Fort Adams State Park Charleston, South Carolina Annual State Street Blues Stroll Newport, Rhode Island 843.579.3100 June 11, 2016 [email protected] spoletousa.org/ Media, Pennsylvania www.newportfolkfest.net 610.566.5210 16th Annual Greenwood Blues Cruise www.statestreetblues.com Rhythm & Roots July 7-9, 2016 September 2-4, 2016 Greenwood, South Carolina Billtown Blues Festival Ninigret Park 864.942.8448 June 18, 2016 Charlestown, Rhode Island www.greenwoodbluescruise.com Hughesville, Pennsylvania 888.855.6940 570.584.4480 South Carolina Festival of Discovery www.rhythmandroots.com www.billtownblues.org July 7-9, 2016 Greenwood, South Carolina Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts SOUTH CAROLINA www.festivalofdiscovery.com Festival June 18, 2016 Lowcountry Blues Bash 20th Annual Carolina Downhome Blues Honesdale, Pennsylvania February 28, 2015 Festival 570.253.4699 Charleston, South Carolina October 6-8, 2016 www.honesdalerootsandrhythm.com 843.762.9125 Camden, South Carolina www.bluesbash.com 803.425.7676 Briggs Farm Blues Festival www.fineartscenter.org July 8-10, 2016 Blues and BBQ Harbor Cruises Nescopeck, Pennsylvania Beginning March 31 through the end of October 10th Annual American Music 570.379.3342 (Every Thursday) Celebration www.briggsfarm.com 843.722.1112 TBA www.charlestonharbortours.com Freshfields Village Pittsburgh Blues Festival Kiawah Island, South Carolina TBA 25th Annual Lowcountry Cajun Fest 843.762.9125 Hartwood Acres April 3, 2016 www.myspace.com/americanmusiccelebration Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania James Island County Park 412.460.2583 Charleston, South Carolina Columbia’s 20th Annual Free Blues Festival www.pghblues.com 843.795.4386 TBA www.ccprc.com Columbia, South Carolina AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival 803.708.4500 August 5-7, 2016 Sea & Sand Festival www.wordofmouthproductions.org Johnstown, Pennsylvania TBA 814.539.1889 Folly Beach, South Carolina Pee Dee Blues Bash www.floodcitymusic.com 843.408.6439 TBA www.follybeachseaandsand.com Florence, South Carolina The Peach Music Festival 843.762.9125 August 11-14, 2016 12th Annual Blues by the Sea www.peedeebluesbash.com Montage Mountain April 10, 2016 Scranton, Pennsylvania Freshfields Village South Carolina Pecan Festival www.thepeachmusicfestival.com Kiawah Island, South Carolina November 5, 2016 843.762.9125 Florence, South Carolina Philadelphia Folk Festival www.discoversouthcarolina.com 843.762.9125 August 18-21, 2016 www.florencedowntown.com Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Greater Clemson Music Festival 215.247.1300 April 15-24, 2016 www.pfs.org Clemson, South Carolina 864.650.0585 www.clemsonbluesfest.org
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 15 SOUTH DAKOTA Jus’ Blues Music Awards Tall City Blues Fest August 3, 2016 July 8-9, 2016 Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival Memphis, Tennessee Midland, Texas July 14-16, 2016 678.403.1993 432.262.0034 Sioux Falls, South Dakota www.jusblues.org www.tallcitybluesfest.com 605.335.6101 www.jazzfestsiouxfalls.com Muddy Roots Music Festival Navasota Blues Festival September 2-5, 2016 TBA TENNESSEE Cookeville, TN Navasota, Texas 615.971.2754 936.825.6600 Beale Street Music Festival www.muddyrootsmusic.com www.navasotabluesfest.org April 29- May 1, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee Memphis Music and Heritage Festival Summertime Bikes & Blues Festival 901.525.4611 September 3-4, 2016 September 2-3, 2016 www.memphisinmay.org Memphis, Tennessee Freeport, Texas 901.525.3655 979.482.2036 37th Blues Music Awards www.southernfolklore.com www.freeportbluesfestival.blogspot.com May 5, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee 10th Annual Louie Bluie Music & Arts Bedford Labor Day Blues & BBQ Festival 901.527.2583 Festival September 2-4, 2016 www.blues.org September 24, 2016 Bedford, Texas Cove Lake State Park 817.952.2128 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Caryville, Tennessee www.bedfordbluesbbq.com June 9-12, 2016 www.louibluie.org Manchester, Tennessee Annual Eastside Kings Festival www.bonnaroo.com Hatchie Fall Festival September 9-11, 2016 October 15, 2016 Austin, Texas Riverbend Festival Brownsville, Tennessee 512.228.8434 June 10-18, 2016 731.779.9000 www.facebook.com/eastsidekingsfestival Chattanooga, Tennessee www.hatchiefallfest.com 423.756.2211 Austin City Limits Music Festival www.riverbendfestival.com International Blues Challenge September 30- October 2 & October 7-9, 2016 January 31- February 4, 2017 Zilker Park Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival Memphis, Tennessee Austin, Texas June 18, 2016 901.527.2583 www.aclfestival.com Nashville, Tennessee www.blues.org/ibc 615.726.5867 Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembrance Ride & www.jumptojefferson.com Concert TEXAS October 2, 2016 H-Town Blues Festival Dallas, Texas February 5, 2016 www.srvrideandconcert.org NRG Arena Subscribe to Houston, Texas UTAH 832.667.1400 www.ngrpark.com Utah Arts Festival June 23-26, 2016 Living Blues! Old Settler’s Music Festival Salt Lake City, Utah April 14-17, 2016 801.322.2428 Driftwood, Texas www.uaf.org Print or DigitaL EDitionS 512.346.0999 ext. 3 www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org VERMONT go to: 8th Annual Simply Texas Blues Festival Discover Jazz Festival May 14, 2016 June 3-12, 2016 www.livingblues.com San Angelo, Texas Burlington, Vermont 325.656.3366 802.863.7992 www.sanangelobluessociety.com [email protected] The Business of Robert Johnson Fakery www.discoverjazz.com ® © Kerrville Folk Festival May 26- June 12, 2016 VIRGINIA Issue #241 Kerrville, Texas Vol. 47, #1
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Super Chikan – Roosting With Superthe Blues www.kerrville-music.com March 3, 2016
Razorblade Charlie Sayles Wee Willie Walker Sidewinder Steakhouse & Saloon ChikanBlues Man Willie T-Bone Walker Festival roosting With June 3-4, 2016 Roanoke, Virginia the Blues Longview, Texas 540.529.8502 razorBlade www.blueridgeblues.org Charlie SayleS 903.237.1230 Wee Willie Walker www.tbonewalkerfest.com Sedalia BBQ & Blues Festival BlueS Boy Willie Texas Folklife Festival May 7, 2016 Big Island, Virginia $6.95 US $6.95 CAN June 10-12, 2016 www.livingblues.com San Antonio, Texas 434.299.5080 210.458.2300 www.sedaliacenter.org www.texancultures.com
16 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide 14th Annual Hampton Acoustic Blues WASHINGTON Bumbershoot Revival September 2-4, 2016 TBA Annual UnTapped Blues & Brews Festival Seattle Center Hampton, Virginia May 13-14, 2016 Seattle, Washington 757.722.5811 Kennewick, Washington 206.673.5060 www.natchelblues.org www.untappedblues.com www.bumbershoot.com Tinner Hill Blues Festival: A Tribute to John Sunbanks Resort Rhythm & Blues Festival Westport Blues Festival Jackson May 19-22 & September 8-11, 2016 September 9-11, 2016 June 10-12, 2016 Electric City, Washington Westport, Washington Falls Church, Virginia 888.822.7195 360.268.0111 703.241.4109 www.sunbanksfestival.com www.westportblues.com www.tinnerhill.org Northwest Folklife Festival WEST VIRGINIA Stone Soul Music & Food Festival May 27-30, 2016 Seattle, Washington June 11, 2016 Riverside Blues Festival 206.684.7300 Richmond, Virginia TBA www.nwfolklife.org www.kissrichmond.com Elkins, West Virginia 304.591.4494 Virginia Blues & Jazz Festival Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival www.riversidebluesfest.com TBA TBA Tacoma, Washington Hot Springs, Virginia Snowshoe Mountain Blues, Brews & BBQ 253.227.0335 877.558.1689 August 5-6, 2016 www.tacomajazzfestival.com www.garthnewel.org Snowshoe Mountain Resort Snowshoe, West Virginia Annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival The Crossroads Blues Festival 877.441.4386 TBA June 16-18, 2016 www.snowshoemtn.com Arlington, Virginia Kettle Falls, Washington 509.738.2350 703.892.2776 Heritage Music Blues Fest www.rockcutblues.com www.columbiapike.org August 12-14, 2016 Wheeling, West Virginia Bayou Boogaloo Music & Cajun Food Sweet Onion Festival 304.238.6064 Festival June 18-19, 2016 www.heritagemusicfest.com June 24-26, 2016 Walla Walla, Washington Norfolk, Virginia 509.525.1031 757.664.6620 www.sweetonions.org WISCONSIN www.festeventsva.org 29th Annual Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Blues Café Colonial Beach Blues Festival Festival March 12, 2016 TBA July 15-17, 2016 Wausau, Wisconsin Colonial Beach, Virginia The Blues Ranch 715.432.4349 804.214.0312 Winthrop, Washington www.gnbs.org www.colonial-beach-virginia-attractions.com 509.997.3837 www.winthropbluesfestival.com Paramount Blues Challenge Winchester Blues House Festival April 2, 2016 TBA Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival Circle B Recreation Center Winchester, Virginia July 28-31, 2016 Cedarburg, Wisconsin 540.662.7066 Bellingham, Washington www.graftonblues.org www.winchesterblueshouse.com 360.383.0850 www.bakerblues.com Cajun Fest Blues at the Beach June 4, 2016 TBA Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop Trempealeau Hotel Virginia Beach, Virginia July 31- August 7, 2016 Trempealeau, Wisconsin 757.425.3111 Port Townsend, Washington 608.534.6898 www.beachstreetusa.com 360.385.3102 www.trempealeauhotel.com www.centrum.org Bristol’s Rhythm & Roots Reunion Hot Rod ‘N’ Blues September 16-18, 2016 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival June 25, 2016 Bristol, Virginia August 5-6, 2016 Grafton, Wisconsin 423.573.1927 Port Townsend, Washington www.graftonblues.org www.bristolrhythm.com 360.385.3102 www.centrum.org 48th Summerfest Big Lick Blues Festival June 29- July 3 & July 5-10, 2016 TBA Snoqualmie Railroad Days Milwaukee, Wisconsin Roanoke, Virginia August 19-21, 2016 www.summerfest.com Snoqualmie, Washington 540.342.2640 Prairie Dog Blues Festival www.virginia.org 425.888.3030 www.railroaddays.com July 29-30, 2016 Richmond Folk Festival Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin October 7-9, 2016 A Case of the Blues REBOOT 888.567.1567 Richmond, Virginia August 20, 2016 www.prairiedogblues.com Downtown Riverfront Yakima, Washington 804.788.6466 509.453.8280 www.richmondfolkfestival.org www.yakimagreenway.org/blues
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 17 Blues on the Chippewa RBC Bluesfest AFRICA August 5-7, 2016 July 7-17, 2016 Durand, Wisconsin Lebraton Flats Cape Town International Jazz Festival 715.647.2154 Ottawa, Ontario April 1-2, 2016 www.bluesonthechippewa.org 866.258.3748 Cape Town, South Africa www.ottawabluesfest.ca +27.21.671.0506 Waukesha Blues Fest www.capetownjazzfest.com August 12-13, 2016 Tremblant International Blues Festival Naga-Waukee Park July 8-17, 2016 Joy of Jazz Jo’burg International Festival Delafield, Wisconsin Mont-Tremblant, Quebec TBA 800.366.1961 www.tremblantblues.com Johannesburg, South Africa www.waukeshabluesfest.com www.joyofjazz.co.za Thunder Bay Blues Festival Big Bull Falls Blues Fest July 8-10, 2016 SOUTH AMERICA August 19-20, 2016 Marina Park Wausau, Wisconsin Thunder Bay, Ontario Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival 715.843.0748 807.343.2309 TBA www.wausauareaevents.org www.tbayblues.ca www.riodasostrasjazzeblues.com Paramount Blues Festival Beaches Jazz Festival ASIA September 2-4, 2016 July 8-24, 2016 Grafton, Wisconsin Woodbine Park Jazzmandu 262.208.6288 or 262.208.6237 Toronto, Ontario October 20-26, 2016 www.graftonblues.org 416.423.2224 Kathmandu, Nepal www.beachesjazz.com +977.1980.351.6450 Oktoberfest Blues Bash www.jazzmandu.org TBA Bluesfest Windsor La Crosse, Wisconsin July 14-17, 2016 EUROPE 608.784.3378 Windsor, Ontario www.oktoberfestusa.com 866.934.6889 Pakkasukko Blues N’ Jazz www.bluesfestwindsor.com February 5-7, 2016 WYOMING Kemi, Lappland, Finland Kitchener Blues Festival +358.16.4580100 Sweetwater Blues ’n’ Brews Fest August 4-7, 2016 www.pakkasukko.com TBA Kitchener, Ontario Bunning Park 519.571.2555 International Boogie and Blues Festival Rock Springs, Wyoming www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com TBA 307.352.1434 LA Ermelo, Holland Donnacona au Rythme du Blues www.sweetwaterbluesnbrews.com +31.0341.568.585 August 11-14, 2016 www.boogiefestival.nl Donnacona, Québec CANADA 418.285.5696 Bierbeek Blues’d Up Festival Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival www.donnaconablues.com TBA February 12-14, 2016 Bierbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival www.bierbeekbluesdup.be Toronto, Ontario TBA www.winterfolk.com Deer Lake Park Delirium Blues Festival Pender Harbour Blues Festival Burnaby, British Columbia April 9, 2016 June 3-5, 2016 604.291.6864 Lichtervelde, Belgium Pender Harbour, British Columbia www.burnabybluesfestival.com +32.0477.618.388 www.hd-b.be 604.883.9961 Trois-Rivieres en Blues Penderharbourbluesfestival.com August 18-21, 2016 Stompin’ at the Savoy Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival Trois-Rivieres, Quebec April 11-17, 2016 June 9-20, 2016 www.3renblues.com Helsinki, Finland Barrie, Ontario www.blues-finland.com/events/ 24th Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival stompinatthesavoy.html www.barriejazzbluesfest.com August 19-21, 2016 All Canadian Roots and Blues Festival Salmon Arm, British Big Wheel Blues Festival TBA Columbia April 29- May 1, 2016 Picton, Ontario 250.833.4096 Isle of Man, United Kingdom 613.476.8416 www.rootsandblues.ca www.bigwheelblues.com Theregenttheatre.org Edmonton Blues Festival Blues Festival of Wales Beaumont Blues and Roots Festival August 19-21, 2016 TBA June 17-19, 2016 Hawrelak Park Cwm-twrch Uchaf, Powys, United Kingdom Beaumont, Alberta Edmonton, Alberta www.greenvalleyarts.co.uk 780.233.7779 780.708.7230 Kwadendamme Blues Festival www.beaumontblues.net www.bluesinternationalltd.com May 13-14, 2016 Stratford Blues & Rib Fest Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Kwadendamme, Zeeland, June 24-26, 2016 September 13-18, 2016 Netherlands Stratford, Ontario Fredericton, New Brunswick +31.0113.649.673 519.271.3093 888.622.5837 www.bluestown.eu www.stratfordbluesandribfest.ca www.harvestjazzandblues.com
18 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide Blues Baltica Vallemaggia Magic Blues Festival Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise May 13-16, 2016 July 8- August 4, 2016 October 29- November 5, 2016 Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland January 22-29, 2017 www.blues-baltica.de +41.091.753.1885 San Juan, Puerto Rico/Fort Lauderdale, Florida www.magicblues.ch 816.753.7979 Blues Festival Baden www.bluescruise.com May 21-28, 2016 Blues Express Baden, Aargau, Switzerland July 9, 2016 www.bluesfestival-baden.ch Differdange, Luxembourg AUSTRALIA www.bluesexpress.lu Motor City Music Festival Duvel Blues Festival March 11-13, 2016 May 28, 2016 Hondarribia Blues Festival Geelong Showgrounds Puurs, Belgium July 14-17, 2016 Geelong, Victoria www.duvelblues.be Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain www.baycityevents.com.au +34.679.473.161 Dublin City Soul Festival www.blueshondarribia.com May 28-29, 2016 Byron Bay Bluesfest March 24-28, 2016 Dublin, Ireland Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm +35.3876.031.022 July 15-24, 2016 Byron Bay, New South Wales www.dublincitysoulfestival.com Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom +61.266.858.310 +44.1314.675.200 www.bluesfest.com.au Hebden Bridge Blues Festival www.edinburghjazzfestival.com TBA Blues on the Broadbeach Music Festival Hebden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Porretta Soul Festival May 19-22, 2016 +44.01422.844.716 July 21-24, 2016 Gold Coast, Queensland www.yorkshirebluesfestival.co.uk Porretta Terme, +61.0755.398.416 Bologna, Italy www.bluesonbroadbeach.com Torrita Blues Festival www.porrettasoul.it June 23-25, 2016 Wagga Wagga Jazz & Blues Festival Torrita di Siena, Italy Notodden Blues Festival TBA +39.7572.057.768 August 4-7, 2016 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales www.torritablues.it Notodden, Norway +64.0269.251.795 +47.35027.650 www.waggajazz.org.au Southern Soul Festival www.bluesfest.no June 30- July 3, 2016 Sydney Blues & Roots Festival Ulcinj, Montenegro Campsoul Music Festival October 27-30, 2016 www.southernsoulfestival.com August 27-28, 2016 Windsor, New South Wales Oxfordshire, UK +64.0409.042.464 Skanevik Bluesfestival www.campsoulfestival.com June 30- July 2, 2016 www.sydneybluesfestival.com.au Skanevik, Norway The European Blues Cruise +47.91716.989 August 27- September 1, 2016 www.skaanevik-blues.com Marseilles, France +003.349.154.0053 Dundee Blues Bonanza www.europeanbluescruise.com TBA Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Harvest Time Blues Festival www.dundeebluesbonanza.co.uk September 2-4, 2016 Monaghan Town, Ireland Cognac Blues Passions +35.34738.162 July 5-9, 2016 www.harvestblues.com Cognac, Poitou-Charentes, France +33.0545.361.181 Rawa Blues Festival www.bluespassions.com September 30- October 1, 2016 Katowice, Poland Åmål’s Blues Fest www.rawablues.com July 7-10, 2016 Åmål, Sweden Copenhagen Blues Festival +46.053.271.398 TBA www.bluesfest.net Copenhagen, Denmark www.copenhagenbluesfestival.dk Dereham Blues Festival July 7-10, 2016 Stockholm International Jazz & Blues Dereham, Norfolk Festival United Kingdom October 7-16, 2016 www.derehambluesfestival.org.uk Stockholm, Sweden www.stockholmjazz.com Mostly Jazz, Funk, & Soul Festival July 8-10, 2016 Moseley Park CARRIBEAN Birmingham, UK Soul Beach Music Festival mostlyjazz.co.uk/ May 27-30, 2016 Aruba [email protected] www.soulbeach.net
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