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Compiled by Melanie Young Specific dates are provided where possible. However, some had not set their 2021 dates at press time. Due to COVID-19, some dates are tentative. Please contact the festivals directly for the latest information. You can also view this list year-round at www.LivingBlues.com. Living Guide ALABAMA Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off March 13, 2021 Blues, Bikes & BBQ Festival Juneau & Classics Heritage Park TBA TBA Foley, Alabama Alabama International Dragway Juneau, Alaska 251.943.5590 2021Steele, Alabama 907.463.3378 www.foleybbqandblues.net www.bluesbikesbbqfestival.eventbrite.com jazzandclassics.org W.C. Handy Festival Johnny Shines Blues Festival Spenard Jazz Fest July 16-27, 2021 TBA TBA Florence, Alabama McAbee Activity Center Anchorage, Alaska 256.766.7642 Tuscaloosa, Alabama spenardjazzfest.org wchandymusicfestival.com 205.887.6859 23rd Annual Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Black Belt Folk Roots Festival ARIZONA Festival TBA Chandler Jazz Festival July 30-August 1, 2021 Historic Greene County Courthouse Square Mobile, Alabama April 8-10, 2021 Eutaw, Alabama Chandler, Arizona 251.478.4027 205.372.0525 gcehjazzfest.org 480.782.2000 blackbeltfolkrootsfestival.weebly.com chandleraz.gov/special-events Spring Fling Cruise 2021 Alabama Blues Week October 3-10, 2021 Woodystock Blues Festival TBA May 8-9, 2021 Carnival Glory Cruise from , Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Montego Bay, , Grand Cayman Islands, Davis Camp Park 205.752.6263 Bullhead City, Arizona and Cozumel, Mexico www.alabamablues.org Mobile, Alabama 760.646.5330 251.599.8846 woodystock.info ALASKA springflingcruise.com Greater Prescott Valley Blues Festival 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts 32nd Annual Anchorage Folk Festival May 22, 2021 October 16-17, 2021 Virtual Prescott Valley Amphitheater Northport, Alabama January 29-31, 2021 Prescott, Arizona 205.758.1257 Anchorage, Alaska www.nazba.com www.anchoragefolkfestival.org www.kentuck.org Alpine Festival African American 46th Alaska Folk Festival June 18-19, 2021 Virtual Mellody Field TBA April 5-11, 2021 Alpine, Arizona History Museum of Mobile Juneau, Alaska 928.245.1143 Mobile, Alabama 907.463.3316 alpineazmusicfest.com/cms akfolkfest.org 251.208.7569 Blues in Bisbee www.historymuseumofmobile.com Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival September 18, 2021 Spring Fling Music Festival 2020 July 18-August 1, 2021 Old TBA Fairbanks, Alaska Bisbee, Arizona The Grounds 907.474.8869 520.788.5659 Mobile, Alabama fsaf.org www.bluesinbisbee.com 251.379.8283 Salmonfest Flagstaff Blues & Brews www.springflingmusicfestival.com August 6-8, 2021 June 10-11, 2022 11th Annual Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds Continental Country Club Driving Range TBA Ninilchik, Alaska Flagstaff, Arizona DeBardeleben Park 907.435.0525 928.606.7600 Bessemer, Alabama salmonfestalaska.org flagstaffblues.com 205.426.1400 Seward Music & Arts Festival Phoenix Blues, Brews and BBQ www.bobsykesblues.com October 1-3, 2021 TBA Old School and Blues Festival Dale R. Lindsey Alaska Railroad Intermodal Facility Margaret T. Hance Park TBA Seward, Alaska Phoenix, Arizona Huntsville Dragway www.sewardfestival.com 602.252.0599 Huntsville, Alabama phoenixblues.org oldschoolandbluesfestival.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Superstition Blues, Brews & Arts Festival Hot Springs Blues Festival Long Beach Jazz Festival TBA TBA August 13-15, 2021 Flatiron Community Park Hot Springs, Long Beach, Apache Junction, Arizona www.spacityblues.org 562.424.0013 602.705.5446 longbeachjazzfestival.com superstitionbluesfest.com CALIFORNIA San Diego Blues Festival Old Town Blues Fest Long Beach Crawfish Festival September 11, 2021 TBA May 21-23, 2021 San Diego, California Old Town Center for the Arts Rainbow Lagoon Park www.sdbluesfest.com Cottonwood, Arizona Long Beach, California Monterey Jazz Festival 928.634.0940 562.495.5959 September 24-26, 2021 oldtowncenter.org www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com Monterey, California SABHF Blues and Brews Festival Avila Beach Blues Festival 831.373.3366 TBA May 30, 2021 montereyjazzfestival.org Gene C. Reid Park Avila Beach Resort Ohana Festival Tucson, Arizona Avila Beach, California September 24-26, 2021 azblues.org 805.924.1142 Dana Point, California Bacon, Blues & Brews Festival 2020 otterproductionsinc.com www.ohanafest.com TBA Horse Town Brew n’ Que Festival Blues and Bones Festival Queen Creek, Arizona June 5, 2021 September 25, 2021 480.586.6711 Norco, California Angels Camp, California www.facebook.com/BaconBluesandBrewsFestival 951.444.1280 208.901.1446 www.brewnquefestival.com www.bluesandbones.com ARKANSAS Ojai Blues Fest Redwood Coast Music Festival I Luv Da Blues Tour June 5, 2021 September 30-October 3, 2021 April 17, 2021 Ojai Art Center Eureka, California Arkansas State Fairgrounds Ojai, California 707.445.3378 Little Rock, Arkansas 805.625.1332 www.rcmfest.org 888.684.9998 www.ojaiartcenter.org www.iluvdabluestour.com Temecula Blues Festival Monterey International Blues Festival October 16, 2021 Bikes, Blues & BBQ Motorcycle Rally June 26, 2021 Civic Center Plaza September 22-25, 2021 Monterey County Fairgrounds Old Town Temecula Fayetteville, Arkansas Monterey, California Temecula, California 479.527.9993 www.montereyinternationalbluesfestival.com 909.518.7200 bikesbluesandbbq.org High Sierra Music Festival www.temeculabluesfestival.com Delta Roots Music Festival July 1-4, 2021 Signifyin’ Blues September 25, 2021 Plumas County Fairgrounds November 12-14, 2021 Helena, Arkansas Quincy, California Renaissance LAX 870.572.5223 highsierramusic.com , California deltarootsmusicfest.eventbrite.com California WorldFest Day www.signifyinblues.com King Biscuit Blues Festival July 17, 2021 Gator by the Bay Music, Louisiana Food & October 6-9, 2021 Grass Valley, California Crawfish Festival Helena, Arkansas 530.274.8384 May 5-8, 2022 870.572.5223 worldfest.net Spanish Landing Park kingbiscuitfestival.com Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza San Diego, California Crossroad Festival August 5-8, 2021 619.234.8612 TBA Mammoth Lakes, California gatorbythebay.com Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas 888.992.7397 Festival Benefit Pine Bluff, Arkansas mammothbluesbrewsfest.com Postponed until 2022 870.536.3375 New Blues Festival El Campanil Theatre www.asc701.org/crossroad-festival August 7-8, 2021 Antioch, California Eureka Springs Blues Weekend Shoreline Aquatic Park www.deltabluesfestival.net TBA Long Beach, California Cruisin’ For a Bluesin’ Eureka Springs, 707.57.BLUES TBA Arkansas www.newbluesfestival.com Long Beach, California to Ensenada, Mexico www.facebook.com/EurekaSpringsBlues San Jose Jazz Summer Fest cruisinforabluesin.com Riverfront Blues Festival August 13-15, 2021 Spring Harp Fest TBA San Jose, California TBA Harry E. Kelley River Park 408.288.7557 Harry Griffen Park Amphitheater Fort Smith, Arkansas sanjosejazz.org La Mesa, California www.facebook.com/ 619.263.6826 FortSmithRiverfrontBluesFestival www.facebook.com/springharpfest

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Adams Avenue Unplugged Red, White & Blues Festival Blue Wing Blues Festival TBA TBA TBA San Diego, California Alameda County Fairgrounds Upper Lake, California 619.282.7329 Pleasanton, California 707.275.2245 www.adamsavenuebusiness.com 510.472.8800 tallmanhotel.com www.westcoastbluessociety.org Topanga Blues Festival Taste of Soul Family Festival TBA Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival TBA Topanga Canyon, California TBA Crenshaw Boulevard scbsevents.org Hayward, California Los Angeles, California 510.472.8800 323.299.3800 Doheny Blues Festival www.westcoastbluessociety.org tasteofsoul.org TBA Dana Point, California Art + Soul Oakland Ojai Bowlful of Blues dohenybluesfestival.com TBA TBA Downtown Oakland, California Libbey Bowl Southern Fried Blues & Wine Fundraiser www.artandsouloakland.com Ojai, California TBA 805.836.4665 Vallejo, California East Palo Alto bowlfulofblues.org 510.472.8800 Blues Festival www.westcoastbluessociety.org TBA COLORADO Palo Alto, California Live Oak Music Festival Greeley Blues Jam 510.472.8800 TBA June 5, 2021 www.westcoastbluessociety.org El Chorro Regional Park Greeley, Colorado San Luis Obispo, California Blues & Roots Music Festival 970.356.7787 805.781.3030 TBA greeleybluesjam.org www.liveoakfest.org Fresno, California Trinidaddio Concert Series 510.472.8800 San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival June 26-August 28, 2021 www.westcoastbluessociety.org TBA Trinidad, Colorado Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park Napa Blues, Brews & BBQ www.trinidaddiobluesfest.com San Jose, California TBA 408.641.4144 Napa, California fountainblues.com 707.257.0322 donapa.com

Welcome to the 33rd Annual FREE Celebration: AUGUST 13-14-15, 2021 The Sunfl ower River Blues Festival

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LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Blues & BBQ Festival for Better Housing Mile High Blues July 17, 2021 TBA St. Georges Blues Festival Citizens Park , Colorado June 4-5, 2022 Edgewater, Colorado 720.722.3486 Fort DuPont State Park www.bluesnbbq.com milehighblues.com Delaware City, Delaware Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest FoCoMX www.bluehorizonpromotions.com August 13-15, 2021 TBA Riverfront Blues Festival Downtown Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins, Colorado August 7-8, 2021 970.472.7656 focomx.focoma.org Wilmington, Delaware bohemiannights.org 302.576.2100 Guitar Town Festival CONNECTICUT cityfestwilm.com August 13-15, 2021 Roadhouse Blues Festival Copper Mountain, Colorado Blues on the Beach TBA 866.264.1837 July 24, 2021 Magnolia, Delaware copperguitartown.com Short Beach 302.222.3832 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Stratford, Connecticut centraldelawareblues.com September 17-19, 2021 townofstratford.com/bluesonthebeach Delmarva Folk Festival Telluride, Colorado Black Bear Americana Music Fest TBA 970.728.8037 October 8-10, 2021 Clayton, Delaware www.tellurideblues.com Goshen Fairgrounds www.delfolk.org Denver Oktoberfest Goshen, Connecticut 860.469.5081 September 17-19 & 24-26, 2021 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Denver, Colorado www.blackbearmusicfest.com Smithsonian Folklife Festival www.thedenveroktoberfest.com Connecticut Rhythm & Blues Festival Virtual November 12-13, 2021 Beaver Creek Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival June 2021 Farmington Marriott Hotel TBA , DC Farmington, Connecticut Beaver Creek Resort 202.633.6440 860.469.2755 Beaver Creek, Colorado festival.si.edu 970.754.0005 www.facebook.com/CTBluesFestival Washington DC Lindy Exchange (DCLX) www.beavercreek.com Strawberry Park Blast from the Bayou Cajun TBA Festival Durango Blues Train Washington, DC TBA TBA dclx.org Durango, Colorado Strawberry Park 970.728.8037 Preston, Connecticut Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle www.durangobluestrain.com 860.886.1944 TBA www.strawberrypark.net Washington, DC Blues from the Top 202.828.3099 Black-Eyed & Blues Fest TBA bbqindc.com Winter Park, Colorado TBA grandblues.org Bushnell Park Hartford, Connecticut Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival 860.278.7427 Fort Pierce Jazz Week TBA www.blackeyedsallys.com Parrish Ranch March 23-26, 2021 Berthoud, Colorado Stafford Springs Blues Festival Fort Pierce, Florida www.thecroma.org TBA 772.460.5299 Hyde Park www.jazzsociety.org Carbon Valley Music Festival Stafford Springs, Connecticut 11th Annual Pigz in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues Festival Canceled—2022 TBA www.facebook.com/StaffordSpringsBluesFest Centennial Field April 10, 2021 Dacono, Colorado Cruise, Blues & Brews Zephyrhills, Florida 303.833.2317 TBA 813.782.1913 carbonvalleymusicfestival.com Chester Fair Grounds www.zephyrhillschamber.org/bbq-blues Chester, Connecticut Suwannee Rising Otis Taylor Trance Blues Jam Festival cruisebluesandbrews.com TBA April 8-10, 2021 Boulder, Colorado Litchfield Jazz Festival Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park 303.579.4917 TBA Live Oak, Florida www.trancebluesfestival.com Goshen, Connecticut www.suwanneerising.com 860.361.6285 Suwannee Surprise! Brighton Blues Blast litchfieldjazzfest.com TBA April 16-17, 2021 The Armory Performing Arts Center Blues, Views & BBQ Festival Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Brighton, Colorado TBA Live Oak, Florida 303.655.2026 brightonarmory.org Levitt Pavilion www.suwanneerising.com Westport, Connecticut 203.572.1604 www.facebook.com/BluesViewsBBQFest

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE 69th Annual Florida Folk Festival Riverhawk Music Festival Springing the Blues Festival Virtual November 11-14, 2021 April 1-3, 2022 May 28-30, 2021 Sertoma Youth Ranch Seawalk Pavilion Stephen Foster Folk Center State Park Brooksville, Florida Jacksonville Beach, Florida White Springs, Florida 863.984.8445 904.270.9301 850.245.2157 lindentertainment.com www.springingtheblues.com www.floridastateparks.org/FloridaFolkFestival Craft Beer & Blues Festival Tampa Bay Blues Fest BBQ and Blues Festival November 12, 2021 April 8-10, 2022 October 8-10, 2021 Casselberry, Florida Vinoy Park Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards 407.262.7700 ext. 1507 St. Petersburg, Florida Clermont, Florida www.casselberry.org/673/Craft-Beer-Blues- 727.895.6153 800.768.9463 Festival www.tampabaybluesfest.com www.lakeridgewinery.com/Events/bbq-and-blues Bradenton Blues Festival Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival Forgotten Music Festival December 3-5, 2021 Canceled for 2021 October 9-10, 2021 LECOM Park Coachman Park George Core Park Bradenton, Florida Clearwater, Florida Port St. Joe, Florida 941.301.8445 727.562.4700 850.731.1058 www.bradentonbluesfestival.org www.facebook.com/clearwaterseablues www.forgottenmusicfestival.com Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea VII Bonita Blues Festival Rhythm & Ribs February 21-25, 2022 Canceled for 2021 October 15-17, 2021 , Florida to Ocho Rios, Jamaica Riverside Park Francis Field 877.379.9170 Bonita Springs, Florida St. Augustine, Florida www.bluesaliveatsea.com www.bonitablues.com rhythmandribs.net 3rd Annual Blues Bash at the Ranch Smokin’ Blues, Cruise & BBQ Downtown Festival & Art Show March 18-20, 2022 TBA November 6-7, 2021 Sertoma Youth Ranch St. Cloud, Florida Gainesville, Florida Brooksville, Florida 407.498.0008 352.393.8536 941.758.7585 www.stcloudmainstreet.org gainesvilledowntownartfest.weebly.com www.bluesbashattheranch.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Ocean Brews & Blues 20th Annual Decatur BBQ, Blues & Bluegrass Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival TBA Festival October 13-17, 2021 Deerfield Beach, Florida August 14, 2021 Sun Valley, Idaho 954.480.4200 Legacy Park 877.478.5277 www.deerfield-beach.com Decatur, Georgia www.sunvalleyjazz.com 678.778.2000 Women in Blues Showcase Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival www.decaturbbqfestival.com TBA March 20-22, 2022 Gainesville, Florida Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival Coeur d’Alene Resort 352.871.0676 TBA Coeur d’Alene, Idaho ncfblues.org Thomson, Georgia 855.703.4648 706.597.1000 www.cdaresort.com/play/events/blues-festival Venice Blues Festival www.facebook.com/BlindWillieFest TBA Historic Wallace Blues Festival Venice, Florida Canton Blues Fest TBA 615.788.1427 TBA Wallace, Idaho www.facebook.com/VeniceBluesFestival Canton, Georgia 208.661.5748 330.458.2054 www.facebook.com/WallaceBluesFestival Trolley Market Square Blues and Brews www.CantonBluesFest.com TBA Blues and Brews Fest Gulfport, Florida Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival TBA 727.327.3509 TBA Sacajawea Center so49.org Blue Ridge, Georgia Salmon, Idaho 770.546.9614 208.221.1304 GEORGIA blueridgebluesandbbq.com www.salmonartscouncil.org 16th Annual ATL Blues Festival The Original Collard Greens Cultural Festival April 9, 2021 TBA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Lithonia City Park & Amphitheater Grafton Winery Blues Festival , Georgia Lithonia, Georgia May 22-23, 2021 770.916.2852 www.collardgreensculturalfestival.com Grafton Winery & Brewhaus www.cobbenergycentre.com Grafton, Illinois HAWAII 618.786.3001 Barnesville BBQ and Blues Festival shopgraftonwinery.com April 16-17, 2021 9th Annual Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival Barnesville, Georgia September 11, 2021 24th Annual Blues on the Fox 770.358.5884 Mauna Kea Beach Hotel June 18-19, 2021 barnesville.org/barnesvile-bbq-blues Waimea, Hawaii RiverEdge Park 808.283.9070 Aurora, Illinois 8th Annual Augusta Blues Festival www.facebook.com/bigislandjazzandbluesfestival 630.896.6666 April 23, 2021 paramountaurora.com/events/botf-2020 Bell Auditorium Willie K’s BBQ Blues Fest Augusta, Georgia TBA Prairie 706.722.3521 Maui Arts & Cultural Center Blues Festival www.augustaentertainmentcomplex.com Kahului, Hawaii August 14, 2021 williekbluesfest.com Champaign County Fairgrounds 5th Annual Macon Blues Festival Urbana, Illinois April 24, 2021 East Hawaii Jazz and Blues Festival www.bluesfest.prairiecrossroadsblues.org Macon City Auditorium TBA Macon, Georgia Nani Mau Gardens Joliet Blues Festival 478.803.1593 Hilo, Hawaii August 14, 2021 www.maconcentreplex.org www.ehjazzbluesfest.com Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Joliet, Illinois The Blues and Barbecue Festival 815.724.3762 April 24, 2021 IDAHO www.jolietbluesfestival.com Washington, Georgia Blues on Indian Creek 706.318.7572 July 31-August 1, 2021 Blues, Brews & BBQ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-blues-and-barbecue- Indian Creek Plaza August 20-22, 2021 festival-featuring-tucka-and-dj-trucker- Caldwell, Idaho Petersen Park tickets-146826490987 208.649.5010 McHenry, Illinois www.mrbbb.com 3rd Annual Backyard Boogie Festival www.indiancreekplaza.com/blues-on-indian-creek May 1, 2021 Yellow Pine Music & Harmonica Festival Old Capitol Blues & BBQ Lithonia Amphitheater August 5-7, 2021 August 27-28, 2021 Lithonia, Georgia Yellow Pine, Idaho Old State Capitol Plaza 770.265.3023 208.633.6945 Springfield, Illinois www.bostvnow.com www.yellowpinefestival.org www.facebook.com/Springfield.Illinois.Usa Savannah Music Festival Blues and Bones Festival Crossroads Blues Festival May 23-30, 2021 August 21, 2021 August 28, 2021 Savannah, Georgia Eagle, Idaho Lyran Park 912.234.3378 208.901.1446 Rockford, Illinois www.savannahmusicfestival.org www.bluesandbones.com 779.537.4006 www.crossroadsbluesfestival.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Logan Center Bluesfest Firefighters Blues Festival Valley Blues Festival October 15-17, 2021 TBA September 17-18, 2021 Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the Kamm Island Park LeClaire Park University of Mishawaka, Indiana Davenport, Iowa Chicago, Illinois www.firefightersblues.org 563.322.5837 773.702.2787 www.mvbs.org Bean Blossom Blues Festival logancenterblues.org TBA Winter Blues Fest Festival Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground February 11-12, 2022 TBA Bean Blossom, Indiana Downtown Marriott Chicago, Illinois 812.325.8836 Des Moines, Iowa 312.744.3370 beanblossomblues.com cibs.org www.chicagobluesfestival.us BBQ & Blues North Liberty Blues & BBQ Peoria Blues & Heritage Music Festival TBA Postponed until 2022 TBA McCormick’s Creek State Park Centennial Park Riverfront Park Spencer, Indiana North Liberty, Iowa Peoria, Illinois 812.829.4344 319.626.5726 peoriabluesandheritagefestival.com friendsmccormickscreek.org northlibertyblues.org Riverside Art, Wine & Blues Festival Fort Ben BBQ & Blues Fest Kee Live Music Festival TBA TBA TBA Riverside Park Fort Harrison State Park Cherokee, Iowa Murphysboro, Illinois , Indiana 712.225.6414 608.684.6421 www.friendsoffortharrison.org keelivemusic.com www.facebook.com/riversideartwinebluesfestival Bloomington Boogies Saturday in the Park TBA TBA INDIANA Bloomington, Indiana Grandview Park 24th Annual BBQ RibFest: Blues, Brews & BBQ bloomingtonboogies.com Municipal Bandshell Sioux City, Iowa June 17-20, 2021 La Porte County Blues Festival 712.277.2575 Headwaters Park TBA saturdayinthepark.com Fort Wayne, Indiana Amphitheater at Fox Park 260.602.1831 La Porte, Indiana Bowlful of Blues www.bbqribfest.com www.laporteblues.org TBA Broad Street Blues & BBQ Festival Maytag Park June 25-27, 2021 IOWA Newton, Iowa Griffith Central Park 641.485.0809 Soul & Blues Festival Griffith, Indiana www.southskunkblues.org July 30-31, 2021 219.924.7500 Iowa City, Iowa www.facebook.com/Broadstreetbluesfest KANSAS 319.337.7944 Madison RibberFest: BBQ & Blues summerofthearts.org Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival August 20-21, 2021 May 29-30, 2021 Hinterland Music Festival Madison, Indiana Sedan, KS August 6-8, 2021 800.559.2956 620.875.0735 Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater www.madisonribberfest.com www.cqbluesfest.com Saint Charles, Iowa 8th Annual Fishers Blues Fest www.hinterlandiowa.com Wichita Riverfest September 4-5, 2021 June 4-6 & September 30-October 3, 2021 Blue Ribbon Blues Fest Nickel Plate District Amphitheater Wichita, Kansas August 7, 2021 Fishers, Indiana 316.267.2817 Jefferson County Fairgrounds 317.595.3150 wichitariverfest.com Fairfield, Iowa www.npdamp.com/157/Blues-Fest 641.919.7477 Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival Blues on the southeastiowabluessociety.org July 4, 2021 September 5, 2021 Reynolds Lodge Czech Village Blues Rockport City Park Lake Shawnee Topeka, Kansas August 14, 2021 Rockport, Indiana www.topekabluessociety.org Czech Village www.facebook.com/BluesontheRockFestival Cedar Rapids, Iowa 31st Annual Paola Roots Festival Blues at the Crossroads czechvillagefriends.org August 27-28, 2021 September 10-11, 2021 Paola Park Square 33rd Annual Rollin’ on the River Blues Festival Terre Haute, Indiana Paola, Kansas August 20-21, 2021 812.234.9536 913.294.6427 Victory Park bluesatthecrossroads.com www.rootsfestival.org Keokuk, Iowa 15th Annual Chi-Town Blues Festival 660.754.6679 Paxico Blues Festival September 18, 2021 rollinontheriverkeokuk.com September 18, 2021 The Venue at Horseshoe Casino Main Street Hammond, IN Paxico, Kansas 866.711.7463 785.636.5520 www.caesars.com/horseshoe-hammond/shows www.paxicobluesfest.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Kansas City Kansas National Jubilee Scott Boudin Festival Street Blues Festival TBA September 24-26, 2021 TBA Louisville, Scott, Louisiana Lavender’s Circle L Ranch 502.417.1107 337.233.1130 Kansas City, Kansas www.jugbandjubilee.com www.scottboudinfestival.com 913.991.3451 Lake Cumberland Blues, BBQ and Arts Festival www.kckblues.com TBA September 30-October 3, 2021 Blues Masters at the Crossroads , Kentucky New Orleans, Louisiana TBA 606.516.6996 504.522.5730 Salina, Kansas www.facebook.com/lakecumberlandbluessociety frenchquarterfest.org 785.825.8609 ext. 210 Big Rock Jazz & Blues Fest New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival www.blueheavenstudios.com TBA October 8-17, 2021 Louisville, Kentucky KENTUCKY highlandsdouglass.com New Orleans, Louisiana 504.410.4100 W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival Blues Between the Bridges www.nojazzfest.com June 16-19, 2021 Audubon Mill Park TBA Henderson, Kentucky BBQ Bluesberry Festival handyblues.org , Kentucky October 9, 2021 28th Annual Master Musicians Festival www.gbusyblues.com Bogue Falaya Park July 16-17, 2021 Covington, Louisiana Somerset Community College LOUISIANA www.thebluesberryfest.com Somerset, Kentucky 14th Annual Shreveport Blues Festival Hammond Smokin’ Blues & BBQ Challenge 888.810.2063 April 2, 2021 March 25-26, 2022 mastermusiciansfestival.org Shreveport Municipal Auditorium Hammond, Louisiana Railbird Festival Shreveport, Louisiana www.hammondbbq.com August 20-21, 2021 318.841.4000 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week The Grounds at Keeneland www.shreveportmunicipalauditorium.com Canceled for 2021 Lexington, Kentucky Cycle Zydeco Chicot State Park 512.674.9300 April 7-11, 2021 Ville Platte, Louisiana www.railbirdfest.com Lafayette, Louisiana 337.234.8360 Kenlake Hot August Blues Festival 337.446.4389 www.lafolkroots.org August 27-28, 2021 www.cyclezydeco.org Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Kenlake State Resort Park de Louisiane Canceled for 2021 Hardin, Kentucky Virtual Parc Hardy 319.759.1652 April 23-25, 2021 Breaux Bridge, Louisiana www.facebook.com/KenlakeHotAugustBlues Lafayette, Louisiana 337.332.6655 Garvin Gate Blues Festival 337.232.8086 bbcrawfest.com October 8-9, 2021 www.festivalinternational.org Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival Louisville, Kentucky 2021 Tremé Festival TBA 502.445.4193 Live & Virtual Park www.garvingatebluesfestival.com April 24, 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana BBQ, Blues & Bikes New Orleans Jazz Museum 504.558.6100 Canceled for 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana www.jazzandheritage.org/cajun-zydeco Elizabethtown, Kentucky hfta.org Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Music Festival bbqbluesfest.com Satchmo TBA Bourbon & Beyond July 30-August 1, 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana Canceled for 2021 New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Mint thebayouboogaloo.com Louisville, Kentucky New Orleans, Louisiana Lebeau Zydeco Festival bourbonandbeyond.com 504.522.5730 TBA satchmosummerfest.org Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Grounds Festival Baton Rouge Blues Festival Lebeau, Louisiana TBA September 18, 2021 337.351.3902 Louisville, Kentucky Baton Rouge, Louisiana lebeauzydecofestival.com www.facebook.com/groups/gtownbluesfest www.batonrougebluesfestival.org Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival Louisville Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival TBA TBA September 24-25, 2021 Natchitoches, Louisiana Water Tower Park Cassidy Park 318.357.4332 Louisville, Kentucky Bogalusa, Louisiana www.nsula.edu/folklife 502.583.0333 985.205.1075 Le Awards & Festival www.louisvillebluesandbbqfestival.com www.bogalusablues.com TBA Lafayette, Louisiana 337.349.1969 cajunfrenchmusic.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Cutting Edge CE Music Conference Slidell Jazz & Blues Festival York County Blues Fest TBA TBA August 21, 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana Heritage Park Friendship Park cuttingedgenola.com Slidell, Louisiana Waterboro, slidelljazzandblues.com 207.247.6166 Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival yorkcountybluesfest.com TBA Rhythms Festival Opelousas, Louisiana TBA Maine Blues Festival 337.290.6048 Louis Armstrong Park TBA www.zydeco.org New Orleans, Louisiana Naples, Maine 504.558.6100 www.mainebluesfestival.com Highland Jazz & Blues Festival www.jazzandheritage.org/congo-square TBA Columbia Park Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival Shreveport, Louisiana TBA Jazz & Blues, Wine & Brews www.highlandjazzandblues.org Louis Armstrong Park May 7-9, 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Berlin, Maryland 504.558.6100 TBA 410.641.4775 www.jazzandheritage.org/treme-gumbo Girard Park berlinchamber.org/events/jazz-blue-bash Lafayette, Louisiana Little Walter Music Festival Interstate Blues Fest www.festivalsacadiens.com TBA May 14-15, 2021 Alexandria, Louisiana Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Washington County Agricultural Education Center littlewalterfoundation.org TBA Boonsboro, Maryland Lafayette Square Park 301.259.1991 New Orleans, Louisiana MAINE www.interstatebluesfest.com 504.558.6100 North Atlantic Blues Festival Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music & Arts www.jazzandheritage.org/blues-fest July 10-11, 2021 Festival Blackpot Festival Public Landing Virtual TBA Rockland, Maine July 18, 2021 Vermilionville Historic Village 207.596.6055 Westminster, Maryland Lafayette, Louisiana www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com 410.857.2771 www.blackpotfestival.com www.commongroundonthehill.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Hot August Music Festival Greenbelt Blues Festival Onset Blues Festival August 14, 2021 TBA TBA Ridge Park Roosevelt Center Onset, Massachusetts Cockeysville, Maryland Greenbelt, Maryland 508.295.7072 877.321.3378 www.facebook.com/GreenbeltBluesFest www.facebook.com/OnsetBluesFestival hotaugustmusicfestival.com College Park Free Blues Festival Salem Jazz & Soul Festival Eastern’s Bayside Blues & Wine Festival TBA TBA August 21, 2021 College Park, Maryland Salem Willows Eastern Yacht Club www.facebook.com/CollegeParkBluesFest Salem, Massachusetts , Maryland www.salemjazzsoul.org 443.388.0443 MASSACHUSETTS Green Harbor Roots Festival easternsbaysidefestival.com New England Folk Festival TBA Groove City Culture Fest Virtual Marshfield, Massachusetts August 21, 2021 April 23-25, 2021 781.254.5986 Cambridge, Maryland Acton, Massachusetts www.rhythmroomentertainment.com 443.225.0819 www.neffa.org North River Blues Festival www.groovecityculturefest.com Levitate Music & Arts Festival TBA National Folk Festival July 9-11, 2021 Marshfield, Massachusetts September 10-12, 2021 Marshfield Fairgrounds 781.254.5986 Salisbury, Maryland Marshfield, Massachusetts www.rhythmroomentertainment.com nationalfolkfestival.com www.levitatemusicfestival.com Blues ’n Brews Festival Chestertown Jazz Festival Gloucester Blues Festival TBA September 11, 2021 August 14, 2021 JFK Plaza Wilmer Park Stage Fort Park Lowell, Massachusetts Chestertown, Maryland Gloucester, 978.496.9313 410.810.2060 Massachusetts www.bluesnbrewsrotary.org www.facebook.com/ctownjazzfestival 207.596.6055 Cape Cod Roots & Blues Festival Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival gloucesterbluesfestival.com TBA May 21-22, 2022 Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival Nauset Beach Sandy Point State Park August 14, 2021 Orleans, Massachusetts Annapolis, Maryland Springfield, Massachusetts capecodrootsandblues.com www.bayblues.org 413.335.6936 Library Park Music Festival Silver Spring Blues Festival springfieldjazzfest.com TBA TBA Green River Festival Library Field Silver Spring, Maryland August 27-29, 2021 Woburn, Massachusetts www.silverspringblues.com Franklin County Fairgrounds www.bluesforveterans.org Artscape Greenfield, Massachusetts The Reel Blues Fest TBA 413.341.5995 TBA Baltimore, Maryland www.greenriverfestival.com Woods Hole, 410.752.8632 Stone Soul Festival Massachusetts www.artscape.org September 3-5, 2021 508.495.3456 www.thereelbluesfest.org Southern Maryland Wine, Jazz, R&B and Blunt Park Festival Springfield, Massachusetts TBA ssfestival.weebly.com Calvert County Fairground 16th Annual New England Blues Festival Port Sanilac Blues Festival Frederick, September 11, 2021 August 6-7, 2021 Maryland Middleboro Lodge of Elks #1274 Port Sanilac, Michigan 202.439.4942 Middleboro, Massachusetts www.portsanilacbluesfestival.net www.facebook.com/SouthernMDPremierFestival 508.269.7700 St. Ignace Blues & Brews Festival www.nebluesfest.com GrooveFEST Music Festival August 7, 2021 TBA Lowell Folk Festival St. Ignace, Michigan Cambridge, Maryland July 29-31, 2022 800.338.6660 443.477.0843 Lowell, Massachusetts stignace.com downtowncambridge.org 978.275.1764 Ribs R&B Music Festival lowellfolkfestival.org Federal Hill Main Street Jazz & Blues Festival August 13-15, 2021 TBA Joe’s Jazz & Blues Festival Hart Plaza Baltimore, Maryland TBA , Michigan 410.727.4500 Somerville, Massachusetts 800.794.7503 fedhill.org 617.625.6600 ext. 2985 www.ribsrnbmusicfestival.com somervilleartscouncil.org Alonzo’s Memorial Picnic Tawas Blues By The Bay Festival TBA August 27-29, 2021 Baltimore, Maryland Harbor Park 410.744.2291 East Tawas, Michigan www.mojoworkin.com www.bluesbythebaytawas.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE 14th Annual Motor City Blues Festival Blissfest Folk and Roots Music Festival End of Summer Blues Fest March 18, 2022 TBA TBA Fox Theatre Blissfest Festival Farm Alpha, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Harbor Springs, Michigan 906.875.3913 www.313presents.com 231.348.7047 wikb.com blissfest.org Buttermilk Jamboree Blues-N-Brews Festival June 17-19, 2022 Kalamazoo Blues Festival TBA Circle Pines Center TBA Adrian, Michigan Delton, Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan 517.260.0934 www.buttermilkjamboree.org 269.381.6514 www.blues-n-brews.com kvba.org Marshall Blues Festival Mr. B’s Blues and Boogie Piano Celebration Canceled for 2021 Marquette Area Blues Festival TBA Marshall, Michigan TBA The Ark 269.781.5183 www.marshallbluesfest.com Marquette, Michigan Ann , Michigan marquetteareabluessociety.org www.mrbpiano.com Jackson Blues Festival TBA Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & Barbecue Blues Ann Arbor Blues Festival Jackson, Michigan Festival TBA 517.962.5939 TBA Ann Arbor, Michigan jacksonbluesfest.com Brighton, Michigan www.facebook.com/AnnArborBluesFestival 810.227.5086 Alpena Blues Festival www.facebook.com/ TBA MINNESOTA BrightonsSmokinJazzandBarbecueBluesFest Alpena, Michigan Ambassadors’ Blues Fest www.facebook.com/AlpenaBluesFest Michigan BluesFest June 12, 2021 TBA Traverse City Blues, Brews & BBQ Minnesota Square Park Old Town TBA St. Peter, Minnesota Lansing, Michigan Traverse City, Michigan www.stpeterambassadors.com 517.371.4600 231.947.4230 www.oldtownbluesfest.com Smokin’ in Steele BBQ & Blues Festival www.cherryfestival.org June 3-4, 2022 Steele County Fairgrounds Owatonna, Minnesota www.smokininsteele.com

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LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Watona Park Blues Festival Blue Delta Blues Alley Blues on the Porch July 10, 2021 April 23-24, 2021 Various dates & locations, May-September 2021 Madelia, Minnesota Oxford, Mississippi Holly Springs, Mississippi 507.642.8822 662.232.2477 662.278.0388 www.visitmadelia.com popupoxfordms.com bluesontheporch.com Twin Cities Jazz Festival Natchez Trace Festival Foundation Workshop TBA April 23-24, 2021 Experience Mears Park Kosciusko, Mississippi June 8-11, 2021 St. Paul, Minnesota 662.522.4865 Hopson Plantation & Shack Up Inn www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com www.natcheztracetravel.com Clarksdale, Mississippi pinetopperkinsfoundation.org Lowertown Blues & Funk Fest Summer Concert Soul City Blues Fest Series April 24, 2021 Tupelo Elvis Festival June 12, July 10, & August 14, 2021 Mississippi Coliseum June 9-13, 2021 Dual Citizen Brewing Jackson, Mississippi Tupelo, Mississippi St. Paul, Minnesota 678.322.8098 662.841.6598 www.lowertownbluesfestival.com www.facebook.com/XperienceJxn www.tupeloelvisfestival.com Bayfront Blues Festival Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival Lauren Rogers Museum of Art’s Blues Bash August 13-15, 2021 April 30-May 2, 2021 June 11, 2021 Bayfront Festival Park Renaissance at Colony Park Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Duluth, Minnesota Ridgeland, Mississippi Laurel, Mississippi 715.817.6933 www.artwineandwheels.com 601.649.6374 www.bayfrontblues.com www.lrma.org Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest Blues & BBQ Bash May 8, 2021 Bentonia Blues Festival September 3-6, 2021 Clarksdale, Mississippi June 14-19, 2021 Ruttger’s Bay Lake Resort www.clarksdalecaravan.com Bentonia, Mississippi Deerwood, Minnesota 662.528.1900 Crossroads Blues, Brews & BBQ Fest 800.450.4545 visityazoo.org May 8, 2021 www.ruttgers.com Clarksdale, Mississippi Birthplace of American Music Festival Boundary Waters Blues Festival 662.621.2221 June 19, 2021 TBA bamfestms.com Clarksdale, Mississippi Long Branch on Fall Lake 662.621.2221 Mother’s Day Blues Festival Winton, Minnesota bamfestms.com May 9, 2021 218.349.5520 Laurel Fairgrounds North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic www.elyblues.com Laurel, Mississippi June 25-26, 2021 Longfellow Roots, Rock & Deep Blues Festival 734.994.0138 Waterford, Mississippi TBA www.jtrproductions.com www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com Minneapolis, Minnesota Downtown Crawfish Jam Music Festival Grassroots Blues Festival rootsrockdeepblues.com May 22, 2021 July 9-11, 2021 Walthall Park Elliott Field MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg, Mississippi Duck Hill, Mississippi 68th Annual Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival dcjhburg.com 662.565.2478 www.facebook.com/grassrootsblues April 8-16, 2021 World Championship Old- Time Piano Playing Meridian, Mississippi Contest & Festival 21st Annual Jus’ Blues Music Awards and 601.485.1808 Virtual Conference www.jimmierodgers.com May 28-29, 2021 -31, 2021 Catfish in the Alley Oxford, Mississippi Horseshoe Casino & Hotel April 8,10, & May 22, 2021 662.915.1282 Tunica, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi oldtimepianocontest.com 678.403.1993 www.jusblues.org 800.327.2686 Goat Fest VIII visitcolumbusms.org/event/catfish-in-the-alley-3 May 28-30, 2021 Bikes, Blues & Bayous Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival Shack Up Inn August 7, 2021 Fridays, April 16-June 11, 2021 Clarksdale, Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi Cleveland, Mississippi 662.624.8329 662.453.4152 www.crosstiefestival.com www.facebook.com/goatfestatthecrossroads bikesbluesbayous.raceroster.com Cat Head Mini Blues Festival I Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival April 18, 2021 May 29, 2021 August 13-15, 2021 Clarksdale, Mississippi Martin Luther King Park Clarksdale, Mississippi 662.624.5992 Clarksdale, Mississippi www.sunflowerfest.org www.facebook.com/redsoldtimersbluesfestival www.cathead.biz Cat Head 19th Anniversary Blues Party Juke Joint Festival & Related Events Memorial Day Weekend Blues Fest August 15, 2021 April 21-24, 2022 May 30, 2021 Clarksdale, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi 662.624.5992 www.jukejointfestival.com 901.871.2324 www.cathead.biz www.awesomeam.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Market Street Festival Hambone Festival Kimbrough Cotton Patch Festival September 17-18, 2021 October 29-31, 2021 TBA Columbus, Mississippi Hambone Gallery The Hut 662.328.6305 Clarksdale, Mississippi Holly Springs, Mississippi www.marketstreetfestival.com 662.403.8810 kimbroughcottonpatchsoulbluesfestival.com www.stanstreet.com 44th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Square Affair Festival 30th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & TBA September 18, 2021 Heritage Festival Carthage, Mississippi Greenville, Mississippi November 13, 2021 601.267.9231 662.335.3523 Jackson County Fairgrounds www.leakems.com www.deltabluesms.org Pascagoula, Mississippi Hill Country Freedom Festival 228.282.0951 10th Annual Sam Chatmon Blues Festival TBA msgulfcoastblues.com September 24-25, 2021 New Albany, Mississippi Hollandale, Mississippi Clarksdale Film & Music Festival 662.534.1047 662.827.2241 January 28-30, 2022 visitnewalbany.com www.hollandaleblues.com Clarksdale, Mississippi Otha Turner G.O.A.T. Picnic 662.624.5992 Mighty Roots Music Festival TBA clarksdalefilmfestival.com October 1-2, 2021 Coldwater, Mississippi Stovall, Mississippi Double Decker Arts Festival 662.562.7606 901-543-1155 Postponed until 2022; smaller 2021 events TBA www.facebook.com/The-GOAT- www.mightyrootsmusicfestival.com Oxford, Mississippi Picnic-831417757007575 662.232.2477 Cotton District Arts Festival Money Road Unity Festival doubledeckerfestival.com October 2, 2021 TBA Starkville, Mississippi Pinetop Boogie and Crawfish Boil Greenwood, Mississippi 662.324.3080 Postponed until 2022 662.299.9150 www.cdafestival.com Ground Zero Blues Club www.awesomeam.com Clarksdale, Mississippi Bukka White Blues Festival Black Prairie Blues Festival pinetopperkinsfoundation.org October 8-9, 2021 TBA Aberdeen, Mississippi World Catfish Festival West Point, Mississippi 662.369.9440 Canceled for 2021 662.295.8361 bukkawhitebluesfestival.com Belzoni, Mississippi blackprairiebluesfestival.com 662.247.4838 Cat Head Mini Blues Festival II Wing Dang Doodle Festival www.belzonims.com/catfishfest.htm October 10, 2021 TBA Clarksdale, Mississippi Hill Leland Crawfish Blues Fest Gaddis Park 662.624.5992 Canceled for 2021 Forest, Mississippi www.cathead.biz Leland, Mississippi 601.469.4332 662.379.3764 www.wingdangdoodlefestival.com Super Blues Sunday www.lelandchamber.com October 10, 2021 Oktoberfest Clarksdale, Mississippi Southern Miss Jazz and Blues Festival TBA 662.624.5992 TBA Carthage Coliseum www.cathead.biz Gulf Park Campus Carthage, Mississippi Long Beach, Mississippi 601.267.9231 Delta Hot Tamale Festival 228.214.3486 www.leakems.com October 14-16, 2021 www.usm.edu/jazz-blues-festival Greenville, Mississippi Highway 61 Blues Festival 662.378.3121 Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival TBA www.mainstreetgreenville.com TBA Leland, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi 662.347.4223 Mississippi Delta Williams Festival www.deltabluesdulcimerrevival.com www.highway61blues.com October 14-16, 2021 Clarksdale, Mississippi Alcorn State University Jazz Festival Deak’s Harmonica Block Party deltawilliamsfestival.com TBA TBA Vicksburg Convention Center Clarksdale, Mississippi Deep Blues Weekend Vicksburg, Mississippi 217.218.2194 October 14-17, 2021 601.877.6602 deakharp.com Clarksdale, Mississippi www.alcorn.edu/jazzfest deepbluesfest.com Gateway to the Delta Festival Hill Country Harmonica TBA Mississippi Blues Marathon TBA Charleston, Mississippi October 16, 2021 Foxfire Ranch 662.647.0942 Jackson, Mississippi Waterford, Mississippi charlestongatewayfestival.org 504.454.6561 662.278.0279 msbluesmarathon.events Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration www.hillcountryharmonica.com TBA Great Delta Bear Affair Hopson Plantation & Shack Up Inn October 23, 2021 Clarksdale, Mississippi Rolling Fork, Mississippi pinetopperkinsfoundation.org 662.873.6261 greatdeltabearaffair.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Burdine Blues & Greens Festival International Conference on the Blues 18th and Vine Jazz Festival TBA TBA TBA Shack Up Inn Delta State University Kansas City, Missouri Clarksdale, Mississippi Cleveland, Mississippi 816.604.4456 www.facebook.com/bbgfestival www.deltastate.edu/bluesconference mcckc.edu/programs/music/jazz-festival.aspx Batesville SpringFest Blues Funk Festival TBA MISSOURI TBA Batesville, Mississippi WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest Larry G. Crites Memorial Park 662.563.3126 April 23-25, 2021 Festus, Missouri batesvillemainstreet.com Washington Farmers’ Market www.cityoffestus.org B. B. King Homecoming Washington, Missouri Greater Ozarks Blues Bash Festival TBA 636.239.1743 TBA Fletcher Park & Club Ebony www.downtownwashmo.org West Plains, Missouri Indianola, Mississippi Round Barn Blues www.facebook.com/GoBluesBash 662.887.9539 May 22, 2021 Greater Ozarks Blues Festival bbkingmuseum.org Kirksville, Missouri TBA Oxford Blues Festival 660.665.2760 Springfield, Missouri TBA www.roundbarnblues.com ozarksblues.com Oxford, Mississippi 10th Annual Stomp the Blues out of Big Muddy Blues Festival 662.259.7190 Homelessness TBA www.facebook.com/Oxford-Blues- June 12, 2021 Laclede’s Landing Festival-149263388461540 Community Blood Center of the Ozarks St. Louis, Missouri Dancing Rabbit Festival Springfield, Missouri 314.795.8349 TBA stompthebluesoutofhomelessness.com www.bigmuddybluesfestival.com Macon, Mississippi Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest 662.726.4456 June 18-19, 2021 MONTANA www.facebook.com/dancingrabbitfestival Oak Grove Park Magic City Blues: Montana’s Urban Music Gladstone, Missouri Mississippi John Hurt Homecoming Festival Festival 816.436.4523 TBA August 5-7, 2021 www.gladstonechamber.com/bluesfest Avalon, Mississippi Billings, Montana 312.810.1954 HawkFest 406.534.0400 www.facebook.com/johnhurtfoundation September 17-18, 2021 www.magiccityblues.com Park Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge 12th Annual Big Sky Blues Festival St. Joseph, Missouri TBA August 6-8, 2021 www.colemanhawkins.org Indianola, Mississippi Noxon, Montana indianolabluessociety.org Farmington Blues, Brews, & BBQ 406.370.1288 Tommy Johnson Blues Festival September 17-18, 2021 www.bigskyblues.com Farmington, Missouri TBA Montana Folk Festival 573.756.1701 Jackson, Mississippi July 8-10, 2022 discoverfarmingtonmo.com www.facebook.com/tommyjohnsonblues Butte, Montana Farish Street Heritage Festival Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival 406.497.6464 TBA September 18, 2021 montanafolkfestival.com St. Louis, Missouri Jackson, Mississippi Riverfront Blues Festival oldwebsterjazzfest.com 601.948.5667 TBA www.farishstreetheritagefestival.com Roots N Blues Festival Riverfront Park Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival September 24-26, 2021 Libby, Montana TBA Stephens Lake Park 406.291.0185 Hattiesburg, Mississippi Columbia, Missouri riverfrontbluesfestival.com rootsnbluesfestival.com 601.818.5588 Flathead Lake Blues & Music Festival www.facebook.com/MobileStreetFestival Gateway Blues Festival TBA Kingfish Homecoming Weekend TBA Regatta Shoreline Amphitheater TBA Chaifetz Arena Polson, Montana Clarksdale, Mississippi St. Louis, Missouri 406.890.9952 662.624.5992 314.977.5000 www.facebook.com/Flathead-Lake-Blues-and- www.cathead.biz thechaifetzarena.com Music-Festival-291459407954411 Rockin Blues Festival Missouri Blues Fest River City Roots Festival TBA TBA TBA Picayune, Mississippi The Missoula, Montana 601.799.3070 Columbia, Missouri 406.543.4238 picayunemainstreet.com 573.874.1944 www.rivercityrootsfestival.com thebluenote.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Symes Hot Springs Blues Festival Henderson BluesFest NEW JERSEY TBA TBA New Jersey Folk Festival Hot Springs, Montana Henderson Pavilion Virtual 406.741.2361 Henderson, Nevada April 24, 2021 www.symeshotspringsbluesfestival.com 702.267.2323 Rutgers University www.cityofhenderson.com , New Jersey NEBRASKA Las Vegas Brews & Blues Festival 848.932.3292 Playing with Fire TBA www.njfolkfest.org Springs Preserve July 17 & August 13-14, 2021 Anglesea Blues Festival / New Jersey State Las Vegas, Nevada The Capitol District Barbecue Championship 702.822.7700 Omaha, Nebraska July 9-11, 2021 www.springspreserve.org 402.618.7734 North Wildwood, New Jersey www.playingwithfireomaha.net Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews & Blues Festival 609.523.6565 In the Market for Blues TBA angleseablues.com The Row August 7, 2021 Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival Reno, Nevada Omaha, Nebraska August 21, 2021 775.786.5700 omahablues.com Morristown, New Jersey www.eldoradoreno.com Omaha Summer Arts Festival www.morristownjazzandblues.com Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off TBA Michael Arnone’s 31st Annual Crawfish Fest TBA Omaha, Nebraska August 27-29, 2021 Nugget Casino Resort 402.345.5401 County Fairgrounds Sparks, Nevada www.summerarts.org Augusta, New Jersey 888.868.4438 www.crawfishfest.com Zoofest nuggetribcookoff.com TBA County Seat Jazz & Blues Street Fest Fall into the Blues Festival The Zoo Bar October 10, 2021 TBA Lincoln, Nebraska Freehold, New Jersey Las Vegas, Nevada 402.435.8754 732.333.0094 lasvegasblues.org www.zoobar.com downtownfreehold.com Nebraska Folk & Roots Festival NEW HAMPSHIRE Baymen’s Seafood & Music Festival TBA TBA Lincoln, Nebraska White Mountain Boogie n’ Blues Festival Tuckerton, New Jersey 402.435.5335 August 20-22, 2021 609.296.8868 www.facebook.com/nebraskafolkandroots Thornton, New Hampshire tuckertonseaport.org 603.726.3867 Blues & Balloons Festival www.whitemountainboogie.com Montclair Jazz Festival TBA TBA Soaring Wings Vineyard Laconia Blues Festival Montclair, New Jersey Springfield, Nebraska TBA 973.744.2273 402.253.2479 Weirs Beach www.montclairjazzfestival.org www.soaringwingswine.com Laconia, New Hampshire 603.767.2226 Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival laconiabluesfest.com TBA NEVADA Long Branch, New Jersey Jazz and Beyond – Carson City Music Festival Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival 732.933.1984 August 13-29, 2021 TBA jsjbf.org Carson City, Nevada Portsmouth, New Hampshire pmffest.org 775.883.4154 NEW MEXICO jazzcarsoncity.com Barnful of Blues Festival Crawdaddy Blues Fest TBA 7th Annual Big Blues Bender May 15-16, 2021 New Boston, New Hampshire September 9-12, 2021 Mine Shaft Tavern granitestateblues.org Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino Madrid, New Mexico Las Vegas, Nevada Portsmouth Jazz + Blues Festival 505.473.0743 702.518.3222 TBA www.themineshafttavern.com bigbluesbender.com Portwalk Place Silver City Blues Festival Portsmouth, New Hampshire Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz and R&B Festival Virtual www.cuzinrichard.com Postponed until 2022 May 29-30, 2021 Las Vegas, Nevada Londonderry Blues Festival Silver City, New Mexico 702.455.8200 TBA 575.538.2505 www.yourjazz.com Londonderry, New Hampshire www.silvercitybluesfestival.org 844.650.8387 Blues & Brews Festival Albuquerque Blues & Brews vetscount.org TBA May 29, 2022 Colorado Belle Casino Resort Sandia Resort & Casino Laughlin, Nevada Albuquerque, New Mexico 702.298.4000 www.abqbluesandbrews.com www.coloradobelle.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Blues, Brews, & BBQs Soulshine Farm Music Festival TBA TBA Canceled for 2021 Socorro, New Mexico Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Green Mountain, North Carolina 575.835.8927 Bethel, New York www.soulshinefarmfest.com www.socorronm.org mountainjam.com Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival Red, White & Blues Festival Crossroads Blues Festival TBA TBA TBA Kure Beach, North Carolina Las Cruces, New Mexico Lima, New York 910.458.8434 www.mvjazzblues.net limafest.org www.pleasureislandnc.org Niagara Falls Blues Festival Durham Blues & Brews Festival NEW YORK TBA TBA New York State Blues Festival Niagara Falls, New York Durham Central Park June 24-26, 2021 716.417.4364 Durham, North Carolina Clinton Square www.niagarafallsbluesfest.org www.durhambluesandbrewsfestival.com Syracuse, New York Rory Block’s Blues & Gospel Festival Carolina Blues Festival www.nysbluesfest.com TBA TBA Finger Lakes Wine Festival PS21 Greensboro, North Carolina July 9-11, 2021 Chatham, New York carolinabluesfestival.com ps21chatham.org Watkins Glen, New York Blues-N-Brews Festival 607.535.2486 Hudson River Park Blues BBQ Festival TBA www.flwinefest.com TBA Festival Park 28th Annual Chenango Blues Festival Hudson River Park Pier 97 Fayetteville, North Carolina August 20-21, 2021 New York, New York 910.323.4233 Chenango County Fairgrounds 212.627.2020 www.cfrt.org/bnb hudsonriverpark.org Norwich, New York New River Blues Festival 607.334.5653 ext. 1 TBA www.chenangobluesfest.org NORTH CAROLINA River House Inn Hudson Valley Ribfest: BBQ, Bands & More New River Blues Spring Gathering Grassy Creek, North Carolina August 20-22, 2021 May 2, 2021 newriverbluesfestival.info Ulster County Fairgrounds River House Inn New Paltz, New York Grassy Creek, North Carolina NORTH DAKOTA 844.742.3378 newriverbluesfestival.info Buggies N Blues Classic Car Show rrrr.rocks Hops & Blues Festival June 12-13, 2021 Red, White & Blues Festival May 15, 2021 Mandan, North Dakota September 10-11, 2021 The Glass Jug Beer Lab 701.751.2983 Fredonia, New York Durham, North Carolina www.buggies-n-blues.org 716.785.7123 919.813.0135 Winter Blues Festival festivalsfredonia.org www.eventbrite.com/e/hops-blues-festival- TBA tickets-85290539299 Great Blue Heron Music Festival Ramada Inn Ballroom Canceled for 2021 Cape Fear Blues Festival Fargo, North Dakota Sherman, New York June 11-13, 2021 fargobluesfest.homestead.com 716.761.7190 Wilmington, North Carolina Fargo Blues Festival greatblueheron.com 910.350.8822 TBA www.capefearblues.org Folk 2 Funk Festival Newman Outdoor Field TBA Festival for the Eno Fargo, North Dakota Long Beach Public Library July 3-4, 2021 fargobluesfest.homestead.com Long Beach, New York West Point on the Eno City Park Blues, Brews & BBQ 516.432.6342 Durham, North Carolina TBA aip-arts.org 919.620.9099 The Spot www.enofest.org Barrier Beach Blues & Arts Festival Minot, North Dakota TBA International Jazz and Blues 701.857.8206 Long Beach, New York Festival visitminot.org 516.432.6342 September 4-5, 2021 Blues on the Red aip-arts.org Oak Hollow Festival Park TBA High Point, North Carolina Catskills Jazz, Rhythm & Blues Festival Grand Forks, North Dakota 336.819.5299 TBA 800.866.4566 coltranejazzfest.com Villa Roma Resort www.visitgrandforks.com Callicoon, New York MerleFest 856.661.0005 September 16-19, 2021 travelandentertainment.net Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina 800.343.7857 merlefest.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Pickle’s Blues Weekend OREGON TBA Winter Blues Fest Waterfront Blues Festival Old City Prime Virtual July 2-5, 2021 Lima, Ohio February 21, 2021 The Lot at Zidell Yards 419.227.7463 , Ohio Portland, Oregon www.oldcityprime.com 513.739.2583 www.waterfrontbluesfest.com cincyblues.org Rhythm on the River Music Festival Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival TBA Washboard Music Festival July 23-24, 2021 Columbus, Ohio June 17-19, 2021 Village Green City Park www.sciotomile.com/rhythm-on-the-river Logan, Ohio Sisters, Oregon 740.277.1806 Fall Blueserlebnis (Fall Blues Experience) sistersrhythmandbrews.com washboardfest.org TBA Winter Blues Music Festival Cincinnati Donauschwaben Society Canton Blues Festival TBA Cincinnati, Ohio July 9-10, 2021 Milwaukie Elks Lodge 513.385.2098 Canton, Ohio Milwaukie, Oregon cincyblues.org 330.456.7253 503.880.7171 www.CantonBluesFest.com Blues, Brews & BBQ winterbluesfest.net TBA Cincy Blues Fest Birding & Blues Festival Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum July 17, 2021 TBA Hamilton, Ohio Schmidlapp Event Lawn Pacific City, Oregon 513.868.1234 Cincinnati, Ohio birdingandblues.org www.pyramidhill.org 513.739.2583 Inner City Blues Festival – Healing the Health cincybluesfest.org Dayton Blues Festival Care Blues TBA Kent Blues Festival TBA Dayton, Ohio July 17, 2021 Portland, Oregon 937.333.8400 Kent, Ohio 503.206.6709 www.downtowndayton.org www.kentbluesfest.com www.hcao.org Dayton African American Cultural Festival Big Bend Blues Bash Summer Blues Revue TBA August 6-7, 2021 TBA Dayton, Ohio Pomeroy, Ohio Plaisance Ranch 937.475.2707 bigbendbluesbash.com Williams, Oregon www.daacf.com/index.html www.rogueblues.org Lebanon Blues Festival August 6-7, 2021 OKLAHOMA Lebanon, Ohio Bixby Rotary BBQ’n Blues Festival 513.268.6069 Mifflinburg Spring Flight & Blues Party May 7-8, 2021 lebanonbluesfestival.com May 22, 2021 Washington Irving Memorial Park Mifflinburg VFW Carnival Grounds Black Swamp Arts Festival Bixby, Oklahoma Mifflinburg, Pennslyvania September 10-12, 2021 918.549.8065 570.966.1666 Bowling Green, Ohio www.bixbyrotarybbq.com www.blackswampfest.org www.mifflinburgpa.com/wine-festival-home-brew Bricktown Blues & BBQ Festival Delaney Chevrolet Westsylvania Jazz & Blues Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival June 18-19, 2021 Festival September 17-19, 2021 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 29, 2021 Creekside District 405.236.4143 Indiana, Pennsylvania Gahanna, Ohio www.bricktownokc.com 614.418.9114 724.465.2787 www.creeksidebluesandjazz.com Oklahoma Black Music Festival westsylvaniajazzandblues.org September 3-5, 2021 31st Annual Billtown Blues Festival Jazz & Rib Fest Myriad Botanical Gardens June 11-13, 2021 July 22-24, 2022 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Lycoming County Fairgrounds Columbus, Ohio www.oklahomablackmusicfestival.org www.hotribscooljazz.org Hughesville, Pennsylvania Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival 570.584.4480 Canal Winchester Blues and Ribfest TBA www.billtownblues.org July 29-30, 2022 Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame Allentown Blues, Brews & Barbecue Canal Winchester, Ohio Rentiesville, Oklahoma June 12, 2021 www.bluesandribfest.com 918.855.0978 Allentown, Pennsylvania dcminnerblues.com River City Blues Festival 484.226.6323 Postponed until 2022 Arcadia Blues Festival downtownallentown.com Marietta, Ohio TBA Franklin Blues & Barbecue Festival 740.376.0222 Arcadia, Oklahoma June 19-20, 2021 bjfm.org arcadiabluesfestival.com Franklin, Pennsylvania 814.671.1497 www.franklinbluesandbbq.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Media Americana Roots Ramble Rhode Island Blues Fest July 1-4, 2021 TBA TBA Montage Mountain State Street Cranston, Rhode Island Scranton, Pennsylvania Media, Pennsylvania 401.464.8855 thepeachmusicfestival.com 610.566.5039 ribluesfest.com www.statestreetblues.com Farm Blues Festival July 8-10, 2021 State Street Blues Stroll SOUTH CAROLINA Nescopeck, Pennsylvania TBA Greater Clemson Music Festival 570.379.3342 State Street April 2 & 17, 2021 www.briggsfarm.com Media, Pennsylvania Multiple Venues & Locations 610.566.5039 Blues and Roots Festival Clemson, South Carolina www.statestreetblues.com July 31-August 1, 2021 864.650.0585 Pittsburgh Shrine Center Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival www.greaterclemsonmusicfest.org Cheswick, Pennsylvania TBA 15th Annual Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard www.pghbluesrootsfest.com Honesdale, Pennsylvania Greens Blues Festival www.honesdalerootsandrhythm.com 30th Annual Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest April 24, 2021 August 13-22, 2021 Blast Furnace Blues Festival Fountain Inn, South Carolina Reading, Pennsylvania TBA www.macarnold.com/tour 610.898.1930 SteelStacks Pizza, Blues & Jazz Festival and Arts Market berksjazzfest.com Bethlehem, Pennsylvania April 30-May 1, 2021 610.332.1300 Folk Festival Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater www.steelstacks.org August 19-22, 2021 Mauldin, South Carolina Old Pool Farm Erie’s Blues & Jazz Festival 864.335.4862 Schwenksville, Pennsylvania TBA mauldinculturalcenter.org 215.247.1300 Frontier Park Piccolo Spoleto Festival folkfest.org Erie, Pennsylvania May 28-June 13, 2021 eriebluesandjazz.com East Petersburg Blues Festival Charleston, South Carolina September 4, 2021 Phoenixville Blues Festival 843.724.7305 East Petersburg, Pennsylvania TBA www.piccolospoleto.com 215.802.0500 Reeves Park 20th Annual Greenwood Blues Cruise www.facebook.com/gypsymoonbluesfest Phoenixville, Pennsylvania July 8-10, 2021 pvilleblues.org Paoli Blues Fest Multiple Venues September 25, 2021 Greenwood, South Carolina Paoli Presbyterian Church RHODE ISLAND 864.942.8448 www.greenwoodbluescruise.com Paoli, Pennsylvania Rhode Island BBQ & Blues Festival paolibluesfest.com June 18-19, 2022 Lowcountry Cajun Festival AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival Point Park Postponed until 2022 October 1-2, 2021 Providence, Rhode Island James Island County Park Johnstown, Pennsylvania ribbqblues.com Charleston, South Carolina 843.795.4386 814.539.1889 www.ccprc.com www.floodcitymusic.com July 23-25 & 26-28, 2021 Lancaster Roots and Blues Festival State Park Arts International Festival October 15-17, 2021 Newport, Rhode Island Postponed until 2022 Lancaster, Pennsylvania newportfolk.org Francis Marion University Florence, South Carolina 717.875.2772 800.368.7551 lancasterrootsandblues.com July 30-August 1, 2021 www.fmarion.edu/artsinternational Chester County Blues Barbecue June 4, 2022 Newport, Rhode Island Sea & Sand Festival Wyndsor Farm www.newportjazz.org Postponed until 2022 Folly Beach, South Carolina Elverson, Pennsylvania Rhythm & Roots visitfolly.com www.chestercountyblues.com September 3-5, 2021 Reading Blues Fest Ninigret Park Blues & BBQ Harbor Cruises Postponed until 2022 Charlestown, Rhode Island TBA Reading, Pennsylvania 401.783.3926 Charleston, South Carolina 610.898.1930 rhythmandroots.com 843.256.3072 www.charlestonharbortours.com www.readingbluesfest.com New England Winter Blues Festival Spring Fever Footstomper TBA Blues & Jazz Fest TBA Knickerbocker Music Center TBA Levittown, Pennsylvania Westerly, Rhode Island La Belle Amie Vineyard 215.946.4794 401.315.5070 Little River, South Carolina www.buckscountybluessociety.org knickmusic.com 843.399.9463 labelleamie.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Greenville Blues Festival TENNESSEE Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival TBA TBA 56 Blues Fest Bon Secours Wellness Arena Nashville, Tennessee May 29-30, 2021 Greenville, South Carolina 615.726.5867 West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center 864.241.3800 www.facebook.com/ Brownsville, Tennessee www.bonsecoursarena.com jeffersonstreetjazzandbluesfestival 731.779.9000 Blues by the Sea www.exit56blues.com Memphis Music & Heritage Festival TBA TBA 42nd Blues Music Awards Freshfields Village Center for Southern Folklore Virtual Kiawah Island, South Carolina Memphis, Tennessee June 6, 2021 843.768.6491 901.525.3655 Memphis, Tennessee freshfieldsvillage.com www.southernfolklore.com 901.527.2583 Rivertown Music & Craft Beer Festival blues.org TBA Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Conway, South Carolina September 2-5, 2021 Luckenbach Festival 843.248.6260 Manchester, Tennessee January 16, 2021 conwayalive.com www.bonnaroo.com Luckenbach Dance Hall Carolina Downhome Blues Festival Fredericksburg, Texas Muddy Roots Music Festival TBA 830.997.3224 September 3-5, 2021 Camden, South Carolina www.luckenbachtexas.com Junebug Ranch 803.425.7676 Cookeville, Tennessee International Guitar Festival www.fineartscenter.org www.muddyroots.com April 30-May 2, 2021 South Carolina Pecan Music and Food Festival Dallas Market Hall Americanafest November 6, 2021 Dallas, Texas September 22-25, 2021 Florence, South Carolina www.guitarshow.com Nashville, Tennessee 843.678.5912 615.386.6936 12th Annual Simply Texas Blues Festival www.scpecanfestival.com americanamusic.org May 22, 2021 Blues & Jazz Festival San Angelo, Texas Mempho Music Fest TBA 325.500.1083 October 1-3, 2021 Rock Hill, South Carolina www.sabluessociety.com Radians Amphitheater at 803.328.2787 Memphis, Tennessee Blues on Main www.yorkcountyarts.org www.memphofest.com June 12-13, 2021 Ennis, Texas SOUTH DAKOTA Hatchie Fall Fest 864.897.9227 October 16, 2021 www.visitennis.org Black Hills Blues Stomp & Swamp Romp Brownsville, Tennessee June 4-6, 2021 731.779.9000 GCBA Lone Star Blues & Heritage Festival Rush No More www.hatchiefallfest.com September 17-19, 2021 RV Resort, Cabins & Campground VFW Post 2427 Fairgrounds Sturgis, South Dakota International Blues Challenge Tomball, Texas 605.347.2916 January 18-22, 2022 717.208.6807 www.rushnomore.com Memphis, Tennessee www.facebook.com/lonestarbluesfest 901.527.2583 Deadwood Jam blues.org Kerrville Folk Festival September 17-18, 2021 October 1-10, 2021 Deadwood, South Dakota Music Festival Kerrville, Texas 800.344.8826 April 29-May 1, 2022 830.257.3600 deadwoodjam.com Tom Lee Park www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org Memphis, Tennessee JazzFest 901.525.4611 Austin City Limits Music Festival TBA www.memphisinmay.org October 1-3 & 8-10, 2021 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Zilker Park 605.335.6101 Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival Austin, Texas www.sfjb.com September 24, 2022 888.512.7469 Cove Lake State Park www.aclfestival.com Oahe Blues Fest Caryville, Tennessee TBA www.louiebluie.org Old Settler’s Music Festival Grey Goose Store & Social Club October 21-24, 2021 Pierre, South Dakota Riverbend Festival Tilmon, Texas 605.945.0794 TBA www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org www.facebook.com/GreyGooseStore Chattanooga, Tennessee 423.756.2211 Texas Folklife Festival riverbendfestival.com Postponed San Antonio, Texas Blues & Brews 210.458.2300 TBA texancultures.utsa.edu Dogwood Park Cookeville, Tennessee 931.528.2222 www.wcte.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Tall City Blues Fest UTAH Sedalia BBQ & Blues Festival Postponed April 23, 2022 Utah Arts Festival Midland, Texas The Sedalia Center August 27-29, 2021 432.262.0034 Big Island, Virginia Salt Lake City, Utah www.tallcitybluesfest.com 434.299.5080 801.322.2428 www.sedaliacenter.org KNON Blues Festival uaf.org TBA Hampton Jazz Festival Utah Blues Festival Dallas, Texas June 24-26, 2022 June 10-11, 2022 214.828.9500 Hampton Coliseum Gallivan Center www.knon.org Hampton, Virginia Salt Lake City, Utah 757.838.4203 Burgers, Brews + Blues www.utahbluesfest.org www.hamptonjazzfestival.com TBA Fort Worth, Texas VERMONT Richmond Jazz and Music Festival www.fortworthfoodandwinefestival.com Postponed until 2022 Discover Jazz Festival Richmond, Virginia Fiesta Family Blues Festival June 4-13, 2021 richmondjazzandmusicfestival.com TBA Burlington, Vermont San Antonio, Texas 802.652.4500 CVBS Blues Festival 210.724.3350 discoverjazz.com TBA saaacam.org Rockfish Valley Peacham Acoustic Community Center River & Blues Festival Music Festival Afton, Virginia TBA August 13-14, 2021 www.centralvablues.org Panther Island Pavilion Peacham, Vermont Fort Worth, Texas 802.592.3140 Columbia Pike Blues Festival riverandbluesfest.com www.pamfest.com TBA Arlington, Virginia ’s 4th of July Picnic Plymouth Folk & Blues Festival 703.892.2776 TBA September 4-5, 2021 www.columbia-pike.org Austin, Texas Plymouth Notch, Vermont www.williepicnic.com 802.672.3773 Bayou Boogaloo Music & Cajun Food Festival TBA Eastside Kings Festival plymouthfolk.com Town Point Park TBA Norfolk, Virginia East Austin, Texas VIRGINIA festevents.org www.eastsidekingsfest.com Southern Festival Richmond Folk Festival Denton Blues Festival May 22, 2021 TBA TBA Altria Theater Richmond, Virginia Denton, Texas Richmond, Virginia 804.788.6466 940.382.9100 804.592.3368 www.richmondfolkfestival.org www.dentonblackchamberonline.org www.altriatheater.com John Jackson Festival KNON Fort Worth Blues Festival Winter Blues & Jazz Festival TBA TBA June 24-27, 2021 Eldon Farms Fort Worth, Texas Williamsburg, Virginia Woodville, Virginia 214.828.9500 757.592.4289 eldonfarms.com/john-jackson www.knon.org www.winterbluesjazzfest.com Virginia Blues Festival KNON November Blues Bender Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival TBA TBA August 20-21, 2021 IX Art Park Dallas, Texas Town Point Park Charlottesville, VA 214.828.9500 Norfolk, Virginia www.freefallcville.com www.knon.org festevents.org Bones Fest XXV Bob Dance Texas Blues Festival 27th Annual Tinner Hill Music Festival TBA TBA August 21, 2021 Alexandria, Virginia Regogo Records Falls Church, Virginia www.rhythmbones.com Dallas, Texas 703.241.4109 972.620.7285 www.tinnerhill.org Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival regogorecords.com TBA Virginia Beach FunkFest Beach Party Waynesboro, Virginia Big Pines Blues Festival Virtual 540.447.6350 TBA August 27-28, 2021 www.virginiachili.com Longview, Texas Virginia Beach, Virginia 903.237.1230 757.385.7873 www.facebook.com/Big-Pines-Blues- liveonatlantic.com WASHINGTON Festival-349894248368489 Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival September 10-12, 2021 Virtual Bristol, Virginia & Tennessee May 28-31, 2021 423.573.1927 , Washington bristolrhythm2021.com 206.684.7300 www.nwfolklife.org

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival & Blues & Swing at Augusta Heritage Center Mineral Point Blues and Roots Festival Workshop TBA August 20-21, 2021 Virtual Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College Orchard Lawn August 3-8, 2021 Elkins, West Virginia Mineral Point, Port Townsend, Washington 304.637.1209 mineralpointhistory.org/events/blues-fest/ 360.385.3102 augustaartsandculture.org Summerfest centrum.org Snowshoe Mountain Blues, Brews & BBQ September 2-4, 9-11, & 16-18, 2021 Snoqualmie Railroad Days TBA , Wisconsin August 21-22, 2021 Snowshoe Mountain Resort www.summerfest.com Snoqualmie, Washington Snowshoe, West Virginia Oktoberfest USA www.railroaddays.com 877.441.4386 September 30-October 3, 2021 www.snowshoemtn.com Sunbanks Festival La Crosse, Wisconsin September 30-October 3, 2021 608.784.3378 Sunbanks Lakes Resort WISCONSIN www.oktoberfestusa.com Electric City, Washington Northwoods Blues Festival Chain O’Lakes Blues Festival 888.822.7195 June 18-19, 2021 October 1-2, 2021 www.sunbanksfestival.com Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Indian Crossing Casino Bellevue Jazz & Blues Music Series www.northwoodsbluesfest.com Waupaca, Wisconsin October 6-10, 2021 New Glarus Blues, Brews & Food 715.258.7343 Bellevue, Washington June 26, 2021 waupacamemories.com 425.453.1223 New Glarus Village Park Wisconsin Annual Blues Harmonica Festival www.bellevuedowntown.com New Glarus, Wisconsin November 19, 2021 Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival 608.527.2095 The Suburban Bourbon July 15-17, 2022 www.swisstown.com Muskego, Wisconsin The Blues Ranch Strawberry Festival & Party in the Park 414.375.9895 Winthrop, Washington June 26-27, 2021 www.facebook.com/ winthropbluesfestival.com Cedarburg, Wisconsin WisconsinAnnualBluesHarmonicaFestival Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival 262.377.9620 Blues Café July 29-31, 2022 www.cedarburgfestival.org Canceled for 2021 Deming Log Show Grounds Paramount Blues Challenge Rothschild Pavilion Bellingham, Washington June 27, 2021 Rothschild, Wisconsin www.bakerblues.com Cedar Creek Park midwestblues.org Gorge Blues & Brews Festival Cedarburg, Wisconsin Monroe Balloon & Blues Festival Canceled for 2021 262.208.6288 Canceled for 2021 Stevenson, Washington www.paramountmusic.org Green County Fairgrounds www.facebook.com/gorgebluesandbrews. Oostburg Boogie Monroe, Wisconsin stevenson July 24, 2021 608.328.1838 monroeballoonandblues.com Pickaxe Rhythm & Blues Festival Veterans Park Canceled for 2021 Oostburg, Wisconsin Paramount Music Festival Ferry County Fairgrounds 262.208.6288 TBA Republic, Washington www.paramountmusic.org Port Washington, Wisconsin pickaxeblues.com Prairie Dog Blues Festival 262.208.6288 www.paramountmusic.org Peninsula Rhythm & Blues Festival July 30-31, 2021 TBA St. Feriole Island Freedom Blues Fest Nahcotta, Washington Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin TBA 360.244.5823 www.prairiedogblues.com La Crosse, Wisconsin peninsulabluesfest.com Blues on the Chippewa 608.487.1778 www.facebook.com/Freedombluesfest August 6-7, 2021 TBA Memorial Park Seattle Center Durand, Wisconsin WYOMING www.bluesonthechippewa.com Seattle, Washington Sweetwater Blues n’ Brews www.onereel.org/bumbershoot Waukesha Rotary BluesFest June 19, 2021 August 13-14, 2021 Bunning VIRGINIA Naga-Waukee Park Rock Springs, Wyoming Delafield, Wisconsin 307.352.1434 Heritage Music BluesFest www.waukeshabluesfest.com www.downtownrs.com August 13-15, 2021 Heritage Port Amphitheater Big Bull Falls Blues Fest Wheeling, West Virginia August 20-21, 2021 www.heritagemusicfest.com Fern Island Park Wausau, Wisconsin Bluefield Blues Festival www.wausauevents.org September 11, 2021 Bluefield, West Virginia bluefieldbluesfest.com

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE INTERNATIONAL Tremblant International Blues Festival Sol Fest Cancun Canceled for 2021 October 24-27, 2021 Mont-Tremblant, Québec Rock Hotel blues.tremblant.ca Riviera Maya Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival Cancun, Mexico Folk Festival Virtual 424.529.9000 Canceled for 2021 February 19-20, 2021 solfestcancun.com , Ontario Gallagher Park www.winterfolk.com Edmonton, Alberta Warren Hill’s Cancun Jazz Festival 780.429.1899 October 28-31, 2021 Festival Jazz & Blues de Saguenay edmontonfolkfest.org Hotel June 1-30, 2021 Riviera Maya Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest Saguenay, Québec Cancun, Mexico TBA 418.817.4529 424.529.9000 Calgary, Alberta www.jazzetblues.com www.cancunjazz.com www.calgarybluesfest.com Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Festival Internacional de Jazz & Blues Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival June 25-July 3, 2021 November 10-14, 2021 TBA Montréal, Québec San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico Orangeville, Ontario 514.871.1881 www.sanmigueljazz.com.mx www.montrealjazzfest.com 519.941.9041 orangevillebluesandjazz.ca Big Hearts Live Rock ’n Blues Cancun Festival de Blues de Donnacona December 2-5, 2021 Beaumont Blues and Roots Festival August 5-8, 2021 Cancun, Mexico TBA Donnacona, Québec tequilabluesrock.com www.facebook.com/DonnaconaBlues Park Beaumont, Alberta AFRICA Trois-Rivières en Blues www.bbrf.ca August 19-22, 2021 Cape Town International Jazz Festival Trois-Rivières, Québec Stratford Live Music & Food Postponed until 2022 819.378.2009 TBA Cape Town, 3renblues.com Stratford, Ontario +27.21.671.0506 stratfordlive.ca Edmonton Blues Festival www.capetownjazzfest.com August 20-22, 2021 Beaches International Jazz Festival Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival Hawrelak Park TBA Postponed Edmonton, Alberta Toronto, Ontario Johannesburg, South Africa www.bluesinternationalltd.com 416.698.2152 www.joyofjazz.co.za beachesjazz.com Pender Harbour Blues Festival Knysna Blues Festival June 3-5, 2022 Festival Blues Eldorado TBA Pender Harbour, British Columbia TBA Knysna, South Africa 604.741.1186 Val-d’Or, Québec www.facebook.com/KnysnaBluesFestival www.penderharbourbluesfestival.com 873.381.2017 festivalblueseldorado.ca Durban International Blues Festival Nanaimo Summertime Blues Festival TBA August 18-21, 2022 Calgary International Blues Festival Durban, South Africa Nanaimo, British Columbia TBA www.durbanbluesfestival.co.za nanaimoblues.ca Calgary, Alberta www.calgarybluesfest.com Festival International Jazz de Saint-Louis Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival TBA September 16-19, 2021 Kitchener Blues Festival Saint-Louis, Sénégal Fredericton, New Brunswick TBA www.facebook.com/festivaljazzdesaintlouis 506.454.2583 Kitchener, Ontario www.harvestjazzandblues.com 519.571.2555 kitchenerbluesfest.com CENTRAL AMERICA Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival Costa Rica Blues Festival Postponed until 2022 Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival Canceled for 2021 Barrie, Ontario TBA Hotel La Puerta del Sol www.barriejazzbluesfest.com Deer Lake Park Burnaby, British Columbia Playas del Coco, Costa Rica RBC Bluesfest www.burnabybluesfestival.com crbluesfest.com Postponed until 2022 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival LeBreton Flats MEXICO TBA , Ontario Boquete, Chiriquí, Panama 613-247-1188 San Felipe Blues & Arts Fiesta www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com ottawabluesfest.ca October 15-16, 2021 La Ventana del Mar Resort at El Dorado Ranch Beaches Jazz & Blues Festival Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico TBA Postponed until 2022 442.456.2444 Buenaventura, Panama Salmon Arm Fair Grounds bluesandarts.com beachesjbf.com Salmon Arm, British Columbia 250.833.4096 www.rootsandblues.ca

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE SOUTH AMERICA Cognac Blues Passions German Blues Challenge & Festival and German July 7-11, 2021 Blues Awards Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival Cognac, October 1-2, 2021 TBA +33.05.45.36.11.81 Eutin, Rio das Ostras, www.bluespassions.com www.baltic-blues.de www.riodasostrasjazzeblues.com Mostly Jazz, Funk, & Soul Festival Stockholm Jazz Festival Mississippi Delta Blues Festival July 9-11, 2021 October 15-24, 2021 TBA Moseley Park Stockholm, Caxias do Sul, Brazil Birmingham, stockholmjazz.se mdbf.com.br mostlyjazz.co.uk Hamburg Blues Nights ViJazz & Blues Festival Vallemaggia Magic Blues Festival October 29-30, 2021 TBA July 9-August 5, 2021 Hamburg, Germany Ouro Preto, Ponte Nova, Muriaé, Viçosa Vallemaggia, www.baltic-blues.de Brazil +55.31.3891.2580 Bude Blues Festival +41.91.759.77.26 www.vijazz.com.br November 5-7, 2021 www.magicblues.ch Bude, United Kingdom Cali Blues & Folk Festival Blues Express www.solidentertainments.com/blues/bude/index. TBA July 10, 2021 html Cali, Differdange, Luxembourg www.colomboamericano.edu.co Lucerne Blues Festival +352.58.77.11.900 November 6-14, 2021 www.bluesexpress.lu ASIA Lucerne, Switzerland Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival www.bluesfestival.ch Jazzmandu July 16-25, 2021 Tenby Blues Festival October 28-November 3, 2021 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom November 12-14, 2021 Kathmandu, edinburghjazzfestival.com jazzmandu.org Tenby, Wales, United Kingdom The Big Blues Bash www.tenbyblues.co.uk Japan Blues Festival July 17, 2021 January Blues Festival TBA Liverpool, United Kingdom January 19-23, 2022 Aomori, Japan www.facebook.com/riversidepromotions aomori-jbf.com , United Kingdom Porretta Soul Festival www.the100club.co.uk July 22-25,2021 SOUTH ASIA Holland International Blues Festival Porretta Terme, June 9-11, 2022 Mahindra Blues Festival www.porrettasoulfestival.it TBA Grolloo, Mumbai, India Notodden Blues Festival www.hollandinternationalbluesfestival.com August 5-8, 2021 mahindrablues.com Åmål’s Blues Fest Notodden, July 6-10, 2022 www.bluesfest.no Åmål, Sweden Villa Sessions—Vila do Conde Blues Festival Campsoul Music Festival +46.0.532.713.98 Virtual August 27-30, 2021 www.bluesfest.net Grove Farms, Milton Hill, Harwell, United Kingdom April 16-18, 2021 Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea campsoulfestival.com Vila do Conde, Portugal August 23-28, 2022 www.facebook.com/villasessionsblues Blues Rules Cruise from , Greece to Mykonos, Greece Scottish Jazz & Blues Weekend September 3-4, 2021 and Kusadasi, Turkey Virtual Crissier, Switzerland +44.808.164.9851 April 22-25, 2021 www.blues-rules.com www.bluesaliveatseaeurope.com Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Bluesfest Eutin JazzAscona www.edinburghjazzfestival.com September 9-13, 2021 Postponed until 2022 Blues Festival Baden Eutin, Germany Ascona, Switzerland May 22-29, 2021 www.baltic-blues.de www.jazzascona.ch Baden, Switzerland Kwadendamme Blues Festival Dereham Blues Festival www.bluesfestival-baden.ch September 24-25, 2021 Postponed until 2022 Duvel Blues Festival Kwadendamme, Dereham, United Kingdom May 29, 2021 Netherlands www.derehambluesfestival.org.uk +31.0113.649.673 Puurs, European Blues Challenge kwadendamme.weebly.com www.duvelblues.be Canceled for 2021 Skånevik Bluesfestival Copenhagen Blues Festival Chorzów, July 1-3, 2021 September 30-October 3, 2021 ebc2021.pl Copenhagen, Denmark Skånevik, Norway Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival www.copenhagenbluesfestival.dk www.skaanevikblues.com Canceled for 2021 Summerblues Colne, United Kingdom July 2, 2021 +44.1282.861888 Basel, Switzerland www.bluesfestival.co.uk summerblues.ch

LIVING BLUES 2021 FESTIVAL GUIDE Pakkasukko Blues N’ Jazz Legendary Eastern Caribbean TBA Cruise Kemi, Lappland, January 29-February 5, 2022 www.pakkasukko.com Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Tortola, St. Thomas & Turks and Caicos Un Pont Vers La Louisiane Festival Cajun & 816.753.7979 Zydeco bluescruise.com TBA Jouars-Pontchartrain, Soul Beach Music Festival France May 25-30, 2022 www.topela.eu Aruba www.soulbeach.net Torrita Blues Festival TBA Torrita di Siena, Italy +39.349.080.1381 Blues on Broadbeach www.torritablues.it May 20-23, 2021 Broadbeach, North Wales Blues & Soul Festival bluesonbroadbeach.com TBA Theatr Clwyd Fields Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ Mold, North Wales, Canceled for 2021 United Kingdom Mt. Penang Event Park nwbluesandsoul.co.uk Kariong, girrakoolblues.com.au Swing Wespelaar TBA Bluesfest Wespelaar, Belgium Canceled for 2021 www.swingwespelaar.be Byron Events Farm Byron Bay, New South Wales Harvest Time Blues Festival www.bluesfest.com.au TBA Monaghan Town, Ireland Australian Blues Music Festival +353.087.7970689 Postponed until 2022 www.harvestblues.ie Goulburn, New South Wales www.australianbluesfestival.com Rawa Blues Festival TBA , Poland rawablues.com/en Bay-Car Blues Festival TBA Grand-Synthe, France +33.6.80.61.80.99 www.baycarbluesfestival.fr Blues sur Seine TBA Mantes-la-Jolie, France www.blues-sur-seine.com

CARIBBEAN Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival Virtual March 4-6, 2021 jamaicajazzandblues.com Terra de Blues May 21-24, 2021 Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe terredeblues.com Legendary Rhythm and Blues Southern Caribbean Cruise October 24-31, 2021 Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Willemstad, Curaçao, Oranjestad, Aruba & Half Moon Cay (Bahamas) 816.753.7979 bluescruise.com

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