Compiled by Holly Robinson
Specific dates are provided where possible. However, some festivals had not set their 2017 dates at press time. You can also view this list year round at www.LivingBlues.com
ALABAMA Bull Pen Blues and BBQ Festival Living Blues Festial Guide May 20, 2017 Old York Farms Oakman, Alabama 2017 202.544.1108 1st Annual Southbound Music Festival ALASKA April 21-22, 2017 Annual Old School and Blues Festival Cherry Street TBA Juneau Jazz & Classics May 5-20, 2017 Helena, Arkansas Huntsville Dragway Juneau, Alaska www.southboundmusicfestival.com Huntsville, Alabama www.jazzandclassics.org 246.820.9347 Annual Sunday in the Park Series 907.463.3378 www.huntsvillealabamausa.com TBA Blues Train Craighead Forest Bandshell Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival TBA Jonesboro, Arkansas May 20, 2016 Anchorage to Seward, Alaska 870.219.4644 DeBardeleben Park www.alaskarailroad.com www.deltaboogie.net Bessemer, Alabama 800.544.0552 www.bobsykesblues.com Ham n’ Beans Blues Jam 205.426.1400 March 17, 2017 ARIZONA Loft at the Edge Freedom Creek Festival Arkansas TBA Phoenix Blues Blast deltaboogie.net Cookieman’s Place on Highway 17 February 25, 2017 Aliceville, Alabama Margaret T. Hance Park Eureka Springs Blues Weekend 205.752.6263 Phoenix, Arizona June 16-18, 2017 www.alabamablues.org www.phoenixblues.org Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge 5th Annual Alpine County Blues Festival Eureka Springs, Arkansas Alabama Blues Weekend 497.253.7377 July 7-8, 2017 June 16-17, 2017 www.eurekaspringsblues.com Tuscaloosa, Alabama Mellody Field 205.752.6263 Alpine, Arizona Riverfront Blues Festival www.alabamablues.org/blues-weekend- 928.245.1143 June 23, 2017 schedules alpineazmusicfest.com/cms/ Harry E. Kelley Park McDowell Mountain Music Festival Fort Smith, Arkansas W.C. Handy Festival www.riverfrontbluesfest.org July 21-30, 2017 March 3-5, 2017 The Shoals Margaret T. Hance Park 20th Annual Hot Springs Blues Festival Florence, Alabama Phoenix, Arizona September 1-3, 2017 256.766.7642 602.343.0453 Hill Wheatley Plaza www.wchandymusicfestival.org/festival.htm www.mmmf.com Hot Springs, Arkansas Flagstaff Blues & Brews 501.815.2939 Black Belt Folk Roots Festival www.spacityblues.org/bluesfest.html August 26-27, 2017 June 10, 2017 Historic Greene County Courthouse Square Continental Country Club Driving Range Annual Delta Boogie Blues Fest Eutaw, Alabama Flagstaff, Arizona TBA 205.372.0525 928.606.5601 Craighead Forest Bandshell alabama.travel/upcoming-events/black-belt- www.flagstaffblues.com Jonesboro, Arkansas folk-roots-festival-2 Blues Heritage Fall Festival 870.219.4644 www.deltaboogie.com Johnny Shines Blues Festival TBA August 19, 2017 Reid Park Bikes, Blues & BBQ Motorcycle Rally Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tucson, Arizona September 20-23, 2017 205.887.6859 www.azblues.org Fayetteville, Arkansas 479.527.9993 46th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts ARKANSAS www.bikesbluesandbbq.org October 21-22, 2017 Northport, Alabama Blues in the Natural State King Biscuit Blues Festival 205.758.1257 TBA October 4-7, 2017 www.kentuck.org/the-festival/ Fayetteville, Arkansas Cherry Street 479.372.0266 Helena, Arkansas www.ozarkbluessociety.org 870.572.5223 www.kingbiscuitfestival.com
Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 1 CALIFORNIA Redwood Coast Jazz Festival April 29, 2017 March 30- April 2, 2017 San Diego, California Robb Bower’s Blues Bash Eureka, California 619.282.7329 February 18, 2017 707.445.3378 www.adamsavenuebusiness.com Menghini Winery www.rcmfest.org Julian, California 12th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival 619.301.9880 Spring Harp Fest XVIII April 29, 2017 www.robb-bowerpresents.com April 15, 2017 Studio Channels Art Center Harry Griffen Park Amphitheater Moorpark, California Cruisin’ For a Bluesin’ La Mesa, California 805.501.7122 March 9-12, 2017 619.263.6826 venturacountyblues.com Long Beach, California to Ensenada, Mexico www.springharpfest.org 903.454.3381 Topanga Blues Festival www.cruisinforabluesin.com Adams Avenue Unplugged May 7, 2017 Topanga Canyon, California 714.209.7347 www.socialblues.org Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues, & Crawfish Festival May 11-14, 2017 Spanish Landing Park San Diego, California 619.234.8612 www.gatorbythebay.com Doheny Blues Festival May 20-21, 2017 Doheny State Beach Dana Point, California 949.360.7800 www.dohenybluesfestival.com Sacramento Music Festival May 26-29, 2017 Sacramento, California 916.444.2004 www.sacmusicfest.com Santa Cruz American Music Festival May 27-28, 2017 Aptos Village Park Aptos, California www.santacruzamericanmusicfestival.com Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Music Festival May 27-28, 2017 Rancho Santa Susana Community Park Simi Valley, California 805.517.9000 www.simicajun.org High Desert Music Festival TBA Victorville Fairgrounds Victorville, California 760.705.4386 www.highdesertmusicfestival.com Live Oak Music Festival June 16-18, 2017 Live Oak Camp Santa Barbara, California 805.781.3030 www.liveoakfest.org Long Beach Bayou Festival June 24-15, 2017 Rainbow Lagoon Park Long Beach, California 562.912.4451 longbeachbayou.com
2 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 Red, White & Blues Festival Bay Area Blues Festival 10th Annual Carbon Valley Music Festival July 1, 2017 September 23-24, 2017 August 5, 2017 Stockton Waterfront Main Street Centennial Field Stockton, California Martinez, California Dacono, Colorado 707.647.3962 800.310.6563 303.833.2317 www.facebook.com/events/1742855459336348/ www.bayareabluesfestival.com carbonvalleymusicfestival.com Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival Long Beach Bayou Festival Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival July 8-9, 2017 June 24-25, 2017 July 5, 2017 Hayward, California Rainbow Lagoon Park Clement Park Amphitheater 510.472.8800 Long Beach, California Littleton, Colorado www.westcoastbluessociety.com 562.912.4451 www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2900455 longbeachbayou.com Fountain Blues Festival Bohemian Nights at New West Fest June 24, 2017 Mountain Harvest Festival August 11-13, 2017 Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park October 14, 2017 Downtown Fort Collins, Colorado San Jose, California Quincy, CA [email protected] 408.641.4144 530.283.3402 www.bohemiannights.org www.fountainbluesfestival.com www.plumasarts.org Blues and Brews California WorldFest Taste of Soul Family Festival August 12, 2017 July 13-16, 2017 October 21, 2017 Old South Pearl Street Nevada County Fairgrounds Los Angeles, California Denver, Colorado Grass Valley, California 323.299.3800 303.734.0718 530.274.8384 www.tasteofsoulla.org southpearlstreet.com/events/ www.worldfest.net New Blues Festival 5th Annual Vail Soul Music Fest Blues and Bones Festival September 2-3, 2017 TBA July 29-30, 2016 7550 E. Spring St. Vail, Colorado Calaveras Fairgrounds Long Beach, California [email protected] Angels Camp, California 707.572.5837 www.vailsoulmusicfest.com 209.736.2561 www.newbluesfestival.com www.bluesandbones.com Trinidaddio Bluesfest August 26, 2017 COLORADO 19th Annual Mammoth Festival of Beers & Central Park Bluesapalooza Durango Blues Train Pt. I Trinidad, Colorado August 3-6, 2017 June 2-3 & August 18-19, 2017 719.846.6407 Mammoth Lakes, California Durango, Colorado www.trinidaddio.com 888.992.7397 877.872.4607 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival www.mammothbluesbrewsfest.com www.durangobluestrain.com September 15-17, 2017 Blue Wing Blues Festival Brighton Blues Blast Telluride, Colorado August 4-6, 2017 TBA 866.515.6166 Upper Lake, California The Armory at Brighton Cultural Center www.tellurideblues.com www.tallmanhotel.com Brighton, Colorado Annual Otis Taylor Trance Jam Blues 303.710.7091 San Jose Jazz Summer Festival Festival www.heartofbrighton.org August 11-13, 2017 November 11, 2017 San Jose, California Greeley Blues Jam E-Town Concert Hall 408.288.7557 June 9-10, 2017 Boulder, Colorado www.jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org Island Grove Arena 303.579.4917 Greeley, Colorado www.trancebluesfestival.com Annual Art and Soul Oakland 970.352.3566 August 19-20, 2017 www.greeleybluesjam.com Downtown Oakland, California CONNECTICUT 510.238.7402 13th Annual Blues from the Top Blast from the Bayou: Annual Cajun/Zydeco www.artandsouloakland.com June 24-25, 2017 Festival Winter Park, Colorado June 8-11, 2017 Napa Blues, Brews & BBQ 970.281.9519 Strawberry Park August 26, 2017 www.bluesfromthetop.org Preston, Connecticut Napa, California 1800.356.2460 707.257.0322 20th Annual Blues & BBQ for Better Housing strawberrypark.tunestub.com/event. donapa.com/event/blues-brews-bbq/ July 29, 2017 cfm?id=255163&cart Edgewater, Colorado 19th Annual Sebastopol Cajun/Zydeco www.bluesnbbq.com Two Left Feet Blues Festival Festival August 26-27, 2017 September 2-3, 2017 Blues Under the Bridge Simsbury Performing Arts Center Sebastopol, California July 29, 2017 Simsbury, Connecticut www.winecountrycajun.com Downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado 719.473.4801 New England Jazz & Blues FestivaL Delta Blues Festival www.bluesunderthebridge.com Middlebury, Connecticut September 16, 2017 860.307.2909 Antioch, California www.newenglandjazzbluesfestival.com Question option on www.deltabluesfestival.net
Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 3 Black Eyed & Blues Festival Clearwater Sea Blues Festival Brick City Blues Fest- “Feed the Need” June 17, 2017 February 17-18, 2017 May 13, 2017 Hartford, Connecticut Coachman Park Ocala, Florida 860.278.7427 Clearwater, Florida 352.369.6656 www.blackeyedsallys.com 727.562.4700 www.mojogrillandcatering.com www.myclearwaterevents.com/?page_id=10 22nd Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Florida Folk Festival August 5-6, 2017 Blues and BBQ Festival May 26-28, 2017 Goshen Fairgrounds February 18, 2017 White Springs, Florida Goshen, Connecticut 104 Lakeview Avenue 877.635.3655 860.361.6285 Downtown Pavilion www.floridastateparks.org/content/64th- www.litchfieldjazzfest.com Winter Garden, Florida annual-florida-folk-festival 407.656.4155 8th Annual Blues, Views & BBQ Festival www.cwgdn.com Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise September 2-3, 2017 Caribbean Levitt Pavilion and Westport Public Library 10th Annual Blues B-Q Festival October 21- 28, 2017 Westport, Connecticut February 18, 2017 Ft. Lauderdale, California - Half Moon Cay, www.bluesviewsbbq.com Downtown Orlando Bahamas Orlando, Florida 816.753.7979 DELAWARE 407.246.2121 www.bluescruise.com www.cityoforlando.net/bluesbq/ Riverfront Blues Festival Giving Hunger the Blues TBA 10th Annual Bonita Blues Festival October 28, 2017 Wilmington, Delaware March 10-11, 2017 Van Wezel 302.576.2139 Riverside Park Sarasota, Florida www.riverfrontbluesfestde.com Bonita Springs, Florida [email protected] [email protected] www.givinghungertheblues.org Roadhouse Bluesfest www.bonitablues.com July 22, 2017 Daytona Beach Blues Festival Magnolia, Deleware Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Festival October 6-8, 2017 302.242.9997 March 17-24, 2017 Jackie Robinson Ball Park www.centraldelawareblues.com/rb2016.html Fort Pierce Marina Square Daytona Beach, Florida Fort Pierce, Florida www.daytonabluesfestival.com DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 772.460.5299 www.jazzsociety.org Downtown Festival & Art Show Washington DC Lindy Exchange (DCLX) November 11-12, 2017 April 7-9, 2017 Funky Biscuit Fest Gainesville, Florida Washington, DC March 30- April 2, 2017 352.393.8536 www.dclx.net Royal Palm Place www.gainesvilledowntownartfest.org Boca Raton, Florida 25th Annual Giant National Capital Barbecue 561.395.2929 Riverhawk Music Festival November 9-12, 2017 Battle www.funkybiscuit.com June 24-25, 2017 Sertoma Youth Ranch Pennsylvania Avenue George’s Music Springing the Blues Festival Brooksville, Florida Washington, DC April 7-9, 2017 863.984.8445 www.bbqdc.com Seawalk Pavilion www.lindentertainment.com Jacksonville Beach, Florida 29th Annual DC Blues Festival 904.270.9301 Mount Dora Blues and Wine Fest May 20-21, 2017 September 2, 2017 springingtheblues.com Washington, DC Lakefront Elizabeth Evans Park [email protected] Tampa Bay Blues Fest Mount Dora, Florida www.dcblues.org April 7-9, 2017 407-603-9215 Vine Park www.mountdorabluesandwinefest.com College Park Blues Festival St. Petersburg, Florida November 4, 2017 727.895.6153 Fest of Rhythm and Blues TBA College Park, Maryland www.tampabaybluesfest.com [email protected] Kissimmee Lakefront Park www.dcblues.org Wanee Music Festival Kissimmee, Florida April 20-22, 2017 www.visitkissimmee.com FLORIDA Live Oak, Florida 386.364.1683 GEORGIA Taste of New Orleans Blues & Brews Festival www.waneefestival.com TBA Savannah Music Festival Ft. Pierce, Florida Bikini Blues Bash March 23- April 8, 2016 tasteofneworleansfla.wix.com/ftpierce TBA Savannah, Georgia Treasure Island, Florida 912.525.5050 Florida Jazz & Blues Festival 727.547.4575 www.savannahmusicfestival.org September 23-25, 2017 www.mytreasureisland.com Cascades Park Barnesville Barbecue and Blues Festival Tallahassee, Florida Smokin’ Blues, Bikes & BBQ April 21-22, 2017 fljazzandblues.com April 29, 2017 Barnesville, Georgia St. Cloud Main Street www.bbqandblues.org St. Cloud, Florida 407.498.0008 www.stcloudmainstreet.org
4 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival ILLINOIS Byron Crossroads Blues Festival May 6, 2017 August 26, 2017 Thomson, Georgia Chi-Town Blues Festival Lyran Park www.blindwillie.com March 4, 2017 Rockford, Illinois Star Plaza Theatre 779.537.4006 Chicago, Illinois HAWAII www.crossroadsbluesfestival.com Via Ticketmaster: 1-800-745-3000 Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival Peoria Blues and Roots Music Festival Chicago Blues Festival June 1-4, 2017 TBA June 9-11, 2017 Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Riverfront Park Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois Waimea, Hawaii Peoria, Illinois 312.616.0600 808.283.9070 309.863.5121 www.chicagobluesfestival.us www.bigislandjazzandbluesfestival.com www.illinoisbluesfestival.com Blues on the Fox Deep Blue Innovators Blues Festival IDAHO June 16-17, 2017 TBA Riveredge Park Rivoli Theatre Blues and Bones Festival Aurora, Illinois August 26, 2017 Monmouth, Illinois 630.896.6666 www.monmouthblues.com Eagle Island State Park riveredgeaurora.com/2017/02/blues-on-the-fox/ Boise, Idaho www.bluesandbones.com Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival INDIANA June 23-24, 2017 Bloomington Boogies Boise Blues Festival Champaign, Illinois August 13, 2017 July 16, 2017 217.359.6960 Ivy Tech Waldron Arts Center Reid Merrill Park www.bluesbrewsandbbqfest.com Boise, Idaho Bloomington, Indiana 208.440.4590 Sterling Main Street Music Festival 812.334.0415 www.boiseblues.org July 22, 2017 bloomingtonboogies.com/home Grandon Civic Center Annual BBQ RibFest: Blues, Brews & BBQ Yellow Pine Music & Harmonica Festival Sterling, Illinois June 15-18, 2017 August 4-6, 2017 815.626.8610 Headwaters Park Yellow Pine, Idaho www.sterlingmainstreet.org/main-street- Fort Wayne, Indiana 208.633.6945 music-fest/ www.yellowpinefestival.org 260.602.1831 www.bbqribfest.com
CENTRUM PORT TOWNSEND Located on the shores of Puget Sound ACOUSTIC at Fort Worden State Park in scenic Port Townsend, WA BLUES WORKSHOP Artistic Director, Jerron Paxton The Largest Acoustic Blues Gathering in the Nation. July 30 – August 6, 2017 Spend a week living and playing alongside masters of acoustic blues traditions: Meredith Axelrod, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, Henry Butler, Marcus Cartwright, Eleanor Ellis, Leroy Etienne, Aaron Gunn, Ethan Leinwand, Maria Muldaur, Ben Payton, Adam Tanner, Suzy Thompson, Ernie Vega, Craig Ventresco, Lightnin’ Wells, Phil Wiggins and more. Check website for updates.
Register online at www.centrum.org 360-385-3102
Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 5 Madison RibberFest: Barbeque, Blues & KANSAS Kenlake August Blues Festival Balloons August 25, 2017 August 18-19, 2017 Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival Kentucky State Resort Park Madison, Indiana May 27-18, 2017 Hardin, Kentucky 800.559.2956 Sedan, KS 270.519.1788 www.madisonribberfest.com 620.875.0735 www.facebook.com/KenlakeHotAugustBlues/ www.cqbluesfest.com Bean Blossom Blues Fest BBQ & Music at the Point August 24-26, 2017 Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival September 15-16, 2017 Bill Monroe Music Park July 4, 2017 Carrollton, Kentucky Bean Blossom, Indiana Reynolds Loge 502.732.7036 812.325.8836 Lake Shawnee, Topeka www.visitcarrolltonky.org beanblossomblues.com www.topekabluessociety.org/wp/ [email protected] Garvin Gate Blues Festival Uptown Jazz and Blues Festival October 13-14, 2017 August 26, 2017 Paola Roots Festival Louisville, Kentucky Lafayette, Indiana August 25-26, 2017 502.445.4193 765.742.4041 Paola, Kansas www.garvingatebluesfestival.com www.ujbf.org 913.294.6427 www.rootsfestival.org LOUISIANA Blues at the Crossroads Paxico Blues Festival TBA 10th Annual Big Easy Blues Festival September 16, 2017 Terre Haute, Indiana March 24, 2017 Main Street bluesatthecrossroads.com UNO Lakefront Arena Paxico, Kansas New Orleans, LA BBQ and Blues 785.636.5520 www.ticketmaster.com September 9, 2017 www.paxicobluesfest.com 800.745.3000 McCormick’s Creek State Park Jammin’ in J.C. Blues and Barbecue Festival Spencer, Indiana Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival September 22-23, 2017 812.829.4344 March 18-19, 2017 Heritage Park friendsmccormickscreek.org/events.php Louis Armstrong Park Junction City, Kansas New Orleans, Louisiana 785.238.8069 IOWA 504.558.6100 www.jammininjc.com www.jazzandheritage.org/congo-square Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival Blues Masters at the Crossroads January 20-21, 2017 14th Blues ’n’ BBQ Challenge October 20-21, 2017 Cherokee, Iowa March 24-25, 2017 Salina, Kansas 712.225.6414 Hammond, Louisiana 785.825.8609 www.cherokeejazzbluesfestival.com [email protected] www.blueheavenstudios.com www.hammondbluesandbbq.com Mississippi Valley Blues Festival June 30-July 1, 2017 KENTUCKY French Quarter Festival LeClaire Park April 6-9, 2017 Davenport, Iowa W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival New Orleans, Louisiana 563.322.5837 June 14-17, 2017 800.673.5725 www.mvbs.org Henderson, Kentucky www.fqfi.org 800.648.3128 Saturday in the Park www.handyblues.org Baton Rouge Blues Festival July 1, 2017 April 8-9, 2017 Grandview Park Blues Harbor Fest Downtown Baton Rouge Sioux City, Iowa June 17, 2017 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 712.277.2575 Lake Cumberland State Dock [email protected] www.saturdayinthepark.com Jamestown, Kentucky www.batonrougebluesfestival.org 888.782.8336 Blues & BBQ www.lakecumberlandbluesfest.com Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week July 8, 2017 April 8-13, 2017 Centennial Park Master Musicians Festival Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife North Liberty, Iowa July 7-8, 2017 Park 319.626.5726 Somerset Community College Campus Ville Platte, Louisiana www.northlibertyblues.org Somerset, Kentucky 337.234.8360 888.810.2063 www.lafolkroots.org BBQ, Loo & Blues Too! www.mastermusiciansfestival.org July 14-15, 2017 Festival International de Louisiane Lincoln Park Louisville Blues ’n’ Barbecue Festival April 26-30, 2017 Waterloo, Iowa July 21-22, 2017 Lafayette, Louisiana 319.404.7308 Water Tower Park 337.232.8086 www.mainstreetwaterloo.org/event/2017- Louisville, Kentucky www.festivalinternational.com bbqloo-and-blues-too/ 502.583.0333 www.louisvillebluesandbbqfestival.com New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Annual Rollin’ on the River Blues Festival April 28- May 7, 2017 August 18-19, 2017 Fair Grounds Race Course Keokuk, Iowa New Orleans, Louisiana 660.754.6679 504.410.4100 www.keokukbluesfest.com www.nojazzfest.com
6 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival Cutting Edge C.E. New Orleans, Louisiana June 24-25, 2017 August 23-26, 2017 504.558.6100 Louis Armstrong Park Intercontinental Hotel www.jazzandheritage.org/blues-fest New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana 504.558.6100 504.322.3540 MAINE www.jazzandheritage.org/cajun-zydeco www.cuttingedgemusicbusiness.com Annual Maine Blues Festival 38th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival June 16-18, 2017 July 14-15, 2017 TBA Naples, Maine Natchitoches, Louisiana Zydeco Park 207.333.2135 318.357.4332 Plaisance, Louisiana www.mainebluesfestival.com louisianafolklife.nsula.edu 337.942.2392 www.zydeco.org North Atlantic Blues Festival Satchmo Summerfest July 15-16, 2017 August 3-6, 2017 Little Walter Music Festival Rockland, Maine New Orleans, Louisiana May 26-27, 2017 207.596.6055 504.522.5730 Alexandria, Louisiana www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com www.fqfi.org 800.551.9546 alexandriapinevillela.com/littlewalter American Folk Festival Le Cajun Music Awards & Festival August 25-27, 2017 August 18-20, 2017 Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival Waterfront Rayne Civic Center September 29-30, 2017 Bangor, Maine Rayne, Louisiana Cassidy Park 207.262.7765 281.256.3097 Bogalusa, Louisiana www.americanfolkfestival.com www.cajunfrenchmusic.org 985.205.1075 www.bogalusablues.com Ponderosa Stomp Festival MARYLAND October 5-7, 2017 Festival Acadiens et Créoles Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Three Keys in Ace Hotel October 12-15, 2017 May 20-21, 2017 New Orleans, Louisiana Girard Park Sandy Point State Park 504.810.9116 Lafayette, Louisiana Annapolis, Maryland www.ponderosastomp.com www.festivalsacadiens.com 410.257.7413 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival www.bayblues.org October 13-15, 2017 Lafayette Square Park
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Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 7 Annual Western Maryland Blues Fest New England Blues Summit 14th Annual Alpena Blues Festival June 1-4, 2017 April 28-30, 2017 June 17, 2017 City Center & City Park Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center Alpena, Michigan Hagerstown, Maryland Hyannis, Massachusetts www.alpenablues.com 301.739.8577 ext. 111 781.254.5986 Traverse City Blues, Brews & BBQ www.blues-fest.org www.newenglandbluessummit.com/home.html July 1, 2017 Federal Hill Main Street Jazz & Blues Bayou ’n’ Boogie Festival Northwestern Michigan College Festival TBA Traverse City, Michigan June 3, 2017 Rehoboth, Massachusetts 231.947.4230 Baltimore, Maryland 401.965.0849 www.traversecitybluesfest.com 410.727.4500 www.bayounboogiefest.com Kalamazoo Blues Festival www.historicfederalhill.org The Green River Festival July 14-16, 2017 Silver Spring Blues Week July 14-16, 2017 Wings Event Center June 10-16, 2017 Greenfield Community College Kalamazoo, Michigan Silver Spring, Maryland Greenfield, Massachusetts www.kvba.org [email protected] 413.341.5995 Blissfest Festival www.silverspringblues.com www.greenriverfestival.com July 7-9, 2017 Silver Spring Blues Festival Paulie’s NOLA Jazz & Blues Festival Blissfest Festival Farm June 17, 2017 TBA Harbor Springs, Michigan Silver Spring, Maryland Worcester, Massachusetts 231.348.7047 [email protected] www.baevents.com www.blissfest.org www.silverspringblues.com 25th Annual Onset Bay Blues Festival Ribs ’n’ R&B Music Festival Annual Common Ground on the Hill Festival August 5, 2017 August 11-13, 2017 July 1, 2017 Lillian Gregerman Bandshell Hart Plaza Downtown Westminster Onset, Massachusetts Detroit, Michigan Westminster, Maryland 508.295.7072 800.794.7503 410.857.2771 www.onsetbluesfestival.com www.ribsrnbjazzfest.com www.commongroundonthehill.org Gloucester Massachusetts Blues Festival Cowpie Music Fest Artscape August 12, 2017 August 10-12, 2017 July 21-23, 2017 Stage Fort Park Alaska, Michigan Baltimore, Maryland Gloucester, 616.293.2675 410.752.8632 Massachusetts www.cowpiemusicfestival.com www.artscape.org 207.596.6055 Petoskey Festival on the Bay www.gloucesterbluesfestival.com Hot August Blues & Roots Festival August 18-19, 2017 August 19, 2017 North River Blues Festival Petoskey Waterfront Oregon Ridge Park August 26-27, 2017 Petoskey, Michigan Cockeysville, Maryland Marshfield, Massachusetts 231.347.4150 877.321.3378 781.254.5986 www.petoskeyfestival.com www.hotaugustblues.com www.rhythmroomrecords.com Tawas Blues By The Bay The Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival & Blues ’n’ Brews Festival August 25-27, 2017 Competition August 19-20, 2017 East Tawas/Tawas City, Michigan October 14, 2017 Nashoba Valley Ski Area [email protected] Calvert County Fairgrounds Westford, Massachusetts www.bluesbythebaytawas.org Prince Frederick, Maryland 978.692.3033 Marquette Area Blues Festival www.eventbrite.com/e/the-blues-brews- www.bluesandbrewsrotary.org September 2-4, 2017 and-bbq-festival-and-competition- Marquette, Michigan tickets-27620761441 Library Park Blues Festival September 16, 2017 906.227.1032 Alonzo’s Memorial Picnic Harrison Avenue www.marquetteareabluessociety.com September 3, 2017 Woburn, Massachusetts Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & Barbecue Blues Baltimore, Maryland 781.953.5005 Festival 410.744.2291 www.bluesforveterans.org September 8-9, 2016 www.mojoworkin.com Brighton, Michigan MICHIGAN 810.227.5086 MASSACHUSETTS 10th Annual White Lake Blues Festival www.brightoncoc.org The Reel Blues Fest May 6, 2017 Old Town BluesFest TBA Whitehall, Michigan September 15-16, 2017 North Falmouth, Massachusetts 231.894.4048 Lansing, Michigan 508.495.3456 howmetplayhouse.org/spring17.php 517.371.4600 www.thereelbluesfest.org Jackson Blues Festival www.oldtownbluesfest.com New England Blues Festival June 1-3, 2017 September 24, 2017 Jackson County Airport Middleboro Lodge Jackson, Michigan Middleboro, Massachusetts 517.962.5939 508.269.7700 www.experiencejackson.com www.nebluesfest.com
8 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 MINNESOTA 17th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival Vicksburg Riverfest June 22-24, 2017 April 7-8, 2017 Hambone Music Festival Mears Park Vicksburg, Mississippi July 7-8, 2017 St. Paul, Minnesota [email protected] History Center of Olmsted County 651.209.7195 riverfestms.com Rochester, Minnesota www.hotsummerjazz.com 507-282-9447 37th Annual Alcorn State University Jazz www.hambonemusicfestival.com Lakefront Music Festival Festival July 14-15, 2017 April 22, 2017 “Smokin’ in Steele” BBQ And Blues Fest Mystic Lake Casino Hotel Vicksburg, Mississippi June 2-3, 2017 Prior Lake, Minnesota 601.877.6602 Steele County Fairgrounds Lakefrontmusicfest.com www.alcorn.edu/jazzfest Owatonna, Minnesota 507.279.4015 29th Annual Bayfront Blues Festival Juke Joint Festival & Related Events www.smokininsteele.com August 11-13, 2017 April 22, 2017 Bayfront Festival Park Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi Famous Dave’s BBQ & Blues Festival Duluth, Minnesota 662.624.5992 TBA 715.394.6831 ext. 101 www.jukejointfestival.com Peavey Plaza www.bayfrontblues.com Minneapolis, Minnesota Cotton District Arts Festival 952.294.1300 April 8, 2017 MISSISSIPPI www.famousdaves.com Starkville, Mississippi The Mississippi Blues Fest 662.324.3080 Santiago Shakedown March 4, 2017 www.cdafestival.com August 26, 2017 Leflore Country Civic Center Bailey Ray’s Bandshell Park Annual Crosstie Festival Greenwood, Mississippi Santiago, Minnesota April 8, 2017 662.453.9197 763.856.8900 Cleveland, Mississippi www.mississippibluesfest.com www.evensi.us/jlw-live-at-the-santiago- 662.402.5451 shakedown-bailey-rays-roadhouse/198120192 Catfish Festival www.crosstie-arts.org April 1, 2017 Cat Head Mini Blues Festival I Belzoni, Mississippi April 23, 2017 662.247.4838 Clarksdale, Mississippi www.belzonims.com 662.624.5992 www.cathead.biz
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10 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 Farish Street Festival Oktoberfest Blues and Heritage Festival TBA October 7, 2017 October 22, 2016 Jackson, Mississippi Carthage Coliseum Picayune, Mississippi 601.948.5667 Carthage, Mississippi 601.799.3070 www.farishstreetheritagefestival.com 601.267.9231 www.picayunemainstreet.com www.festivalnet.com Annual Shed BBQ Shedhead Blues Festival The Dancing Rabbit Festival TBA Cat Head Mini Blues Festival III October 28, 2017 Ocean Springs, Mississippi October 8, 2017 Macon, Mississippi 228.875.9590 Cat Head 662.726.4456 www.theshedbbq.com Clarksdale, Mississippi noxubeealliance.com 662.624.5992 Great Delta Bear Affair Shed Summer Concert Series www.cathead.biz Beginning June 17, 2017 October 28, 2017 Ocean Springs, Mississippi 17th Annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Rolling Fork, Mississippi 228.875.9590 October 8, 2017 662.873.6261 www.theshedbbq.com Hopson Commissary & the Shack Up Inn www.greatdeltabearaffair.org Clarksdale, Mississippi Annual Hambone Festival Wing Dang Doodle Festival 662.902.3866 September 29, 2017 October 26-29, 2017 www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org Gaddis Park Clarksdale, Mississippi Forest, Mississippi 5th Annual Pinetop Boogie and Crawfish 662.403.8810 601.469.4332 Boil www.hambonefestival.com www.wingdangdoodlefestival.com May 13, 2017 Bukka White Blues Festival Ground Zero Blues Club October 14-15, 2017 Mighty Mississippi Music Festival – Clarksdale, Mississippi Aberdeen, Mississippi Highway 61 Blues Festival www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org September 29- October 1, 2017 662.436.8560 Warfield Point Park Deep Blues Festival 662.369.9440 Greeneville, Mississippi October 12-15, 2017 www.bukkawhitefestival.com 662.347.2920 The Shack-Up Inn & The New Roxy Grassroots Blues Festival www.mightymississippimusicfestival.com Clarksdale, Mississippi July 8, 2017 662.313.6220 Duck Hill, Mississippi www.deepbluesfest.com 662.565.2478 www.facebook.com/grassrootsblues/
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Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 11 Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge Bear Creek Blues Festival NEBRASKA “Band Competition” TBA October 15, 2017 Club Ebony Slater, Missouri 13th Annual Blues & Balloons Festival Indianola, Mississippi 660.529.2212 June 3, 2017 [email protected] www.bearcreekblues.com Soaring Wings Vineyard www.indianolablues.org Springfield, Nebraska Boxcar of Blues Festival 402.253.2479 Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge TBA www.facebook.com/events/1291304137592835/ “Solo/Duo Competition” Kansas City, Missouri October 22, 2017 816.483.1456 Omaha Summer Arts Festival The Blue Biscuit www.knuckleheadskc.com June 9-11, 2017 Indianola, Mississippi Omaha, Nebraska [email protected] 22nd Annual Big Muddy Blues Festival 402.345.5401 September 2-3, 2017 www.indianolablues.org www.summerarts.org St. Louis, Missouri Tommy Johnson Blues Festival 314.241.5875 Playing With Fire Concert November 2017 www.bigmuddybluesfestival.com July 14-15, 2017 Terry, Mississippi Midtown Crossing 601.212.6088 Greater Ozarks Blues Festival Turner Park TBA www.tommyjohnsonblues.com Omaha, Nebraska Springfield, Missouri 402.618.7734 Annual Tallahatchie Flats Fall Music www.greaterozarksbluesfest.com www.playingwithfireomaha.net Festival: Rhythm on the River TBA Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival Blue Water Blues Festival September 16, 2017 Tallahatchie Flats July 22, 2017 Downton Webster Groves Greenwood, Mississippi Ranch Winery St. Louis, Missouri 866.93.FLATS Lewellen, Nebraska 314.962.3300 www.tallahatchieflats.com 308.778.5542 www.oldwebsterjazzfest.com/cpsiteframepage. www.bluewaterfest.com Native American Days lasso?-token.lpuserref=114131.113118&- October 25-28, 2017 token.ref=9485.113118&-token.pagecall=page NEVADA Winterville Mounds, Mississippi 662.334.4684 Annual Roots ’n’ Blues ’n’ BBQ Festival Blues & Brews Festival September 29- October 1, 2017 www.mdah.state.ms.us April 14-16, 2017 Stephens Lake Park Colorado Belle Casino Resort Mississippi Blues Marathon Columbia, Missouri Laughlin, Nevada January 13, 2018 573.442.5862 702.298.4000 Jackson, Mississippi www.rootsnbluesnbbq.com www.coloradobelle.com [email protected] www.msbluesmarathon.com Rhythm & Ribs Jazz & Blues Festival Las Vegas Brews & Blues Festival TBA May 27, 2017 Kansas City, Missouri MISSOURI The Springs Preserve Amphitheater 088.474.8874 Las Vegas, Nevada Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest www.americanjazzmuseum.com 702.822.7700 April 21-23, 2017 www.springspreserve.org Downton Main Street MONTANA Washington, Missouri Las Vegas Big Blues Bender www.downtownwashmo.org/events/main- Montana Folk Festival September 7-10, 2017 July 7-9, 2017 street-bbq-bluesfest/ Plaza Hotel & Casino Butte, Montana Las Vegas, Nevada Rock’n Ribs BBQ Festival 406.497.6464 702.518.3222 April 21-22, 2017 www.montanafolkfestival.com bigbluesbender.com Springfield, Missouri 347.424.2566 Big Sky Blues Festival Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews & Blues Festival August 4-6, 2017 www.rocknribs.com June 16-17, 2017 Pilgrim Park Downtown Reno Round Barn Blues Noxon, Montana Reno, Nevada May 6, 2017 406.827.4210 775.786.5700 Kirksville, Missouri www.bigskyblues.com www.eldoradoreno.com 660.665.2760 www.woodennickelrestaurant.com Magic City Blues: Montana’s Urban Music Jazz and Beyond – Carson City Music Festival Festival Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest August 4-5, 2017 August 4-20, 2017 June 2-3, 2017 Billings, Montana Carson City, Nevada Gladstone, Missouri 406.534.0400 775.883.4154 816.436.4523 www.magiccityblues.com www.jazzcarsoncity.com www.gladstonechamber.com/events Riverfront Blues Festival Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off Parkville River Jam Jazz, Blues and Fine August 11-12, 2017 August 30- September 4, 2017 Arts Festival Riverfront Park Nugget Casino Resort TBA Libby, Montana Sparks, Nevada Parkville, Missouri 406.291.0185 775.356.3300 816.880.9026 www.riverfrontbluesfestival.com www.nuggetribcookoff.com www.parkvilleriverjam.com
12 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 NEW HAMPSHIRE Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival Mike Griot’s Essex County/South Mountain TBA International Blues Festival Barnful of Blues Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey September 10, 2017 August 5, 2017 732.933.1984 West Orange, New Jersey New Boston, New Hampshire www.jsjbf.org 973.378.8973 603.325.8659 www.jerseyshorefestival.org southmountainbluesfestival.com www.granitestateblues.org 25th Baymen’s Seafood & Music Festival White Mountain Boogie ’n’ Blues Festival June 24-25, 2017 NEW MEXICO August 18-20, 2017 Tuckerton, New Jersey 22nd Annual Silver City Blues Festival Thornton, New Hampshire 609.296.8868 May 26-28, 2017 603.726.3867 www.tuckertonseaport.org Silver City, New Mexico www.whitemountainboogie.com 888.758.7289 Anglesea Blues Festival/ New Jersey State www.mimbresarts.org Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival Barbecue Championship September 23-24, 2017 July 7-9, 2017 Albuquerque Blues & Brews Portsmouth, New Hampshire North Wildwood, New Jersey May 28, 2017 www.newenglandfolknetwork.org/pmff/ 609.523.6565 Sandia Resort & Casino www.angleseablues.com Albuquerque, New Mexico NEW JERSEY 505.886.1251 Asbury Park Blues and Brews Bourbon Street Blues Fest TBA Annual Animas River Blues Festival May 20-21, 2017 Asbury Park, New Jersey July 15, 2017 Waterloo Concert Field 732.933.1984 Riverside Park Stanhope, New Jersey www.jsjbf.org Aztec, New Mexico 973.890.1008 www.jerseyshorefestival.org 505.333.4616 www.bourbonstreetbluesfest.com www.animasriverblues.com Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival Michael Arnone’s 28th Annual Crawfish Fest TBA June 2-4, 2017 Long Branch, New Jersey NEW YORK Sussex County Fairgrounds 732.933.1984 Mountain Jam Augusta, New Jersey www.jsjbf.org June 16-18, 2017 www.crawfishfest.com www.jerseyshorefestival.org Hunter Mountain Hunter, New York 855.821.9209 www.mountainjam.com AVAILABLE NOW! BRAND-NEW LIVING BLUES T-SHIRTS
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Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 13 Rhythm & Soul Music Festival Rowan Blues & Jazz Festival TBA October 21, 2017 New York, New York Salisbury, North Carolina 212.252.2528 704.636.3277 305.707.4730 www.rowanbluesandjazz.org www.myspace.com/rsmf WANTED! Carolina Blues Festival Annual Riverhead Blues Festival May 20, 2017 BLUES PHOTOGRAPHS TBA Barber Park Amphitheater Vail-Leavitt Music Hall Greensboro, North Carolina SOUND RECORDINGS Riverhead, New York www.fest.piedmontblues.org 631.727.5782 www.riverblues.org Annual Blues ’n’ Brews Festival POSTERS and June 3, 2017 Barrier Beach Blues & Arts Festival Festival Park MEMORABILIA June 9-11, 2017 Fayetteville, North Carolina Public Library & Kennedy Plaza 910.323.4234 Long Beach, New York www.cfrt.org The Blues Archive at the 516.456.9902 www.barrierbeachblues.com Cape Fear Blues Festival University of Mississippi June 23-25, 2017 Great Blue Heron Music Festival Wilmington, North Carolina is always looking to June 30- July 2, 2017 910.350.8822 expand its collections. Sherman, New York www.capefearblues.org 716.761.7190 If you have materials you www.greatblueheron.com Festival for the Eno July 1 & 4, 2017 would like to see placed in New York State Blues Festival Durham, North Carolina the archive, July 7-8, 2017 919.620.9099 ext. 203 Clinton Square www.enoriver.org contact Greg johnson at Syracuse, New York [email protected] www.nysbluesfest.com New River Blues Festival September 3, 2017 or (662) 915-7753. Finger Lakes Wine Festival The River House July 14-16, 2017 Grassy Creek, North Carolina Watkins Glen, New York 336.982.2109 607.535.2486 www.newriverbluesfestival.info www.flwinefest.com Bull Durham Blues Festival – 26th Chenango Blues Festival Anniversary August 18-19, 2017 TBA Norwich, New York Durham, North Carolina 607.334.5653 ext. 1 919.683.1709 www.chenangobluesfest.org www.hayti.org/music Hudson River Blues and BBQ Festival August 2017 NORTH DAKOTA Hudson River Park Pier 97 Winter Blues Festival New York, New York February 11, 2017 917.661.6824 Fargo, North Dakota www.hudsonriverpark.org 866.552.5837 www.fargobluesfest.com Hudson Valley Ribfest: BBQ, Bands & More August 18-20, 2017 Buggies ’n’ Blues Classic Car Show Ulster County Fairgrounds June 10-11, 2017 New Paltz, New York Mandan, North Dakota 844.742.3378 701.426.3340 In a world where only 3% hudsonvalleyribfest.org www.buggies-n-blues.org love Blues, The Wildcat will Niagara Falls Blues Festival Fargo Blues Festival September 15-17, 2017 July 28-29, 2017 still always answer the call!! Niagara Falls, New York Newman Outdoor Field “With plenty of good-time grooves to www.niagarafallsbluesfest.org Fargo, North Dakota 866.552.5837 spare...Midnight Service Call is worth NORTH CAROLINA www.fargobluesfest.com ringing up.” - Living Blues Merlefest OHIO Available on CDBaby & Amazon April 27- 30, 2017 Wilkesboro, North Carolina Pickle’s Blues Extravaganza 800.343.7857 Booking 2016 festivals and gigs! March 3-4, 2017 www.merlefest.org Old City Prime Contact info on Lima, Ohio www.wildcatohalloran.com www.oldcityprime.com with videos!
14 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 River City Blues Fest Cincy Blues Fest Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival March 17-18, 2017 August 11-12, 2017 June 30- July 4, 2017 The Lafayette Hotel Cincinnati, Ohio McCall Waterfront Park Marietta, Ohio 513.739.2583 Portland, Oregon 304.422.2944 www.cincybluesfest.org 503.282.0555 www.bjfm.org www.waterfrontbluesfest.com African-American Cross-Cultural Works Canton Blues Festival Blues & Jazz Fest Summer Blues Festival June 9-10, 2017 TBA June 25, 2017 Downtown Canton Yellow Springs, Ohio Grizzly Peak Winery Canton, Ohio 937.767.9114 Ashland, Oregon 330.458.2072 www.aacw.org 541.944.6764 - Mark Howard www.events.downtowncanton.com www.ashlandblues.org Black Swamp Arts Festival The Toledo Food Bank’s NW Ohio Blues, September 8-10, 2017 21st Bronze Blues & Brews Rhythm, and Jazz Festival Bowling Green, Ohio August 11-12, 2017 June 24, 2017 877.865.6082 The Wallowa Mountains International Park www.blackswamparts.org Joseph, Oregon Downtown Toledo, Ohio www.bronzebluesbrews.com 419.242.5000 ext. 212 Midpoint Music Festival TBA www.toledofoodbank.org Cincinnati, Ohio PENNSYLVANIA Washboard Music Festival 877.572.8690 Lancaster Roots and Blues Festival June 15-17, 2017 www.mpmf.com February 24-26, 2017 Logan, Ohio Downtown 740.380.3828 OKLAHOMA Lancaster, Pennsylvania www.washboardmusicfestival.com lancasterrootsandblues.com/ Bixby BBQ’n Music Festival Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival May 5-6, 2017 Blast Furnace Blues Festival June 16-18, 2017 Washington Irving Memorial Park March 24-26, 2017 Creekside Park Bixby, Oklahoma SteelStacks Campus Gahanna, Ohio 918.549.8065 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 614.418.9114 www.bixbyrotarybbq.com 610.332.1300 www.creeksidebluesandjazz.com www.steelstacks.org Paul’s Valley Brickfest Hudson Blues, Brews & BBQs Festival TBA Media Americana Roots Ramble TBA Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma April 8, 2017 Hudson, Ohio 405.238.2555 State Street 886.241.7881 www.paulsvalley.com Media, Pennsylvania www.hudsonbluesbrewsandbbq.com 610.566.5039 Enid Blues Festival www.statestreetblues.com Blues, Brews & BBQ October 27-29, 2017 July 15, 2017 Government Springs Park Bucks County Blues Society Spring Fever Pyramid Hull Sculpture Park & Museum Enid, Oklahoma Footstomper Hamilton, Ohio 580.977.9267 April 23, 2017 513.868.8336 www.enidbluesfestival.com Edgely, Pennsylvania www.gettothebc.com/events/blues-brews-bbq 215.943.5898 Bricktown Blues & BBQ Festival www.buckscountybluessociety.org Rhythm on the River June 17-18, 2017 July 21, 2017 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Lehigh River Blues Jam Riverside Amphitheater 405.236.4143 April 28, 2017 Pomeroy, Ohio www.bricktownokc.com/index.php?bricktown- Days Hotel 740.992.6840 blues-festival Allentown, Pennsylvania www.pomeroyblues.org www.lehighriverbluesjam.com Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival Big Bend Blues Bash September 2-4, 2017 Annual State Street Blues Stroll TBA The D.C. Rentiesville Museum June 10, 2017 Pomeroy, Ohio Rentiesville, Oklahoma State Street 740.992.6524 918.855.0978 Media, Pennsylvania www.pomeroyblues.org www.dcminnerblues.com 610.566.5039 www.statestreetblues.com Canal Winchester Blues and Ribfest Hound Dog Blues Festival July 28-29, 2017 TBA Billtown Blues Festival Downton Tulsa, Oklahoma June 10, 2017 Canal Winchester, Ohio www.tulsaworld.com Lycoming County Fairgrounds www.bluesandribfest.com Hughesville, Pennsylvania 570.584.4480 Lebanon Blues Festival OREGON www.billtownblues.org August 5, 2017 Soul’d Out Festival Downtown April 19-21, 2017 Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Lebanon, Ohio Portland, Oregon Festival 513.588.0321 971.230.0029 June 17, 2017 www.lebanonbluesfestival.org www.souldoutfestival.com Honesdale, Pennsylvania 570.253.4699 www.honesdalerootsandrhythm.com
Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 15 Briggs Farm Blues Festival Rhythm & Roots Rivertown Music & Arts Festival July 6-9, 2017 September 1-3, 2017 May 6, 2017 Nescopeck, Pennsylvania Ninigret Park Conway, South Carolina 570.379.3342 Charlestown, Rhode Island 843.248.6260 www.briggsfarm.com 888.855.6940 conwayalive.com/downtown-events/specials- www.rhythmandroots.com a-entertainment.html Music & Wine Festival June 10-11, 2017 Piccolo Spoleto Festival Fort Hunter Park SOUTH CAROLINA May 26- June 11, 2017 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Lowcountry Blues Bash Charleston, South Carolina 717.599.5188 April 2, 2017 843.762.9125 www.dauphincounty.org/Pages/default.aspx Bowens Island Restaurant www.piccolospoleto.com Charleston, South Carolina Gypsy Moon Blues Festival 16th Annual Greenwood Blues Cruise 844.297.1962 September 2, 2017 July 2017 www.alstonwilkessociety.org/lowcountry- East Petersburg, Pennsylvania Greenwood, South Carolina blues-bash.html [email protected] 864.942.8448 www.gypsymoonbluesfest.com Solar Eclipse Blues and BBQ Harbor Cruise www.greenwoodbluescruise.com August 21, 2017 Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival South Carolina Festival of Discovery 843.722.1112 July 22-23, 2017 July 6-8, 2017 www.charlestonharbortours.com Syria Shrine Center Greenwood, South Carolina Cheswick, Pennsylvania Greenwood Blues Cruise www.facebook.com/events/842326652568490/ 412.552.2563 July 6-9, 2017 21st Annual Carolina Downhome Blues bandtogetherpgh.org Multiple Venues Festival Uptown Greenwood, South Carolina AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival October 5-7, 2017 864.762.9125 August 4-6, 2017 Camden, South Carolina www.greenwoodbluescruise.com/ Johnstown, Pennsylvania 803.425.7676 814.539.1889 Annual Lowcountry Cajun Fest www.fineartscenter.org www.floodcitymusic.com April 2, 2017 Shrimp City Slim’s 4 of July Celebration James Island County Park The Peach Music Festival July 4, 2017 Charleston, South Carolina August 10-13, 2017 City Marina 843.795.4386 Montage Mountain Charleston, South Carolina www.ccprc.com Scranton, Pennsylvania 843.722.1112 www.thepeachmusicfestival.com Sea & Sand Festival www.charlestonharbortours.com April 8-9, 2017 Philadelphia Folk Festival Columbia’s 20th Annual Free Blues Festival Folly Beach, South Carolina August 19-20, 2017 TBA 843.408.6439 Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Columbia, South Carolina www.follybeachseaandsand.com 215.247.1300 803.708.4500 www.pfs.org 14th Annual Blues by the Sea www.wordofmouthproductions.org April 15, 2017 Pennsylvania Blues Festival 15th Annual Blues Stage at the South Freshfields Village Green September 2017 Carolina Pecan Festival Kiawah Island, South Carolina Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania November 4, 2017 843.762.9125 www.pennsylvaniabluesfestival.com Florence, South Carolina www.freshfieldsvillage.com/events 843.762.9125 RHODE ISLAND Shrimp City Slim’s Mills House Blues www.florencedowntown.com Throwdown 25th Annual Cajun & Zydeco Mardis Gras Mills House Hotel SOUTH DAKOTA Ball Charleston, South Carolina February 25, 2017 843.762.9125 Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival Cranston, Rhode Island July 13-15, 2017 www.millshouse.com 401.783.3926 www.mardigrasri.com Sioux Falls, South Dakota Greater Clemson Music Festival 605.335.6101 9th Annual Bayou ’n’ Boogie Festival April 20-30, 2017 www.jazzfestsiouxfalls.com TBA Clemson, South Carolina Diamond Hill Park 864.650.0585 Cumberland, Rhode Island TENNESSEE www.clemsonbluesfest.org 401.965.0849 Exit 56 Blues Fest www.bayounboogiefest.com Annual Blues Stage at Arts May 27-28, 2017 International Festival West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center Newport Folk Festival April 8, 2017 Brownsville, Tennessee July 28-30, 2017 Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center 731.779.9000 Fort Adams State Park Florence, South Carolina www.exit56blues.com Newport, Rhode Island www.fmarion.edu/news/artsinternational [email protected] Beale Street Music Festival www.newportfolk.org 11th Annual Mac Arnold Cornbread & May 5-7, 2017 Collard Greens Blues Festival Memphis, Tennessee April 27-29, 2017 901.525.4611 Florence, South Carolina www.memphisinmay.org 303.757.1949 www.macarnold.com/tour.html
16 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 Blues Music Awards Old Settler’s Music Festival VERMONT May 11, 2017 April 20-23, 2017 Memphis, Tennessee Driftwood, Texas Discover Jazz Festival 901.527.2583ext. 10 www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org June 2-11, 2017 www.blues.org Burlington, Vermont 9th Annual Simply Texas Blues Festival 802.863.7992 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival May 20, 2017 [email protected] June 8-11, 2017 San Angelo, Texas www.discoverjazz.com Manchester, Tennessee 325.500.1083 888.512.7469 www.sanangelobluessociety.com VIRGINIA www.bonnaroo.com Kerrville Folk Festival Star City Blues Jam Riverbend Festival May 25- June 11, 2017 March 2, 2017 June 9-17, 2017 Kerrville, Texas Sidewinder Steakhouse & Saloon Chattanooga, Tennessee 830.257.3600 Roanoke, Virginia 423.756.2211 www.kerrville-music.com 540.529.8502 www.riverbendfestival.com T-Bone Walker Festival www.blueridgeblues.org Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival June 2-3, 2017 Sedalia BBQ & Blues Festival June 17, 2017 Longview, Texas April 22, 2017 Bicentennial Mall 903.237.1230 The Sedalia Center Nashville, Tennessee www.tbonewalkerfest.com Big Island, Virginia 615.726.5867 434.299.5080 www.jumptojefferson.com Texas Folklife Festival June 9-11, 2017 www.sedaliacenter.org Jus’ Blues Music Awards San Antonio, Texas 14th Annual Hampton Acoustic Blues August 2-5, 2017 210.458.2224 Revival Memphis, Tennessee www.texancultures.com April 8, 2017 678.403.1993 Hampton University www.jusblues.org Tall City Blues Fest July 14-15, 2017 Hampton, Virginia Muddy Roots Music Festival Midland, Texas 757.722.5811 September 1-4, 2017 432.262.0034 [email protected] Cookeville, TN www.tallcitybluesfest.com www.natchelblues.org 615.535.2441 Tinner Hill Blues Festival: A Tribute to John www.muddyrootsmusic.com Summertime Bikes & Blues Festival TBA Jackson Memphis Music and Heritage Festival Freeport, Texas June 9-11, 2017 September 2-3, 2017 979.482.2036 Falls Church, Virginia Main Street www.freeportbluesfestival.blogspot.com 703.241.4109 Memphis, Tennessee www.tinnerhill.org 901.525.3655 Bedford Labor Day Blues & BBQ Festival September 1-3, 2017 Radio One Richmond Stone Soul Music & www.southernfolklore.com East Austin, Texas Food Festival Annual Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival 817.952.2128 June 10, 2017 September 30, 2017 www.bedfordbluesfest.com Classic Amphitheater at Richmond Raceway Cove Lake State Park Richmond, Virginia Caryville, Tennessee Annual Eastside Kings Festival www.boomermagazine.com/events/ September 9-10, 2017 louiebluie.org Austin, Texas Winter Blues & Jazz Festival Hatchie Fall Festival 512.228.8434 January 11-14, 2018 October 21, 2017 www.facebook.com/eastsidekingsfestival Williamsburg, Virginia Brownsville, Tennessee 757.592.4289 731.779.9000 Austin City Limits Music Festival www.winterbluesjazzfest.com October 6-8 & 13-15, 2017 www.hatchiefallfest.com Zilker Park Annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival International Blues Challenge Austin, Texas June 17, 2017 January 31- February 4, 2017 888.512.7469 Arlington, Virginia Memphis, Tennessee www.aclfestival.com 703.892.2776 901.527.2583 www.columbiapike.org www.blues.org/ibc Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembrance Ride & Concert Bayou Boogaloo Music & Cajun Food October 1, 2017 Festival TEXAS Dallas, Texas June 2017 Norfolk, Virginia H-Town Blues Festival www.srvrideandconcert.org 757.664.6620 April 15, 2017 www.festeventsva.org NRG Arena UTAH Houston, Texas High Tides Colonial Beach Blues Festival Utah Arts Festival 800.653.8000 June 9-11, 2017 June 22-25, 2017 www1.ticketmaster.com/the-11th- Colonial Beach, Virginia Library & Washington Squares annual-htown-blues-festival-houston- 804.214.0312 Salt Lake City, Utah texas-04-15-2017/event/3A005177BCE8381D www.colonial-beach-virginia-attractions.com 801.322.2428 www.uaf.org
Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 17 Winchester Blues House Festival 30th Annual Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival Hot Rod ‘N’ Blues TBA July 21-23, 2017 June 2017 Winchester, Virginia The Blues Ranch Grafton, Wisconsin 540.662.7066 Winthrop, Washington www.graftonblues.org www.winchesterblueshouse.com 509.997.3837 www.winthropbluesfestival.com 50th Summerfest Blues at the Beach June 28- July 2 & July 4-9, 2017 TBA Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival Milwaukee, Wisconsin Virginia Beach, Virginia August 4-6, 2017 414.273.2680 757.425.3111 Deming, Washington www.summerfest.com www.beachstreetusa.com [email protected] www.bakerblues.com Prairie Dog Blues Festival Bristol’s Rhythm & Roots Reunion July 28-29, 2017 September 15-17, 2017 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop St. Feriole Island Birthplace of Country Music Museum July 30- August 6, 2016 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin Bristol, Virginia Port Townsend, Washington 888.567.1567 423.573.1927 360.385.3102 www.prairiedogblues.com www.bristolrhythm.com www.centrum.org Blues on the Chippewa Big Lick Blues Festival Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival August 4-6, 2017 TBA July 30 - August 6, 2017 Durand, Wisconsin Roanoke, Virginia Port Townsend, Washington 715.495.8091 540.342.2640 360.385.3102 www.bluesonthechippewa.org www.virginia.org www.centrum.org Waukesha Blues Fest Richmond Folk Festival Snoqualmie Railroad Days August 11-12, 2017 October 13-15, 2017 August 18-20, 2017 Naga-Waukee Park Richmond, Virginia Northwest Railway Museum Delafield, Wisconsin Downtown Riverfront Snoqualmie, Washington 800.366.1961 804.788.6466 425.888.3030 ext. 203 www.waukeshabluesfest.com www.richmondfolkfestival.org www.railroaddays.com 25th Big Bull Falls Blues Fest Bumbershoot August 18-19, 2017 WASHINGTON September 1-3, 2017 Fern Island Annual UnTapped Blues & Brews Festival Seattle Center Wausau, Wisconsin TBA Seattle, Washington 715.297.9531 Kennewick, Washington [email protected] www.wausauareaevents.org www.untappedblues.com www.bumbershoot.com Paramount Blues Festival Sunbanks Resort Rhythm & Blues Festival September 1-3, 2017 WEST VIRGINIA May 18-21 & September 7-10, 2017 Coal Dock Park Sunbanks Lakes Resort Snowshoe Mountain Blues, Brews & BBQ Port Washington, Wisconsin Electric City, Washington August 2017 262.208.6288 or 262.208.6237 888.822.7195 Snowshoe Mountain Resort www.paramountmusic.org www.sunbanksfestival.com Snowshoe, West Virginia Oktoberfest Blues Bash 877.441.4386 September 28-October 1, 2017 Northwest Folklife Festival www.snowshoemtn.com May 26-29, 2017 La Crosse, Wisconsin Seattle Center Heritage Music Blues Fest 608.784.3378 Seattle, Washington August 11-13, 2017 www.oktoberfestusa.com 206.684.7300 Wheeling, West Virginia www.nwfolklife.org 304.238.6064 WYOMING www.heritagemusicfest.com Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival Sweetwater Blues ’n’ Brews Fest TBA Bluefield Blues Festival August 12, 2017 Tacoma, Washington August 26, 2017 Bunning Park 253.227.0335 Commerce Street Rock Springs, Wyoming www.tacomajazzfestival.com Bluefield, West Virginia 307.352.1434 304.320.3631 www.downtownrs.com The Crossroads Blues Festival June 2017 Kettle Falls, Washington WISCONSIN CANADA 509.738.2350 Blues Café www.rockcutblues.com March 11, 2017 Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival Rothschild Pavillion February 17-19, 2017 Sweet Onion Festival Rothschild, Wisconsin Toronto, Ontario June 17-18, 2017 [email protected] www.winterfolk.com Walla Walla, Washington www.gnbs.org 509.525.1031 Pender Harbour Blues Festival www.sweetonions.org Paramount Blues Challenge June 2-4, 2017 April 1, 2017 Pender Harbour, British Columbia Cedarburg, Wisconsin 604.741.1186 262.208.6288 Penderharbourbluesfestival.com www.graftonblues.org
18 • LIVING BLUES • Festival Guide 2017 Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival Trois-Rivieres en Blues ASIA June 8-19, 2017 August 24-27, 2017 Various Venues Trois-Rivieres, Quebec Jazzmandu Barrie, Ontario +1.819.378.2009 October 12-18, 2017 www.barriejazzbluesfest.com www.3renblues.com Kathmandu, Nepal +977.980.351.6450 All Canadian Roots and Blues Festival Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival www.jazzmandu.org TBA August 18-20, 2017 Picton, Ontario Shuswap Lake EUROPE 613.476.8416 Salmon Arm, British Theregenttheatre.org Columbia Pakkasukko Blues N’ Jazz +1. 250.833.4096 February 3-5, 2017 Beaumont Blues and Roots Festival www.rootsandblues.ca Kemi, Lappland, Finland June 16-18, 2017 +358.050.382.4410 Four Seasons Park Edmonton Blues Festival www.pakkasukko.com Beaumont, Alberta August 25-27, 2017 www.beaumontblues.net Hawrelak Park International Boogie and Blues Festival Edmonton, Alberta TBA Stratford Blues & Rib Fest www.bluesinternationalltd.com LA Ermelo, Holland June 23-25, 2017 +31.0341.568.585 Stratford, Ontario Calgary International Blues Festival www.boogiefestival.nl 519.271.3093 July 31-August 6, 2017 www.stratfordbluesandribfest.ca Calgary, Canada International Blues Festival [email protected] June 9-10, 2017 RBC Bluesfest www.calgarybluesfest.com Grolloo July 6-16, 2017 Drenthe, Holland Lebraton Flats Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest hollandinternationalbluesfestival.com Ottawa, Ontario February 27-March 4, 2017 613-247-1188 Calgary, Canada Bierbeek Blues’d Up Festival www.ottawabluesfest.ca calgarybluesfest.com/17MWschedule.php TBA Bierbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium Tremblant International Blues Festival Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival www.bierbeekbluesdup.be July 7-16, 2017 September 12-17, 2017 Mont-Tremblant, Quebec Fredericton, New Brunswick Delirium Blues Festival 819.681.3000 #46643 888.622.5837 April 8, 2017 www.tremblantblues.com www.harvestjazzandblues.com Roeselare, Belgium +32.477.618.388 Thunder Bay Blues Festival www.hd-b.be July 7-9, 2017 MEXICO Marina Park Annual Baja Blues Fest Stompin’ at the Savoy Thunder Bay, Ontario August 18-20, 2017 March 27- April 2, 2017 800.463.8817 Rosarito Beach Hotel & Resort Helsinki, Finland www.tbayblues.ca Baja California, Mexico www.blues-finland.com/events/ 800.520.5471 stompinatthesavoy.html Beaches Jazz Festival www.bajabluesfest.org July 7-30, 2017 Big Wheel Blues Festival Woodbine Park May 6, 2017 Toronto, Ontario AFRICA September 9, 2017 Isle of Man, United Kingdom 416.698.2152 Cape Town International Jazz Festival www.bigwheelblues.com www.beachesjazz.com March 31-April 1, 2017 Bluesfest Windsor Cape Town, South Africa Blues Festival of Wales July 13-16, 2017 +27.21.671.0506 TBA Detroit Waterfront www.capetownjazzfest.com Cwm-twrch Uchaf, Powys, United Kingdom www.greenvalleyarts.co.uk Windsor, Ontario Joy of Jazz Jo’burg International Festival www.bluesfestwindsor.com September 28-30, 2017 North Wales Blues & Soul Festival Kitchener Blues Festival Johannesburg, South Africa August 4-6, 2017 August 10-13, 2017 www.joyofjazz.co.za Kendrick’s field Kitchener, Ontario Mold, North Wales 519.571.2555 SOUTH AMERICA www.nwbluesandsoul.co.uk www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival Kwadendamme Blues Festival Donnacona au Rythme du Blues TBA May 11-13, 2017 August 11-13, 2017 www.riodasostrasjazzeblues.com Kwadendamme, Zeeland, Netherlands Donnacona, Québec ViJazz Blues Festival 418.285.5696 +310.113.649.673 March 8-11, 2017 www.bluestown.eu www.donnaconablues.com Ouro Preto, Ponte Nova, Muriaé, Viçosa Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival Brazil Blues Baltica August 12, 2017 www.vijazz.com.br/#o-vijazz May 18-21, 2017 Deer Lake Park Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Burnaby, British Columbia +49.004.945.217.980.60 604.291.6864 www.blues-baltica.de www.burnabybluesfestival.com
Festival Guide 2017 • LIVING BLUES • 19 Blues Festival Baden Vallemaggia Magic Blues Festival CARRIBEAN May 20-27, 2017 July 7- August 3, 2017 Baden, Aargau, Switzerland Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland Soul Beach Music Festival [email protected] +419.175.977.26 May 24-29, 2017 www.bluesfestival-baden.ch www.magicblues.ch Aruba [email protected] Duvel Blues Festival Blues Express www.soulbeach.net May 27, 2017 July 8, 2017 Puurs, Belgium Differdange, Luxembourg Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise [email protected] +352.587.719.00 October 21-28, 2017 www.duvelblues.be www.bluesexpress.lu Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Aruba, Curacao & the Bahamas Dublin City Soul Festival Hondarribia Blues Festival 816.753.7979 May 2017 TBA www.bluescruise.com Dublin, Ireland Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain +35.3876.031.022 +346.794.731.61 AUSTRALIA www.dublincitysoulfestival.com www.blueshondarribia.com Byron Bay Bluesfest Hebden Bridge Blues Festival Edinburgh Jazz & Blues April 13-17, 2017 TBA July 14-23, 2017 Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Hebden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Byron Bay, New South Wales +44.1422.844.716 +441.314.675.200 +612.668.583.10 www.yorkshirebluesfestival.co.uk www.edinburghjazzfestival.com www.bluesfest.com.au Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival Porretta Soul Festival Blues on the Broadbeach Music Festival August 25-17, 2017 July 20-23, 2017 May 18-21, 2017 Cole, Lancashire Porretta Terme, Broadbeach CBD United Kingdom Bologna, Italy Gold Coast, Queensland +441.282.861.888 [email protected] +617.565.601.00 www.bluesfestival.co.uk www.porrettasoul.it www.bluesonbroadbeach.com Torrita Blues Festival Notodden Blues Festival Sydney Blues & Roots Festival June 22-24, 2017 August 3-6, 2017 October 27-29, 2017 Torrita di Siena, Italy Notodden, Norway Windsor, New South Wales +39.349.080.1381 +47.934.319.99 +644.090.424.64 www.torritablues.it www.bluesfest.no www.sydneybluesfestival.com.au Southern Soul Festival Campsoul Music Festival Sydney Blues & Roots Winterfest June 29- July 2, 2017 August 26-27, 2017 June 15-17, 2017 Copacabana Beach Grove Farms Windsor, New South Wales Ulcinj, Montenegro Oxfordshire, UK +644.040.739.35 www.southernsoulfestival.com www.campsoulfestival.com www.sydneybluesfestival.com.au Skanevik Bluesfestival The European Blues Cruise July 6-8, 2017 TBA Skanevik, Norway Marseilles, France [email protected] +003.349.154.0053 www.skaanevik-blues.com www.europeanbluescruise.com Cognac Blues Passions Harvest Time Blues Festival July 4-8, 2017 September 1-4, 2017 Cognac, Poitou-Charentes, France Monaghan Town, Ireland +335.453.611.81 +353.473.816.2 www.bluespassions.com www.harvestblues.com Åmål’s Blues Fest Rawa Blues Festival July 6-9, 2017 September 29-30, 2017 Åmål, Sweden Katowice, Poland +46.53.271.398 www.rawablues.com www.bluesfest.net Copenhagen Blues Festival Dereham Blues Festival TBA July 6-9, 2017 Copenhagen, Denmark Dereham, Norfolk www.copenhagenbluesfestival.dk United Kingdom Stockholm International Jazz & Blues www.derehambluesfestival.org.uk Festival Mostly Jazz, Funk, & Soul Festival October 2017 July 7-9, 2017 Stockholm, Sweden Moseley Park www.stockholmjazz.com Birmingham, UK [email protected] mostlyjazz.co.uk/
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