Table Of ContentCompiled by George McDaniel
Specifc dates are provided where possible.
However, some festivals had not set their 2016
dates at press time. You can also view this list
year round at www.LivingBlues.com
ALABAMA
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Old York Farms
Oakman, Alabama ARIZONA 17th Annual Hot Springs Blues Festival
202.544.1108 September 3-4, 2016
Phoenix Blues Blast Hot Springs, Arkansas
Annual Old School and Blues Festival March 5, 2016 501.815.2939
TBA Margaret T. Hance Park www.hotsprings.org
Huntsville Dragway Phoenix, Arizona
Huntsville, Alabama www.phoenixblues.org Annual Delta Boogie Blues Fest
246.820.9347 TBA
www.huntsvillealabamausa.com McDowell Mountain Music Festival Craighead Forest Bandshell
March 11-13, 2016 Jonesboro, Arkansas
Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival Hance Park 870.219.4644
May 21, 2016 Phoenix, Arizona www.deltaboogie.com
Bessemer, Alabama 602.343.0453
www.bobsykesblues.com www.mmmf.com Bikes, Blues & BBQ Motorcycle Rally
205.426.1400 September 21-24, 2016
Blues, Brews and BBQ Fayetteville, Arkansas
Freedom Creek Festival June 18, 2016 479.527.9993
June 4, 2016 Continental Driving Range www.bikesbluesandbbq.org
Cookieman’s Place on Highway 17 Flagstaff, Arizona
Aliceville, Alabama 928.606.5601 King Biscuit Blues Festival
205.752.6263 www.fagstaffblues.com October 5-8, 2016
www.alabamablues.org Cherry Street
Blues Heritage Fall Festival Helena, Arkansas
W.C. Handy Festival TBA 870.572.5223
July 22-31, 2016 Reid Park www.kingbiscuitfestival.com
The Shoals Tucson, Arizona
Florence, Alabama www.azblues.org
256.766.7642 CALIFORNIA
www.wchandymusicfestival.com ARKANSAS Robb Bower’s Blues Bash
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ALASKA Spring Harp Fest XIV
Eureka Springs Blues Weekend March 26, 2016
Juneau Jazz & Classics June 16-19, 2016 Harry Griffen Park Amphitheater
May 16-21, 2016 Eureka Springs, Arkansas La Mesa, California
Juneau, Alaska 800.638.7352 www.springharpfest.org
www.jazzandclassics.org www.eurekaspringsblues.com
907.463.3378 Adams Avenue Unplugged
Riverfront Blues Festival April 30- May 1, 2016
Blues Train June 24-25, 2016 San Diego, California
TBA Harry E. Kelley Park 619.282.7329
Anchorage to Seward, Alaska Fort Smith, Arkansas www.adamsavenuebusiness.com
www.alaskarailroad.com www.riverfrontbluesfest.org
800.544.0552
2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 1
9th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival Red, White & Blues Festival Bay Area Blues Festival
TBA TBA September 24-25, 2016
Moorpark College Alameda County Fair Martinez, California
Moorpark, California Pleasanton, California 800.310.6563
805.501.7122 707.647.3962 www.bayareabluesfestival.com
www.venturacountybluessociety.org www.bayareabluessociety.net
Bay for the Bayou – Part Deux
Topanga Blues Festival Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival TBA
TBA TBA San Francisco, California
Topanga Canyon, California Hayward/Russell City, California 415.269.0066
714.209.7347 510.836.2227 www.forthebayou.org
www.socialblues.org www.bayareabluessociety.net
Thunderfest Car Show and Music Festival
Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues, & Crawfsh Metro Fountain Blues Festival TBA
Festival June 25, 2016 Covina, California
May 5-8, 2016 Cesar Chavez Plaza 626.380.8204
Spanish Landing Park San Jose, California www.covina.com
San Diego, California 408.353.3087
Mountain Harvest Festival
619.234.8612 www.fountainbluesfestival.com
October 15, 2016
www.sandiegofestival.com
California WorldFest Quincy, CA
Doheny Blues Festival July 14-17, 2016 530.283.3402
May 21-22, 2016 Grass Valley, California www.plumasarts.org
Doheny State Beach 530.214.8384
Taste of Soul Family Festival
Dana Point, California www.worldfest.net
October 15, 2016
949.360.7800
Blues and Bones Festival Los Angeles, California
www.dohenybluesfestival.com
July 29-30, 2016 www.tasteofsoulla.org
Sacramento Music Festival Angels Camp, California (323) 299-3800
May 27-30, 2016 209.736.2561
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
Sacramento, California www.bluesandbones.com
Caribbean
916.444.2004
19th Annual Mammoth Festival of Beers & October 29- November 5, 2016
www.sacmusicfest.com
Bluesapalooza Los Angeles, California
Santa Cruz American Music Festival August 4-7, 2016 816.753.7979
May 28-29, 2016 Mammoth Lakes, California www.bluescruise.com
Aptos Village Park 888.992.7397
Aptos, California www.mammothbluesbrewsfest.com COLORADO
www.santacruzamericanmusicfestival.com
Blue Wing Blues Festival Durango Blues Train Pt. I
Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Music Festival August 5-7, 2016 June 3-4, 2016
May 28-29, 2016 Upper Lake, California San Juan National Forest
Rancho Santa Susana Community Park www.tallmanhotel.com Durango, Colorado
Simi Valley, California 877.872.4607
San Jose Jazz Summer Festival
805.517.9000 www.durangobluestrain.com
August 12-14, 2016
www.simicajun.org
San Jose, California Brighton Blues Blast
High Desert Music Festival 408.288.7557 TBA
TBA www.jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org The Armory at Brighton Cultural Center
Victorville Fairgrounds Brighton, Colorado
Annual Art and Soul Oakland
Victorville, California 303.710.7091
August 20-21, 2016
760.705.4386 www.heartofbrighton.org
Downtown Oakland, California
www.highdesertmusicfestival.com
www.artandsouloakland.com Greeley Blues Jam
Live Oak Music Festival June 11, 2016
Napa Blues, Brews & BBQ
June 17-19, 2016 Island Grove Arena
August 27, 2016
Live Oak Camp Greeley, Colorado
Napa, California
Santa Barbara, California 970.356.7787
707.257.0322
805.781.3030 www.greeleybluesjam.com
www.donapa.com
www.liveoakfest.org
13th Annual Blues from the Top
19th Annual Sebastopol Cajun/Zydeco
Catfsh Blues Festival June 25-26, 2016
Festival
TBA Winter Park, Colorado
TBA
Lakeport, California 970.281.9519
Sebastopol, California
707.262.1900 www.grandblues.org
707.823.3631
www.catfshbluesfestival.com
www.winecountrycajun.com 19th Annual Blues & BBQ for Better Housing
Long Beach Bayou Festival TBA
Delta Blues Festival
TBA Olde Town Arvada, Colorado
September 17, 2016
Rainbow Lagoon Park www.bluesnbbq.com
Antioch, California
Long Beach, California
925.698.8024
562.912.4451
www.deltabluesfestival.net
www.longbeachfestival.com
2 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide
Blues Under the Bridge New England Jazz & Blues Festival Blues and BBQ Festival
July 30, 2016 TBA TBA for 2017
Colorado Springs, Colorado Middlebury, Connecticut Downtown Pavilion
719.473.4801 800.526.3040 Winter Garden, Florida
www.bluesunderthebridge.com www.newenglandjazzbluesfestival.com 407.656.4155
www.cwgdn.com
7th Annual Carbon Valley Music Festival Black Eyed & Blues Festival
August 6, 2016 TBA 10th Annual Blues B-Q Festival
Dacono, Colorado Hartford, Connecticut February 27, 2016
www.cityofdacono.com 860.278.7427 Orlando, FL
303.833.2317 www.blackeyedsallys.com www.cityoforlando.net
407.246.2121
Rocky Mountain Music Festival 19th Annual Litchfeld Jazz Festival
TBA--August August 6-7, 2016 10th Annual Bonita Blues Festival
Clement Park Amphitheater Goshen Fairgrounds March 11-12, 2016
Littleton, CO Goshen, Connecticut Riverside Park
www.therockymountainmusicfestival.com 860.361.6285 Bonita Springs, Florida
Florida Folk Festival Riverhawk Music Festival HAWAII
May 27-29, 2016 TBA
White Springs, Florida Sertoma Ranch Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival
877.635.3655 Brooksville, Florida TBA
www.foridastateparks.org/folkfest 863.984.8445 Kohala, Hawaii
www.lindentertainment.com 808.882.7222
Amelia Island Blues Festival www.bigislandjazzandbluesfestival.com
September 11-12, 2015 Mount Dora Blues and Wine Fest
Downtown TBA IDAHO
Fernandina Beach, Florida Mount Dora, Florida
www.ameliaislandbluesfest.com www.mountdorabluesandwinefest.com Blues and Bones Festival
June 11, 2016
Giving Hunger the Blues Fest of Rhythm and Blues Crooked Flats
TBA TBA Eagle, Idaho
Sarasota, Florida Kissimmee Lakefront Park www.bluesandbones.com
941.366.5555 Kissimmee, Florida
Blues and Bones Festival Southbend Music Fest 27th Annual Rollin’ on the River Blues
August 20, 2016 TBA Festival
Eagle Island State Park South Bend, Indiana August 19-20, 2016
Eagle, Idaho 574.299.4765 Keokuk, Iowa
www.bluesandbones.com www.sbpark.org www.keokukbluesfest.com
Madison RibberFest: Barbeque, Blues &
ILLINOIS KANSAS
Balloons
Chi-Town Blues Festival August 19-20, 2016 Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival
March 5, 2016 Madison, Indiana TBA
Star Plaza Theatre 800.559.2956 Sedan, KS
Chicago, Illinois www.madisonribberfest.com 620.725.3834
www.cqbluesfest.com
Chicago Blues Festival Bean Blossom Blues Fest
June 10-12, 2016 August 25-27, 2016 Paola Roots Festival
Grant Park, Downtown Chicago, Illinois Bill Monroe Music Park August 26-27, 2016
www.chicagobluesfestival.us Bean Blossom, Indiana Park Square
812.325.8836 Paola, Kansas
Blues on the Fox
beanblossomblues.com 913.294.6427
June 17-18, 2016
www.rootsfestival.org
Riveredge Park Music Garden Uptown Jazz and Blues Festival
Aurora, Illinois August 27, 2016 Paxico Blues Festival
630.896.6666 Lafayette, Indiana September 17, 2016
www.downtownaliveaurora.com 765.742.4041 Downtown Paxico
www.ujbf.org Paxico, Kansas
Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
785.636.5551
June 24-25, 2016 Blues at the Crossroads
Hot August Blues Festival Congo Square Rhythms Festival Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival
August 26-27, 2016 March 19-20, 2016 April 15-16, 2016
Kentucky Lake Louis Armstrong Park Downtown
Hardin, Kentucky New Orleans, Louisiana Natchitoches, Louisiana
270.293.6641 504.558.6100 www.natchjazzfest.com
www.hotaugustbluesfestival.com www.jazzandheritage.org/congo-square
Festival International de Louisiane
BBQ & Music at the Point Blues ’n’ BBQ Challenge – 10 Year April 20-24, 2016
September 16-17, 2016 Anniversary Lafayette, Louisiana
Carrollton, Kentucky March 25-26, 2016 337.232.8086
800.325.4290 Hammond, Louisiana www.festivalinternational.com
www.carrolltontourism.com 985.507.9175
www.hammondbluesandbbq.com New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Garvin Gate Blues Festival April 22- May 1, 2016
October 7-8, 2016 32nd Anniversary French Quarter Festival New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisville, Kentucky April 7-10, 2016 504.410.4100
502.896.9833 New Orleans, Louisiana www.nojazzfest.com
www.garvingatebluesfestival.com 800.673.5725
www.fqf.org Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival
June 18-19, 2016
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge Blues Festival Louis Armstrong Park
9th Annual Big Easy Blues Festival April 9-10, 2016 New Orleans, Louisiana
February 27, 2016 Downtown Baton Rouge 504.558.6100
UNO Lakefront Arena Baton Rouge, Louisiana www.jazzandheritage.org/cajun-zydeco
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800.745.3000 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week Natchitoches, Louisiana
7th Annual T-Bois Blues Festival April 9-14, 2016 318.357.4332
March 17-19, 2016 Chicot State park www.nsula.edu/folklife
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Western Maryland
2–5 SPONSORS:
The City of Hagerstown
Maryland State Arts Council
BLUES FEST 2016 Washington County Arts Council
Ana Popovic
Mike Zito and The Wheel
Hamilton Loomis
Mingo Fishtrap
Amy Helm &
The Handsome Strangers
Albert Cummings
Albert Castiglia
Quinn Sullivan
Selwyn Birchwood
...and many more!*
TICKETS: 301.791.3246 or
CITY CENTER & CITY PARK
Hagerstown, MD BLUES-FEST.ORG
*Acts subject to change
6 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide
Le Cajun Music Awards & Festival Annual Western Maryland Blues Fest Bayou ‘n’ Boogie Festival
TBA June 2-5, 2016 TBA
Cade Community Center Hagerstown, Maryland Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Cade, Louisiana 301.739.8577 ext. 116 401.965.0849
713.240.5089 www.blues-fest.org www.bayounboogiefest.com
www.cajunfrenchmusic.org
Federal Hill Main Street Jazz & Blues Green River Festival
Ponderosa Stomp Festival July 8-10, 2016
TBA June 5, 2016 Greenfeld, Massachusetts
New Orleans, Louisiana Baltimore, Maryland 413.773.5463
504.810.3119 410.727.4500 www.greenriverfestival.com
www.ponderosastomp.com www.historicfederalhill.org
Paulie’s NOLA Jazz & Blues Festival
Cutting Edge Music Business Conference & Silver Spring Blues Week TBA
Roots Music Gathering June 13-17, 2016 Worcester, Massachusetts
August 25-27, 2016 Silver Spring, Maryland www.baevents.com
New Orleans, Louisiana www.silverspringblues.com
24th Annual Onset Bay Blues Festival
www.cuttingedgemusicbusiness.com
Silver Spring Blues Festival August 6, 2016
Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival June 18, 2016 Onset, Massachusetts
September 3, 2016 Silver Spring, Maryland 508.295.7072
Zydeco Park www.silverspringblues.com www.onsetbluesfestival.com
Plaisance, Louisiana
Annual Common Ground on the Hill Festival Gloucester Blues Festival
337.942.2392
July 9-10, 2016 Library Park Blues Festival
www.zydeco.org
Carroll County Farm Museum TBA
Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival Westminster, Maryland Gloucester, Massachusetts
September 23-24, 2016 410.857.2771 978.325.0705
Bogalusa, Louisiana www.commongroundonthehill.org www.gloucesterbluesfestival.com
985.732.6200
Artscape North River Blues Festival
www.bogalusablues.com
July 15-17, 2016 TBA
Festival Acadiens et Créoles Baltimore, Maryland Marshfeld, Massachusetts
October 13-16, 2016 410.752.8632 www.rhythmroomrecords.com
Girard Park www.artscape.org
Blues ’n’ Brews Festival
Lafayette, Louisiana
Blues and Brews Festival TBA
www.festivalsacadiens.com
July 23, 2016 Westford, Massachusetts
Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Steppingstone Museum 978.772.3612
October 14-16, 2016 Havre de Grace, Maryland www.bluesandbrewsrotary.org
Lafayette Square Park 410.939.2299
Wachusett Mountain Music Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana www.steppingstonemuseum.org
September 10-11, 2016
504.558.6100
Hot August Blues & Roots Festival Princeton, Massachusetts
www.jazzandheritage.org/blues-fest
August 20, 2016 978.464.2300
Oregon Ridge Park www.wachusett.com
MAINE
Cockeysville, Maryland
Library Park Blues Festival
Annual Maine Blues Festival 887.321.3378
September 17, 2016
June 17-19, 2016 www.hotaugustblues.com
Woburn, Massachusetts
Naples, Maine
Alonzo’s Memorial Picnic www.bluesforveterans.org
207.333.2135
TBA
www.mainebluesfestival.com
Baltimore, Maryland MICHIGAN
North Atlantic Blues Festival 410.744.2291
Annual White Lake Blues Festival
July 16-17, 2016 www.mojoworkin.com
May 7, 2016
Rockland, Maine
Whitehall, Michigan
207.596.6055 MASSACHUSETTS
231.894.5523
www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com
The Reel Blues Fest www.killerblues.net
American Folk Festival April 29, 2016 with other dates to follow
Jackson Blues Festival
August 26-28, 2016 North Falmouth, Massachusetts
June 2-4, 2016
Bangor, Maine 508.495.3456
Jackson County Airport
207.992.2630 www.thereelbluesfest.org
Jackson, Michigan
www.americanfolkfestival.com
New England Blues Summit 517.962.5939
May 13-15, 2016 www.experiencejackson.com
MARYLAND
Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center
12th Annual Alpena Blues Festival
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Hyannis, Massachusetts
June 18, 2016
May 21-22, 2016 781.834.2948
Alpena, Michigan
Sandy Point State Park www.rhythmroomrecords.com
www.alpenablues.com
410.257.7413
Annapolis, Maryland
www.bayblues.org
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Traverse City Blues, Brews & BBQ Blues by the Bay in the Tawases “Smokin’ in Steele” BBQ Contest and Blues
July 2, 2016 August 26-28, 2016 Fest
Southside Festival Grounds East Tawas/Tawas City, Michigan June 3-4, 2016
Buckley, Michigan 989.362.5276 Steele County Fairgrounds
www.traversecitybluesfest.com www.bluesbythebaytawas.org Owatonna, Minnesota
507.279.4015
Kalamazoo Blues Festival Marquette Area Blues Festival www.smokininsteele.com
July 7-9, 2016 September 2-4, 2016
Kalamazoo, Michigan Marquette, Michigan Famous Dave’s BBQ & Blues Festival
269.381.6514 906.228.9925 TBA
www.kvba.org www.marquetteareabluessociety.com Peavey Plaza
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Blissfest Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & Barbecue Blues 952.294.1300
July 8-10, 2016 Festival www.famousdaves.com
Blissfest Festival Farm September 9-10, 2016
Harbor Springs, Michigan Brighton, Michigan Santiago Shakedown
231.348.7047 810.227.5086 TBA
www.blissfest.org www.brightoncoc.org Bailey Ray’s Bandshell Park
Santiago, Minnesota
Ribs ’n’ R&B Jazz Festival Old Town BluesFest 763.856.8900
August 12-14, 2016 September 16-17, 2016 www.baileyrays.com
Detroit, Michigan Lansing, Michigan
800.794.7503 517.371.4600 17th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival
www.ribsrnbjazzfest.com www.oldtownbluesfest.com June 23-25, 2016
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Alaska, Michigan Hambone Music Festival
616.293.2675 TBA Lakefront Music Festival
www.cowpiemusicfestival.com Rochester, Minnesota July 15-16, 2016
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www.petoskeyfestival.com
PENNSYLVANIA BLUES FESTIVAL
produced by Michael Cloeren
September 16-18, 2016
Split Rock Resort, Lake Harmony PA
Buckwheat Zydeco
Ronnie Earl &The Broadcasters
Kenny Neal
The Campbell Brothers
Guy Davis
Toronzo Cannon
Delmark Records Revue-
The Mike Wheeler Band with
s/g Jimmy Burns & Peaches Staten
10 addtional national acts
www.pabluesfestival.com www.splitrockresort.com
8 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide
27th Annual Bayfront Blues Festival Market Street Festival Juneteenth Celebration
August 12-14, 2016 May 6-7, 2016 June 17-18, 2016
Duluth, Minnesota Columbus, Mississippi Sim Scott Park
715.394.6831 662.328.6305 Columbus, Mississippi
www.bayfrontblues.com www.marketstreetfestival.com 662.329.5871
www.visitmississippi.org
Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest
MISSISSIPPI
May 6-8, 2016 43rd Bentonia Blues Festival
Mississippi Blues Fest Clarksdale, Mississippi June 18, 2016
March 5, 2016 901.605.8662 Bentonia, Mississippi
Lefore Country Civic Center www.visitmississippi.org 662.528.1900
Greenwood, Mississippi www.visityazoo.org
Mother’s Day Blues Festival
662.453.9197
May 8, 2016 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic
www.mississippibluesfest.com
Laurel, Mississippi June 24-25, 2016
Catfsh Festival www.visitmississippi.org Potts Camp, Mississippi
April 2, 2016 662.801.7272
City of Batesville’s SpringFest
Belzoni, Mississippi www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com
May 13-14, 2016
662.247.4838
Batesville, Mississippi Hill Country Blackberry Festival
www.belzonims.com
662.563.3126 June 25, 2016
Vicksburg Riverfest www.batesvillemainstreet.com 662.316.9557
April 15-16, 2016 New Albany, Mississippi
24th Annual Leland Crawfsh Festival
Vicksburg, Mississippi
May 14, 2016 Lena’s July 4th Celebration
www.riverfestms.com
Leland, Mississippi July 4, 2016
36th Annual Alcorn State University Jazz 662.347.4223 Lena, Mississippi
Festival www.highway61blues.com 601.267.7118
April 16, 2016 www.leakems.com
Down from the Hills Heritage Music Series
Vicksburg, Mississippi
May 21, 2016 Duck Hill Grassroots Blues Festival
601.877.6602
New Albany, Mississippi July 8-9, 2016
www.alcorn.edu/jazzfest
662.538.0014 Duck Hill, Mississippi
Juke Joint Festival & Related Events www.ucheritagemuseum.com 662.565.2478
April 16, 2016 www.grassrootsblues.com
The Square Affair
Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi
May 21, 2016 Oxford Blues Festival
662.624.5992
Carthage, Mississippi July 15-16, 2016
www.jukejointfestival.com
601.267.9231 Oxford, Mississippi
Cotton District Arts Festival www.cityofcarthage.org 662.259.7190
April 16, 2016 www.oxfordbluesfest.com
World Championship Old Time Piano Playing
Starkville, Mississippi
Contest and Festival Bikes, Blues, and Bayous
662.324.3080
May 26-30, 2016 August 6, 2016
www.cdafestival.com
Oxford, Mississippi Front Street
Annual Crosstie Festival www.oldtimepiano.org Greenwood, MS
April 16, 2016 662.453.4152
B.B. King Homecoming Concert
Cleveland, Mississippi www.bikesbluesbayous.com
May 28, 2016
662.402.5451
Indianola, Mississippi Sunfower River Blues & Gospel Festival
www.crosstie-arts.org
662.887.9539 August 12-14, 2016
Cat Head Mini Blues Festival I www.bbkingmuseum.org Downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi
April 17, 2016 662.624.5648
Elvis Festival
Clarksdale, Mississippi www.sunfowerfest.org
June 2-5, 2016
662.624.5992
Tupelo, Mississippi Cat Head 14th Anniversary Blues Party
www.cathead.biz
888.273.7798 August 14, 2016
Double Decker Festival www.tupeloelvisfestival.com Clarksdale, Mississippi
April 22-23, 2016 662.624.5992
Blues Bash
Oxford, Mississippi www.cathead.biz
June 3, 2016
662.232.2477
Laurel, Mississippi Annual Robert Johnson Blues Festival
www.doubledeckerfestival.com
601.649.6370 TBA
Natchez Bluff Blues Fest
Otha Turner Family Picnic Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Mighty Mississippi Music Festival –
TBA Festival Highway 61 Blues Festival
Senatobia, Mississippi September 10, 2016 September 30- October 2, 2016
662.562.7606 Pascagoula, Mississippi Warfeld Point Park
228.497.5493 Greeneville, Mississippi
19th Annual Mississippi Jazz & Heritage
www.msgulfcoastbluesfest.com 662.347.4223
Festival
www.highway61blues.com
TBA 39th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues &
Belzoni, Indianola, Shelby, Greenville, and Heritage Festival Oktoberfest
Greenwood, Mississippi September 17, 2016 TBA
662.453.9197 Greenville, Mississippi Carthage, Mississippi
www.jazzmississippi.com 888.812.5837 601.267.9231
662.335.3523 www.festivalnet.com
Mississippi John Hurt Gospel & Blues
www.visitthedelta.com
Festival Cat Head Mini Blues Festival III
September 3-4, 2016 Farish Street Festival October 9, 2016
Avalon, Mississippi TBA Cat Head
www.mississippijohnhurtfoundation.org Jackson, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi
601.948.5667 662.624.5992
Annual Howlin’ Wolf Memorial Blues Festival
www.farishstreetheritagefestival.com www.cathead.biz
September 4, 2016
West Point, Mississippi Annual Shed BBQ Shedhead Blues Festival 16th Annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming
662.605.0770 TBA TBA
www.wpnet.org Ocean Springs, Mississippi Hopson Commissary
228.875.9590 Clarksdale, Mississippi
Gateway to the Delta Festival
www.theshedbbq.com 662.902.3866
TBA
www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org
Charleston, Mississippi Wing Dang Doodle Festival
www.charlestongatewayfestival.com September 24, 2016 Deep Blues Festival
Gaddis Park October 13-16, 2016
Delta Busking Festival
Forest, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi
TBA
601.469.4332 www.deepbluesfest.com
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.wingdangdoodlefestival.com
901.605.8662 Blues and Heritage Festival
www.bridgingtheblues.com October 22, 2016
Picayune, Mississippi
601.799.3070
www.picayunemainstreet.com
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