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Compiled 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 Bul Pen Blues and BBQ Festival 2Living B0lues Fe1stival6 Guide TBA 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 A E w2Bu0ulwat5gacwu.w3ks.e7 ,t B u2A2et.l7a0lt-wb5 2aF2o8mo5n,l lak2in 0eR1.oc6otms /Ffesttivivaal.lhtm 4wBFTaB7lwuy9Aewe.3ts.to7 eiz2vnai. l0trlehk2,be6 Al 6uNrekasatsnuosrcaisle Styt.aotreg MJ6wFeu1webl9inwar.gu3n.har0, ori1Cnyb.ai b9 6lW-i8,fb o8i2nor0enw1riaey6rpresents.com T T6uBthsAc Aanlonousal, AJloahbnanmya Shines Blues Festival AWHpeirlediln 2Ha1o, -Ag2r 4kMa, on2ts0oa1rs6cycle Rally & Musicfest CL 9Mo7raun2rgi.cs8 hBi0n 1e5’a7 .F5c-o12hr0,0 C0a, 2 aBl0ilf1uo6ernsian ’to Ensenada, Mexico Kentuck Festival of the Arts www.wildhogmusic.org www.cruisinforabluesin.net 2K wNO0ecown5trotwt.hu7b.pcke5oker8 r n.1tP1,t5 au2A-rc5l1kak7 6b.o,a r2mg0a16 8JATCoB7rnan0Anie.gu2sha1bel9o aSr.d4ou ,6F nA4odr4rkaeaysn ti snBa atsnhdes Phaerllk Series RM7 wEu0ewar7drew.cwk4h.ar4o c,35o mC1.d3a-f 3e ClAis7fopot8a.roinslr itg3a J, a2z0z1 6Festival www.deltaboogie.net ALASKA Spring Harp Fest XIV Eureka Springs Blues Weekend March 26, 2016 Juneau Jazz & Classics June 16-19, 2016 Harry Griffen Park Amphitheater May 16-21, 2016 Eureka Springs, Arkansas La Mesa, California Juneau, Alaska 800.638.7352 www.springharpfest.org www.jazzandclassics.org www.eurekaspringsblues.com 907.463.3378 Adams Avenue Unplugged Riverfront Blues Festival April 30- May 1, 2016 Blues Train June 24-25, 2016 San Diego, California TBA Harry E. Kelley Park 619.282.7329 Anchorage to Seward, Alaska Fort Smith, Arkansas www.adamsavenuebusiness.com www.alaskarailroad.com www.riverfrontbluesfest.org 800.544.0552 2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 1 9th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival Red, White & Blues Festival Bay Area Blues Festival TBA TBA September 24-25, 2016 Moorpark College Alameda County Fair Martinez, California Moorpark, California Pleasanton, California 800.310.6563 805.501.7122 707.647.3962 www.bayareabluesfestival.com www.venturacountybluessociety.org www.bayareabluessociety.net Bay for the Bayou – Part Deux Topanga Blues Festival Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival TBA TBA TBA San Francisco, California Topanga Canyon, California Hayward/Russell City, California 415.269.0066 714.209.7347 510.836.2227 www.forthebayou.org www.socialblues.org www.bayareabluessociety.net Thunderfest Car Show and Music Festival Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues, & 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 N wewww O.tirclekaentms, aLsAter.com 2w2w5w.3.b8a3t.o0n9r6o8ugebluesfestival.org 3Ju6ltyh 1 A5n-1n6u,a 2l 0N1a6tchitoches-NSU Folk Festival 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 LT w-awBrowsi.set b,A oLllioisgubailstuoiearsn Ffaeasrmtival.com V3wi3wll7ew. 2P.l3la4fto.t8elk3, rL6oo0outsis.oiarnga NSAuaegwtcu hOsmtr l4eo-a 7Sn,us 2,m 0L1mo6ueisrfiaensat 800.673.5725 www.fqf.org JUNE Western Maryland 2–5 SPONSORS: The City of Hagerstown Maryland State Arts Council BLUES FEST 2016 Washington County Arts Council Ana Popovic Mike Zito and The Wheel Hamilton Loomis Mingo Fishtrap Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers Albert Cummings Albert Castiglia Quinn Sullivan Selwyn Birchwood ...and many more!* 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 2016 Festival Guide • LIVING BLUES • 7 Traverse City Blues, Brews & BBQ Blues by the Bay in the Tawases “Smokin’ in Steele” BBQ Contest and Blues July 2, 2016 August 26-28, 2016 Fest Southside Festival Grounds East Tawas/Tawas City, Michigan June 3-4, 2016 Buckley, Michigan 989.362.5276 Steele County Fairgrounds www.traversecitybluesfest.com www.bluesbythebaytawas.org Owatonna, Minnesota 507.279.4015 Kalamazoo Blues Festival Marquette Area Blues Festival www.smokininsteele.com July 7-9, 2016 September 2-4, 2016 Kalamazoo, Michigan Marquette, Michigan Famous Dave’s BBQ & Blues Festival 269.381.6514 906.228.9925 TBA www.kvba.org www.marquetteareabluessociety.com Peavey Plaza Minneapolis, Minnesota Blissfest Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz & Barbecue Blues 952.294.1300 July 8-10, 2016 Festival www.famousdaves.com Blissfest Festival Farm September 9-10, 2016 Harbor Springs, Michigan Brighton, Michigan Santiago Shakedown 231.348.7047 810.227.5086 TBA www.blissfest.org www.brightoncoc.org Bailey Ray’s Bandshell Park Santiago, Minnesota Ribs ’n’ R&B Jazz Festival Old Town BluesFest 763.856.8900 August 12-14, 2016 September 16-17, 2016 www.baileyrays.com Detroit, Michigan Lansing, Michigan 800.794.7503 517.371.4600 17th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival www.ribsrnbjazzfest.com www.oldtownbluesfest.com June 23-25, 2016 Mears Park C Auogwupsite 1 M2-u1s4i,c 2 F0e1s6t MINNESOTA Swtw. Pwa.uhlo, tMsuinmnmeseortjazz.com Alaska, Michigan Hambone Music Festival 616.293.2675 TBA Lakefront Music Festival www.cowpiemusicfestival.com Rochester, Minnesota July 15-16, 2016 AFeusgtuivsta l1 o9n-2 t0h, e2 0B1a6y 5w0w7w.4.h2a4m.5b8o8n0emusicfestival.com LP9a5rik2oer.4 fLr0oa3nk.te9m,6 Mu0s1inicnfesto.tcaom Petoskey, Michigan www.petoskeyfestival.com PENNSYLVANIA BLUES FESTIVAL produced by Michael Cloeren September 16-18, 2016 Split Rock Resort, Lake Harmony PA Buckwheat Zydeco Ronnie Earl &The Broadcasters Kenny Neal The Campbell Brothers Guy Davis Toronzo Cannon Delmark Records Revue- The Mike Wheeler Band with s/g Jimmy Burns & Peaches Staten 10 addtional national acts 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 10 • LIVING BLUES • 2016 Festival Guide

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