10th Annual Utah Blues Festival will feature Harrell ‘Young Rell’ Davenport, Danielle Nicole, Victor Wainwright & The Train, and more.
It will be held at the GALLIVAN CENTER at 239 Main St., Salt Lake City, UT
The hours are Friday, June 12, 2026 – (5 – 10 pm) and Saturday, June 13, 2026 (Noon – 10 pm)
AMAZING LINE UP
Friday’s headliners include one of the hottest young bluesmen in the business, Harrell ‘Young Rell’ Davenport, followed by multi–Blues Music Award winning bassist/vocalist, Danielle Nicole. BB King Entertainer of the Year, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers will feature special guest Diana Bogart on sax & piano.
Saturday starts off at noon with the ever popular: On Track Music Guitar School Blues Band. Belgium’s Ghalia Volt trio takes the stage next, followed by the newly formed Gypsy Blue Revue w/blues stalwarts Anne Harris & JP Soars. We then go down South with the Louisiana zydeco blues of Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers. They will be followed by the Piana From Savannah, Grammy nominees, Victor Wainwright & The Train. A longtime favorite in Utah, from deep down in the bayous of Louisiana, it’s Tab Benoit closing out the Fest!
KICK OFF PARTY
There’ll be a free Kick-Off party at the Marriott on Thursday, June 11th at 7 p.m. The After Fest jams. You never know who will show up. Friday & Saturday, will be in the Marriott second floor’s Blues Lounge, from 9:30 – midnight, hosted by Bay Area piano legend Mitch Woods.
Ever popular FREE workshops will feature Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport (The Blues According to), and Tony Holiday (Harmonica workshop). Food trucks (vegan included), vendors, Cigar Box Guitar raffles, beverages (all cans to be recycled), and more. There will be no single use plastic on the UBF grounds. Free water stations will abound, and attendees should bring an empty re-usable water bottle. All ages, and kids 12 and under are FREE. Grab a friend(s) and get a four pack of heavily discounted G.A. tickets now!
Visit www.utahbluesfest.org and www.utahbluessociety.org as well as Facebook pages for each.
Tripp Hopkins – UBF Producer (801) 989-4280 (c) hopkinso@comcast.net
Brian Kelm – UBF Emcee/KRCL Blues Programmer. (801) 910-5401 brian@briankelm.com
