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Featured Festivals

Festivals are listed here in alphabetical order with their page number.
On the following pages they appear in date order, so you can easily make your plans.

Ain’t Nothin But The Blues Festival ...........................26 Irvine Lake Blues Festival ..........................................19
Amelia Island Blues Festival .....................................47 Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival...........................46
Barnful of Blues Festival ............................................32 King Biscuit Blues Festival ..........................................49
Bear Creek Blues Fest ...............................................18 Kitchener Blues Festival ............................................36
Bentonia Blues Festival ..............................................12 Klamath Blues Festival ..............................................28
Big Muddy Blues Festival .........................................40 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise .............................59
Big Rib BBQ & Blues Festival .....................................23 Long Beach Bayou Festival .......................................16
Big Sky Blues Music Festival ......................................35 Mammoth Festival of Beers/Bluesapalooza ...............31
Billtown Blues Festival ...............................................11 Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest ................................10
Black Potatoe Music Festival .....................................24 Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Festival ..........................42
Blast Furnace Blues Festival .......................................44 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival ................................21
Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival ...............................25 Monterey Bay Blues Festival .....................................14
Blue Star Blues Festival .............................................31 Mt. Tremblant International Blues Festival ..................23
Blues and Bones Festival ...........................................27 Niagara Falls Blues Festival ......................................45
Blues at the Beach ....................................................42 North Atlantic Blues Festival......................................25
Blues From The Top ..................................................21 Old Town Blues and Jazz Festival .............................47
Blues On The Fox .....................................................81 Otis Taylor’s Trance Blues Jam-Workshop Festival ......52
BluesWeek Festival .....................................................8 Outer Banks Music Festival .........................................9
Boston’s on the Beach .............................................18 Paoli Blues Fest .........................................................48
Bridges, Bikes & Blues...............................................12 Pennsylvania Blues Festival .......................................30
Briggs Farm Blues Festival .........................................22 Pittsburgh Blues Festival ............................................29
Bronze, Blues, & Brews Festival .................................35 Rhythm and Roots Festival.........................................41
Calgary International Blues Festival ..........................34 Riverfront Blues Festival ...........................................33
California WorldFest ...............................................24 Riverside Blues Fest ...................................................29
Catfish Blues Festival .................................................14 Rowan Blues and Jazz Festival ..................................51
Charlie West Blues Fest ...............................................6 Russian River Jazz and Blues Festival ..........................6
Chenango Blues Fest ................................................38 San Diego Blues Fest ................................................45
Columbia’s Blues Festival ..........................................52 Santa Cruz Blues Festival ............................................9
Crescent City Blues and BBQ Fest .............................50 Shannon Street Music Fest ........................................11
Dauphin County Music & Wine Fest ..........................13 Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival .....................7
Daytona Blues Festival ................................................2 Snowy Range Music Festival .....................................99
Doheny Blues Festival .................................................6 South Bend Blues & Ribs Festival ...............................17
Donkey Creek Music Festival ...................................15 Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival....................................22
Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival .....................................39 Springs Preserve Brews & Blues Festival ....................10
Grassroots Blues Festival ...........................................27 T-Bone Walker Blues Fest ..........................................16
Great El Dorado BBQ, Brews & Blues .......................17 Tall City Blues Fest ....................................................28
Greater Ozark Blues Festival ....................................41 Telluride Blues and Brews Festival .............................44
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival ...............................43 Thunder Bay Blues Festival ........................................19
Harvest Moon Blues Festival .....................................37 Trinidaddio Blues & Cultural Festival ..........................38
Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival ..........................20 Virginia Blues & Jazz Festival ....................................13
Highway 61 Blues Festival.........................................49 Waukesha Blues Fest ................................................32
Hot Springs Blues Festival .........................................39 West Coast Blues for a Cure .......................................8
Hound Dog Blues Music Festival ...............................46 White Mountain Boogie & Blues Festival ...................37 Multi-talented guitarist, singer, songwriter Shane
Howlin Wolf Memorial Blues Fest ..............................40 Willamette Valley Blues & Brews Festival ...................34 Dwight plays by his own rules and never fails to
International Golf & Blues Experience .......................73 Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival .............................30 deliver his energetic brand of Blues-Americana
with charisma, fire and pure heart. In the past ten
years this road warrior and showman has played
The publisher, the venues, the promoters and the musicians are not responsible over 2,000 shows and released seven CDs. Here’s
for any changes or cancellation of events. Shane sharing his passions at the 2011 Springing
the Blues Festival, Jacksonville Beach, FL
SO call beFOre yOu gO & have a blueSy Time! Photo by Reed R. Radcliffe

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