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Tue, May 1 Sat, May 12 Sat, May 19 Sat, May 26-27 Thu, May 31 - June 2
Little Walter Birthday Bash The Reel Blues Fest Cane River Music Fest North Liberty Blues & BBQ Rhythm, Blues and All That Jazz
New Castle, DE, USA North Falmouth, MA, USA Natchez, LA, USA North Liberty, IA, USA Lewisburg, WV, USA
Fri, May 4-5 thereelbluesfest.org nps.gov/cari northlibertyiowa.org carnegiehallwv.org
Market Street Festival 508.495.3456 318 356-8441 319-626-5726 304-645-7917
Columbus, MS, USA Sat, May 12 Sat, May 19-20 Sat, May 26-27 Thu, May 31 - June 3
columbusmainstreet.com Crossroads Blues & Heritage Doheny Blues Festival Sacramento Jazz Jubilee Eureka Springs Blues Weekend
662.328.6305 Festival Dana Point, CA, USA Sacramento, CA, USA Eureka Springs, AR, USA
Fri, May 4-19 Rosedale, MS, USA omegaevents.com sacjazz.com EurekaSpringsBlues.com
Juneau Jazz and Classics visitmississippi.org 949.360.7800 916.372.5277 816 6798597
Juneau, AK, USA Thu, May 17-20 Sat, May 19 Sat, May 26-27 Thu, May 31 - June 2
jazzandclassics.org Sunbanks Resort Rhythm & Blues Carolina Blues Festival Santa Cruz Blues Festival Jackson Blues Festival
Fri, May 4-5 Festival Greensboro, NC, USA Santa Cruz, CA, USA Jackson, MI, USA
River To The Rails Electric City, WA, USA piedmontblues.org santacruzbluesfestival.com jacksonbluesfest.com
Greenwood, MS, USA sunbanksfestival.com 336-580-8153 Sat, May 26-27 517.796.9368
mainstreetgreenwood.com 888.822.7195 Sun, May 20 Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Fri, June 1-3
662.453.7625 Fri, May 18-20 Capri Club Blues Festival Festival Pender Harbour Blues Fest
Fri, May 4-6 Horsethief Hideout May long Oakland, CA, USA Simi Valley, CA, USA Pender Harbour, BC, Canada
Beale Street Music Fest Blues bayareabluessociety.net simicajun.org phblues.ca
Memphis, TN, USA Invermere, BC, Canada 510-836-2227 805-517-9000 604-883-9961
memphisinmay.org horsethiefhideout.ca Sun, May 20 Sat, May 26 Fri, June 1-3
901-525-4611 403-755-1545 West Coast Blues for a Cure Tacoma Jazz & Blues Festival The Powell River Blues Fest
Sat, May 5 Fri, May 18-20 San Francisco, CA, USA Tacoma, WA, USA Powell River, BC, Canada
White Lake Blues Fest Charlie West Blues Fest westcoastbluesforacure.org tacomajazzfestival.com powellriverblues2012.com
Whitehall, MI, USA Charleston, WV, USA 415-337-5448 253.227.0335 Fri, June 1-3
killerblues.net charliewestbluesfest.com Fri, May 25-27 Sat, May 26-27 Waterfront Blues
231.894.5523 304-389-1439 Bayou ‘n’ Boogie Festival Edmond Jazz, Blues & Green Toronto, ON, Canada
Sun, May 6 Fri, May 18-20 Sterling, CT, USA Festival waterfrontblues.ca
Topanga Blues Festival Hill Country Harmonica bayounboogiefest.com Edmond, OK, USA 416-423-2224
Topanga Canyon, CA, USA Waterford, MS, USA 401.965.0849 visitedmondok.com Fri, June 1-3
scbsevents.org hillcountryharmonica.com Fri, May 25 -June 4 Sat, May 26 Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest
714.209.7347 Sat, May 19-20 Lowcountry Blues Series Exit 56 Blues Fest Augusta, NJ, USA
Thu, May 10 Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Charleston, SC, USA Brownsville , TN, USA crawfi shfest.com
Blues Music Awards Annapolis, MD, USA bluesbash.com westtnheritage.com/exit56 225-612-9746
Memphis, TN, USA bayblues.org 843.762.9125 731-779-9000 Fri, June 1-2
blues.org/bluesmusicawards Sat, May 19 Fri, May 25-27 Sat, May 26 Shannon Street Blues & Heritage
901-527-2583 Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival Silver City Blues Festival Annual Old School and Blues Festival
Fri, May 11-13 Thomson, GA, USA Silver City, NM, USA Fest Jackson , TN, USA
Gator by the Bay blindwillie.com mimbresarts.org Huntsville, AL, USA downtownjackson.com
San Diego, CA, USA 706.597.1000 575-538-2505 256.430.4072 731-427-7573
gatorbythebay.com Sat, May 19 Fri, May 25-26 Sun, May 27 Fri, June 1-2
Fri, May 11-12 Real Blues Festival Rhythm Q’s & Blues G. Busy Blues Between the Germantown-Schnitzelburg Blues
UnTapped Blues and Brews Fest Santa Ana, CA, USA Edmond, OK, USA Bridges Louisville, KY, USA
Kennewick, WA, USA bluesgonesouth.com rqblues.org Lexington, KY, USA 502-724-9971
untappedblues.com 714.550.6700 Fri, May 25 - June 4 gbusy.com Fri, June 1-3
509-737-7661 Sat, May 19 Blues By Land & By Sea 859.271.1293 Smokin’ In Steele BBQ & Blues
Sat, May 12 Wine, Blues and Brews Fest Charleston, SC, USA Sun, May 27-28 Owatonna, MI, USA
Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest Escondido, CA, USA shrimpcityslim.com Outer Banks Music Festival smokininsteele.com
Clarksdale, MS, USA bonsallrotary.com 843-762-9125 Corolla, NC, USA 507-451-5554
blues2rock.com Sat, May 19 Fri, May 25-27 outerbanksbeachmusicfestival. Sat, June 2
Sat, May 12 Bourbon Street Blues Fest BLUESWEEK Festival com A Taste of the Bayou
Leland Crawfish Festival Califon, NJ, USA St. Louis, MO, USA 252-453-9040 xt 3 Pittsburgh, CA, USA
Leland, MS, USA bourbonstreetbluesfest.com stlbluesweek.com Thu, May 31 - June 3 bayareabluessociety.net
highway61blues.com Sat, May 19-20 314-534-2100 Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival 510-836-2227
662.686.7646 Smokin’ Blues & BBQ Sat, May 26-27 Kohala, HI, USA Sat, June 2
Sat, May 12 Decatur, IL, USA Chautauqua Hills Blues Fest bigislandjazzandbluesfestival. Freedom Creek Festival
Stomp The Blues Out of decaturblues.org Sedan, KS, USA com Aliceville, AL, USA
Homelessness 217-855-4262 cqbluesfest.com 808.882.7222 alabamablues.org
Springfi eld, MO, USA Sat, May 19 620 875-0735 Thu, May 31 - June 3 205.752.6263
stompthebluesoutofhomelessness. Cork & Blues Fest Western Maryland Blues Festival
com Buena Vista, VA, USA Hagerstown, MD, USA
glenmaurypark.com blues-fest.org
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