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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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