Page 88 - Blues Festival Guide Magazine 2017

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FESTIVAL CALENDAR

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INFORMATION BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT BUT NOT GUARANTEED. CHECK BEFORE YOU GO!

DATE FESTIVAL NAME CITY/STATE/COUNTRY WEBSITE
May 4 - 7 Coral Gables Blues Fest Coral Gables, Florida, USA bierhausblues.com
May 4 - 6 RiverFete Alexandria, Louisiana, USA cityofalexandriala.com/alexriverfete
May 5 - 7 BBQ & Beer Festival Santa Clarita, California, USA californiabeerfestival.com
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May 5 - 6 MerleJam Kansas City, Missouri, USA nicole-bandchubby-carrierian-morekris-lager-banda-
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May 6 Blues, Brews & Barbecue, 7th Annual Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA thecapitoltheatre.org/shows-movies-events/special-
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May 6 Gip's Juke Joint Festival, 2nd Annual Bessemer, Alabama, USA facebook.com/events/270422643394487
May 6 White Lake Blues festival Whitehall, Michigan, USA killerblues.net
May 7 Blankets & Blues at Barons CreekSide Fredericksburg, Texas, USA theclubfbg.com
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May 10 Big LLou's Blues Hall of Fame Tribute Jam, 5th Annual Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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May 11 Gator By The Bay Kick-Off Concert with Marcia Ball San Diego, California, USA gatorbythebay.com
May 12 - 14 Gator By The Bay Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Festival San Diego, California, USA gatorbythebay.com
May 12 - 14 Kimbrough Cotton-Patch Blues Festival Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA sonandfriendsofjuniorkimbrough.wordpress.com
May 13 Greater Ozarks Blues Bash Festival West Plains, Missouri, USA gobluesbash.com
May 13 Jazz & Blues on the Green Palm Desert, California, USA palmspringsjazzfestival.com
May 13 Monterey International Blues Festival Monterey, California, USA montereyinternationalbluesfestival.com
May 13 Pinetop Boogie & Crawfish Boil Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA pinetopperkinsfoundation.org
May 13 Wolverton Folk & Blues Fair Newport, United Kingdom folkandblues.org.uk
May 14 Lincoln Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival 4 Lincoln, United Kingdom lincolnbluesfestival.co.uk
May 17 Bikes and Blues-Ride in Concert Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA facebook.com/events/437505839936520/
May 18 - 21 Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival Gold Coast, Australia bluesonbroadbeach.com
May 20 - 21 Bourbon Street Blues Festival Allamuchy, New Jersey, USA bourbonstreetbluesfest.com
May 20 Cane River Music Festival Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA nps.govcari
May 20 Carolina Blues Festival Greensboro, North Carolina, USA fest.piedmontblues.org
May 20 - 21 Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Annapolis, Maryland, USA bayblues.org
May 20 - 21 CrawDaddy Blues Fest Madrid, New Mexico, USA crawdaddybluesfest.com
May 20 - 21 Doheny Blues Festival, 20th Annual Dana Point, California, USA dohenybluesfestival.com
May 20 Mount Dora Blues & Groove Mount Dora, Florida, USA bluesandgroove.com
May 20 Stomp The Blues Festival Springfield, Missouri, USA stomptheblues.net
May 24 - 29 Guinness Blues on the Bay festival, 19th Annual Warrenpoint, United Kingdom facebook.com/bluesonthebay
May 25 - 28 World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest & Festival Oxford, Mississippi, USA oldtimepianocontest.com
May 26 - 27 BBQ, Blues & Bikes Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA bbqbluesfest.com
May 26 Festival de Blues de Valencia Valencia, Spain valenciabluessociety.wordpress.com
May 26 - 27 Little Walter Music Festival Alexandria, Louisiana, USA facebook.com/LittleWalterMusicFestival
May 26 - June 11 Piccolo Spoleto Blues Harbor Cruises Charleston, South Carolina, USA charlestonharbortours.com
May 26 - 28 Silver City Blues Festival,22nd Annual Silver City, New Mexico, USA silvercitybluesfestival.org
May 26 - 28 Staffs Fest Stafford, United Kingdom staffsfest.co.uk
May 27 - 28 Chautauqua Hills Blues Festival Sedan, Kansas, USA cqbluesfest.com
May 27 - 28 Exit 56 Blues Fest Brownsville, Tennessee, USA exit56blues.com
May 27 Mississippi Saxophone Festival Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA mssaxfest.com
May 27 - 28 Santa Cruz American Music Festival Aptos, California, USA santacruzamericanmusicfestival.com
May 27 - 28 Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival Simi Valley, California, USA simicajun.org
May 27 Slidell Jazz and Blues Festival Slidell, Louisiana, USA slidelljazzandblues.com
May 28 Avila Beach Blues Festival, 24th Annual Avila Beach, California, USA otterproductionsinc.com
May 29 Myakka River Blues Festival Venice, Florida, USA myakkablues.com
June 1 - 4 Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival Kona, Hawaii, USA bigislandjazzandbluesfestival.com
June 2 - 3 Big Pines Blues Festival Longview, Texas, USA bigpinesbluesfest.com
June 2 - 3 Durango Blues Train Telluride, Colorado, USA durangobluestrain.com
June 2 - 3 Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Festival Louisville, Kentucky, USA facebook.com/groups/gtownbluesfest

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