List of blues festivals

Blues festivals are music festivals which focus on blues music. Blues is a genre[1] and musical form that originated in African-American communities in the Southern United States around the end of the 19th century. It has elements of traditional African music, American folk music, spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.[2] Blues has since evolved from unaccompanied vocal music and oral traditions of slaves into a wide variety of styles and subgenres, such as country blues, Delta and Piedmont, Chicago, West Coast blues. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners.

List of blues festivals

Canada
Main article: List of blues festivals in Canada
Name Country Province City First
year
Harvest Jazz & Blues FestivalCanadaNew BrunswickFredericton1991
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues FestivalCanadaBritish ColumbiaSalmon Arm1991
Ottawa BluesfestCanadaOntarioOttawa1994
Bluesfest International WindsorCanadaOntarioWindsor1995
Edmonton's Labatt Blues FestivalCanadaAlbertaEdmonton1999

United States
List of blues festivals with name, first year, last year, venue/city, state, and reference(s)
Name First
year		 Last
year		 Venue/city State Ref(s)
Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival 1969 intermittent Ann Arbor Michigan
Blast Furnace Blues Festival 2010 2016 Bethlehem Pennsylvania [3]
Blues Masters at the Crossroads 1998 present Salina Kansas [4]
Boundary Waters Blues Festival 2001 present Ely Minnesota [5]
Bradenton Blues Festival 2012 present Bradenton Florida [6]
Briggs Farm Blues Festival 1998 present Hazleton Pennsylvania [7]
Chicago Blues Festival 1984 present Chicago Illinois [8]
Cincy Blues Fest 1992 intermittent Cincinnati Ohio [9]
Crossroads Guitar Festival 1999 intermittent various various [10]
Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival 1991 present Rentiesville Oklahoma [11]
French Quarter Festival 1984 present New Orleans Louisiana [12]
Highland Jazz & Blues Festival 2003 present Shreveport Louisiana [13]
Memphis In May International Festival 1977 present Memphis Tennessee [14]
King Biscuit Blues Festival 1986 present Helena Arkansas [15]
Long Beach Blues Festival 1980 2009 Long Beach California
Old Town BluesFest 1994 present Lansing Michigan [16]
Orange County Blues Festival 1993 intermittent Dana Point California [17]
Pittsburgh Blues Festival 1994 present Pittsburgh Pennsylvania [18]
Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival 1987 2016 Red Bank New Jersey
San Francisco Blues Festival 1973 2008 San Francisco California [19]
Springing the Blues 1990 present Jacksonville Beach Florida [20]
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival 1988 present Clarksdale Mississippi [21]
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival 1994 present Telluride Colorado [22]
Topanga Canyon Blues Festival 1982 intermittent Topanga Canyon California [23]
Waterfront Blues Festival 1987 present Portland Oregon [24]

Oceania
Name First
year		 Country State City
Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival2011 AustraliaVictoriaBendigo
Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival2002 AustraliaQueenslandGold Coast
Blues Train1993 AustraliaVictoriaQueenscliff
Byron Bay Bluesfest1990 AustraliaNew South WalesByron Bay
Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival2002 AustraliaQueenslandGympie
West Coast Blues & Roots Festival2004 AustraliaWestern AustraliaFremantle
Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend2014 AustraliaVictoriaMarysville

Asia
Name First
year		 Country Province City
Himalayan Blues Festival2007   NepalNepal MandalaKathmandu
Kathmandu Blues n Roots Festival2016   NepalNepal MandalaKathmandu
Mahindra Blues Festival2011 IndiaMaharashtraMumbai

Europe
Name First
year		 Country Province City
Orkney Blues Festival 2005 United Kingdom Scotland Stromness
Bluesroute Helmond 2011 Netherlands Noord Brabant Helmond [25]
Holland International Blues Festival 2016 Netherlands Drenthe Grolloo [26]
National Jazz and Blues Festival1961United KingdomEnglandRichmond
Focsani Blues Festival 2016 Romania Vrancea Focsani
Blues Peer (Belgium Rythmn 'n' Blues)1986BelgiumLimburgPeer
American Folk Blues Festival1962Europemanymany
Bath Festival of Blues 19691969United KingdomEnglandBath
Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music1970United KingdomEnglandBath
Puistoblues1978FinlandUusimaaJärvenpää
Rawa Blues Festival1981PolandSilesian MetropolisKatowice
Liri Blues Festival1988ItalyLazioIsola del Liri
Pistoia Blues Festival1980ItalyTuscanyPistoia
Blues to Bop Festival1988SwitzerlandTicinoLugano
Notodden Blues Festival1988NorwayTelemarkNotodden
Harvest Time Blues1990Republic of IrelandCounty MonaghanMonaghan
August Blues Festival1993EstoniaLääne CountyHaapsalu
Upton Blues Festival2001United KingdomEnglandUpton-on-Severn
City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival2002United KingdomNorthern IrelandDerry
Dark Season Blues2003NorwaySvalbardLongyearbyen
Callander Jazz and Blues Festival2006United KingdomScotlandCallander
Stafford Blues Festival2015United KingdomEnglandStafford
Blues Nights1993LithuaniaTelšiai CountyVarniai
Blues-Bike Festival Suzdal2008RussiaVladimir OblastSuzdal
Baltic Blues / Bluesfest1989GermanySchleswig-HolsteinEutin
Brunner Blues Festival / Bluesfest2007AustriaViennaBrunn am Gebirge [27]
Suwalki Blues Festival / Bluesfest2007PolandSuwalki[28]

References
  1. Kunzler's dictionary of Jazz provides two separate entries: blues, an originally African-American genre (p.128), and the blues form, a widespread musical form (p.131).
  2. "The Evolution of Differing Blues Styles". How To Play Blues Guitar. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
  3. "Blast Furnace Blues". Steelstacks.org. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  4. "Blues Masters at the Crossroads". Blueheavenstudios.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  5. "Boundary Waters Blues Festival". Elyblues.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  6. "Bradenton Bluesfest". Bradentonbluesfestival.org. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  7. "Briggs Farm Blues Festival". Briggsfarm.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  8. "Chicago Blues Festival". Chicago.gov. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  9. "Cincy Blues Fest". Cincybluesfest.org. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  10. "Crossroads Guitar Festival". Crossroadsguitarfestival.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  11. "Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival". Dcminnerblues.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  12. "French Quarter Festival". Frenchquarterfest.org. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  13. "Highland Jazz & Blues Festival". Highlandjazzandblues.org. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  14. "Memphis In May International Festival". memphisinmay.org. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  15. "King Biscuit Blues Festival". Kingbiscuitfestival.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  16. "Michigan Bluesfest". Oldtownbluesfest.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  17. Messina, Frank (July 8, 1994). "O.C. Blues Festival Creators Locking Horns in Court". Latimes.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  18. "Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival". Pghbluesrootsfest.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  19. "The San Francisco Blues Festival". Sfblues.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  20. "Springing the Blues Festival". Springingtheblues.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  21. "Welcome to the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival". Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival.
  22. "Telluride Blues & Brews Festival". Tellurideblues.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  23. "Topanga Blues Festival". Scbevents.org. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  24. "Waterfront Blues Festival". Waterfrontbluesfest.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  25. "Bluesroute Helmond". Bluesroutehelmond.nl. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  26. "HIBF – Home". Hollandinternationalbluesfestival.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  28. "Suwałki Blues Festival". Suwalkiblues.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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