Do you know of any blues festivals in this area that are not listed here? If so please send me an email: mnblues@aol.com.
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6th Annual Winter Blues Reunion
Mar 7-9, 2003
Radisson Hotel Duluth-Harborview
505 West Superior, Duluth, MN 55802
Ph: 218-727-8981 or 800-333-3333
www.Radisson.com/duluthmn (Use promotional code MWB)
Blues Cafe
Mar 22, 2003
@ Marathon Park, Wausau, Wi 2 pm to 10 pm
The Blue Shadows, Howard Luedtke and Blue Max, Otis and the Alligators, Scott Holt
4th Annual MN Resophonic Guitar Festival
Apr 11-12, 2003
The Cedar, Mpls
www.iresonation.com
Minnesota Folk Festival
Apr 25-27, 2003
First Annual Grand Marais Jazz Fesitval
Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais and other locations
(218) 387-1284 Ext. 3
Mike Raymond at (218) 387-9599
Mike Raymond Jazz Director, WTIP-FM PO Box 1005, Grand Marais, MN 55604
mjrpine@aol.com (218)387-9599
www.gmjazzfestival.com
Minnesota Folk Festival
Apr 30 & May 1-2, 2003
Loghouse Showgrounds, Hastings, MN
www.minnesotafolkfestival.org
Oklahoma 8th Annual Blues Festival
May 2-3, 2003
Tulsa's downtown Brady arts district at the corner of Brady Street & Boulder Avenue (105 W. Brady St.); tickets available by phone at the Brady Box Office (918) 582-7239
www.okblues.com
14th Annual Blues Bash
May 17, 2003
150 Main Street, Trempealeau, WI 54661
(608) 534-6898
Time: 2-11 p.m.; Ticket Price: $12.50 ($15.00 Day of show)
2-5 pm - Big Daddy Cade; 5-8 pm - Renee Austin; 8-11 pm - Chicago Rythum and Blues Kings
www.trempealeauhotel.com
20th Annual Chicago Blues Festival
May 29 - June 1, 2003
Chicago, IL
312-744-3315
http://www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents/Festivals/Blues2003/
19th Annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival
June 6-8, 2003
Chicago, IL
312-744-3315
http://www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents/Festivals/Gospel2003/
The Unvarnished Muisic Festival
June 10-15, 2003
Lake Okabena, Worthington, MN
www.wgtn.net/wow
Unvarnished Music Festival
June 12, 2003
Worthington MN (Chris Smither and others)
Rock the Range Music Festival
June 13-14, 2003
Ironworld Discovery Center
Chisholm, MN
www.rocktherange.com
Blues on the Fox Festival
June 13-14, 2003
Downtown Aurora, IL Historic Stolp Island Galena Blvd. & Stolp Avenue (a/k/a "Blues Alley") ADMISSION: Free
630-585-3955
www.bluesonthefox.com
Upper Mississippi Shakedown II
June 21, 2003
Bailey Ray's, Santiago, MN
outdoors blues fest 763-856-8900
12 miles north of Hwy. 10 on Hwy. 11
Summerfest @ Maiden Rock
June 21, 2003
WI
www.mississippi-river.org/maiden.html
(no cover) Bayou Hazard 36 p.m. and others
Covered Bridge Music and Arts Festival
June 21-22, 2003
Zumbrota, MN
507-732-7318
www.zumbrota.com/bridgefestival.htm
Elkart Jazz Festival
June 20-22, 2003
Elkhart, IN
800-597-7627
www.elkhartjazzfestival.com
2003 Hot Summer Jazz Festival
June 25-29, 2003
Downtown Minneapolis @ Peavey Plaza (Free at 11th St. & Nicollet Mall next to Orchestra Hall)
612-343-5943
www.hotsummerjazz.com
Summerfest
June 26 - July 6, 2003
Milwaukee, WI
www.summerfest.com
Cedar Basin Jazz Festival
June 27-29, 2003
Cedar Falls, Iowa
800-845-1955
www.cedarbasinjazz.org
23th Annual Taste of Chicago
June 27-July 6, 2003
Chicago, IL
312-744-3315
www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents
Moundstock
June 28, 2003
Indian Mounds Park, St. Paul
11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
www.theportage.org/Moundstock2003Preview.html
Park Rapids, MN Blues Fest
June 28 & 29, 2003
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
July 3-5, 2003
Davenport, IA
319-322-5837
www.mvbs.org
Thunder Bay Bluesfest
July 4-6, 2003
138 Rockwood Avenue N.
Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada P7A 6A4
(807) 344-2589
info@tbayblues.ca
www.tbayblues.ca
Ottawa Blues Fest
July 3-13 2003
Ottawa, Canada
www.ottawa-bluesfest.ca
Fox Valley Blues Festival
July 11-12, 2003
Central Park - Downtown, Kaukauna, WI
715-849-8433 Fax: 715-849-9233
www.foxvalleybluesfest.com
Bluesfest International
July 16-20, 2003
Windsor & London, Ontario, Canada
www.thebluesfest.com
Basilica Block Party
July 11-12, 2003
16th & Hennepin Ave., Mpls
www.basilicablockparty.org
Omaha Jazz & Blues Festival
July 11-12, 2003
Omaha, NE
www.omahajazzandblues.com
16th Annual Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival
July 18-20, 2003
Washington State
"Blues Ranch", 1 mile west of the town of Winthrop, WA, on highway 20
www.winthropbluesfestival.com
JazzFest - Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival
July 18-19, 2003
Sioux Falls, SD
605-335-6101
www.sfjb.org/jazzfestsub.html>
Quincy Area Blues Fest
July 18-20, 2003
Quincy, IL
217-224-3041
www.quincyblues.com
Rockin' Ribfest
July 23-26, 2003
4th St. & Nicollet Mall, Mpls
612-673-1300
www.rockinribfest.com
Prairie Dog Blues Festival
July 25-26, 2003
St, Feriole Island - Prairie du Chien, WI
608-326-4024
888-567-1567
www.prairiedogblues.com
Dodgeville Blues Fest
July 26, 2003
Dodgeville, WI
www.dodgevillebluesfest.com
Miller Midwest Jazz Heritage Festival
July 27-28, 2003
Peoria, IL
www.midil.com/jazzpeoria.html
Queen City Blues Fest "02"
July 31 - August 2, 2003
Cincinnati Ohio
www.cincyblues.org
Bluesmore 2003
Aug 2, 2003
Brucemore Mansion
2160 Linden Drive SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
www.lcbs.org/pages/bluesmore03.html
1st Annual Blues Festival
Aug 8-10, 2003
Floyd's, Victoria, MN
(952-443-9944)
www.floydsbar.com
Fri. Aug. 8, tickets $5. 6-9pm outside; Dr. Blue & The Transfusers then Ronnie Lake Band. 9pm-1am inside; Joel Johnson Band.
Sat. Aug. 9, tickets $15. 1-4pm outside; Scotty Reed Band. 4:30-8:30 outside; Kim Wilson`s Blues Review. 8:30pm-1am inside; Big George Jackson.
Sun. Aug. 10, tickets $10. 1-4pm outside; Spider John Koerner & Front Porch Swingin` Liquor Pigs. 4:30-7pm outside; Scottie Miller Band. 7-8:15pm inside; Willie Walker & The Bound Band. 8:45pm-10pm; Soulmates. 10:30-close; Open Jam w/ Wilbur Cole & Friends.
15th Annual Bayfront Blues Festival
Aug 8-10, 2003
Duluth, MN
www.bayfrontblues.com
Rochester Blues Festival
Aug 9, 2003
Moses Oakland Quartet @ the Rochester Blues Festival Music from Noon - 10:00 PM in Central Park, downtown Rochester. Admission: FREE. "Bring your own lawn chair." Four bands
8th Annual Fargo Blues Festival
August 16-17, 2003
Fargo, ND
218-287-7775
www.fargobluesfest.com
B.B. King Blues Festival
August 24, 2003
Grand Casino Hinckley, 2 PM
1-800-472-6321
6th Annual Maidson Blues Festival
Aug 23-24, 2003
Madison, WI
www.madisonblues.com
25th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
Aug 28 - Aug 31, 2003
Chicago, IL
312-744-3315
http://www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents/Festivals/Jazz2003/
13 Annual The Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival
Aug 29 - Aug 31, 2003
Rentiesville, OK
Contact: Selby Minner 918 473-2411
www.dcminnerblues.com
3rd Annual Boundary Waters Blues Festival
Sep 5-6, 2003
LONGBRANCH in Winton, MN
www.elyblues.com
Bean Blossom Blues Fest
Sep 12-14, 2003
Bean Blossom, IN
at the Bill Monroe Music Park 5 miles north of Nashville, Indiana on Hwy 135
1-800-783-7996
www.harpdepot.com/blues.cfm
Tree Frog Music Festival
September 13 & 14, 2003
Teepee Tonka Park
Faribault, Minnesota
www.treefrogmusic.org
Coalition BLUES Festival
Saturday, September, 20, 2003
10:00 A.M. to 8 P.M.
1st Avenue & Lake Street at the Owen Park band shell, downtown Eau Claire, WI
coalitionblues.com/aboutfest.htm
Berghoff and Blues 2003
Saturday, September, 20, 2003
Green County Fairgrounds, Monroe, Wisconsin
Info/Tickets - Phone: 608.325.3191
www.berghoffbeer.com
2nd Annual MidPoint Music Festival
Sept 24-27, 2003
Cincinnati, OH
www.mxmw.org
18th Annual King Biscuit Blues Festival
Oct 9-11, 2002
Helena, Arkansas
www.kingbiscuitfest.org
The 8th Annual Blues 2000 and 3 Festival Weekend
Oct 10-12, 2002
Ellenville, NY
Phone: 1-800-647-6000
web: www.blues2000.com
E-mail: mmoss@fcc.net
NOTE: Here is a list of past year festivals that I need updates on for this year.
If you have any information/dates/details on these or other regional festivals please let me know: mnblues@aol.com
Trempeleau Blues Bash
May 19-20, 2001
Trempeleau, WI
6th Annual Inland Northwest International Blues and Brews Festival
May 11, 2002
Benton County Fairgrounds, Kennewick, Washington
ericnyberg@hotmail.com
Inland Northwest International Blues and Brews Festival
The Southwest Blues Festival
May 12, 2002
@ Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, TX
www.southwestblues.com
Heart and Soul 2003 (tentative)
(t)May 17-18, 2003
Bunkers
Minneapolis, MN
612-692-8879
www.soul4kids.com
13th Annual Blues Bash
May 18, 2002
150 Main Street
Trempealeau, Wisconsin 54661
(608) 534-6898
www.trempealeauhotel.com
Souix Empire Rib Festival
May 31-June 1, 2001
Souix Falls, SD
Blues On The Range
June 7-9, 2002
Ironworld Discovery Center, Chisholm Minnesota
715-394-6831 x 107
www.bayfrontblues.com
9th Annual Kansas Blues Fest 2002
June 7-8, 2002
Contact Davy Baughman: Davyblues1@netscape.net
www.kansasbluesfest.com
Address: P.O. Box 705, Newton Kansas 67114
Blues Fest
June 8, 2002
@ Bailey Ray's, Santiago, MN
w/Lamont Cranston Blues Band. Percy Strother & Others
Covered Bridge Music and Arts Festival
June 15-16, 2002
Zumbrota, MN
507-732-7318
www.zumbrota.com/bridgefestival.htm
Jenn Jam Blues Festival
June 21-22, 2002
Fort Defiance Park, Cairo, IL
www.jennjam.org
Moundstock
June 22, 2002
Indian Mounds Park, St. Paul
Noon 'til 10:00 PM
www.theportage.org
Boji Blues and Zydeco Fest
June 23, 2001 3:00 to 11:00 pm
Arnolds Park, IA
www.arnoldspark.com
Summerfest
June 28, 2001
Milwaukee, WI
Isle Vista Casino Blues Fest
June 29-30, 2001
Bayfield, WI ($5)
Contact Kathy Bari @ (715)779-3712
Red, White, and Blues Festival
July 4-5, 2002
Harmony Park
Lake Geneva, Home of Harmony Park, is just 15 miles north of Albert Lea, where I 35 and I 90 intersect
www.harmonypark.com
www.redwhiteandbluesfestival.com
w/the Keller Brothers Band & others
Blues, Jazz and Arts on the Ridge Festival
July 7-8, 2001
Munster, IN
219-836-5549
Kalamazoo Blues Festival
July 12-14, 2001
Arcadia Festival Site, Kalamazoo, MI
www.kvba.org/fest01/index.html
Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 11-14, 2002
1-888-655-5354
(T-Birds, among others)
Omaha Jazz & Blues Festival
July 11-12, 2003
Omaha, NE
www.omahajazzandblues.com
402-351-6387
Email: jenfuchs@prodigy.net
Aquatennial Block Party
July 19, 2002
Hennepin & Washington Ave., Mpls
www.aquatennial.org
Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
July 19-20, 2002
Kansas City, MO
Liberty Memorial in Penn Valley Park
800-530-5266
www.kcbluesjazz.org
Acoustic Fest
July 21, 2002 (11:30-9 PM)
Manitowoc, WI
920-684-8499
www.acousticfest.com
Rockin' Ribfest
July 24-28, 2002
4th St. & Nicollet Mall, Mpls
www.rockinribfest.com
612-673-1300
HEATSTOCK 2002
July 26-27, 2002
P.O. box 187h
Clawson, MI 48017
www.nocover.net
mboulan@wwnet.net
Park Rapids Blues Fest
July 27-28, 2001
Silver Star Festival Park 218-732-9439
2 mi. east of Park Rapids on Hwy 34
www.silverstarpark.com
Dodgeville Blues Fest
July 28, 2001
Dodgeville, WI
www.dodgevillebluesfest.com
Bluesmore Blues Festival
August 4, 2001
Cedar Rapids, IA
319-362-7375
www.lcbs.org
The Rochester Blues Festival
August 10, 2002
Free - "Bring your own lawn chair"
Central Park, Rochester, MN
Gary Hamilton: 507-288-5309
Big Bull Falls Blues Fest
Aug 16-17, 2002
Wausau, WI
www.bigbullfallsblues.com
Salmon Arm 10th annual Roots & Blues Festival
Aug 16-18, 2002
Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
1-250-833-4096
www.rootsandblues.ca/
Cedar Fest Block Party
Aug 18, 2002
The Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN
Blues by the Bay in the Tawases
Aug 23-25, 2002
East Tawas, MI
by the Lake Huron shoreline
Email: bluesbythebay2002@yahoo.com
www.BluesByTheBayTawas.com
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival
August 24-26, 2001
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
www.safms.org
Salmon Arm Folk Music Society
folk@sunwave.net
Budweiser Illinois Blues Festival
September 1-2, 2001
Riverfront Festival Park - Peoria, IL
Neenah Jazz Fest
September 4-5, 2001
Neenah, WI
920-722-1920
http://members.tripod.com/~valeris/neenahjazz.html
Blues on the Rocks
September 7, 2002
Luverne, MN
www.bluesontherocks.net
Berghoff & Blues Festival
September 15, 2001
Monroe, WI
25th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival
Sept 21, 2002
Hiway 1 South @ Route 454
Greenville, Mississippi
www.deltablues.org
email - bluesfest@tecinfo.com
phone - 888-812-5837
Free Colorado River Blues Festival
Sept 26-28, 2002
Laughlin, Nevada
The Colorado Belle Hotel & Casino's Center Circle
Phone 1-800-458-9500
BB King blues fest
Sept 29, 2002
BB King w/T-Birds, KWS, Shane Henry
First Annual B.L.U.E.S. Festival & Jam
Oct 19-20, 2002
East Greenville, PA
www.angelfire.com/music4/bluesfestival
Smakdab Festivals
Additional links for other Blues Festivals and outdoor concerts:
Chicago Special Events
Arnolds Park, Lake Okoboji, IA
Festival Finder
Blues Festivals
Jazz Festivals
Blues World Festivals
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