Bayfront Blues Festival
- Dates
- Aug 13 to 15, 2027
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Bayfront Festival Park
- Price
- $77
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 6, 2026
Bayfront Blues Festival returns to Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, MN, Aug 13 to 15, 2027. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
The Bayfront Blues Festival is one of America's longest-running blues celebrations, staged on Duluth's Lake Superior waterfront at Bayfront Festival Park, where hundreds of blues and blues-rock acts have played its shoreline stage over more than three decades
What people love
Attendees consistently praise the waterfront setting and the music, calling it a spacious site that rarely feels overcrowded even with large crowds. A recurring gripe is that the restrooms sit too far from the main activity
Last time around (2026)
The 37th annual festival returned to the Bayfront Festival Park waterfront across three days in mid-August 2026, continuing its long run as a regional blues showcase
Listen
Tap an artist to play them right here.
No official playlist linked yet. Find Bayfront Blues Festival on Spotify.
Lineup
2027 lineup not yet announced. Here's who played in 2026:
Getting there
Nearest airport DLH.
How do I get to Bayfront Blues Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Bayfront Blues Festival. The nearest major airport is DLH, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
Taxi & rideshare
Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
Cost $10-15/day at Bayfront (plus applicable credit card fees), pay-at-gate as you enter. Overflow at the adjacent DECC is $10/day, also pay-at-gate, with surface lots and multi-story ramps within walking distance; DECC is also where RV parking is handled (not Bayfront). Primary overflow is the DECC immediately east of Bayfront (walkable). No prepay/reservation portal (ParkMobile/SpotHero/etc.) is used parking is first-come pay-at-gate, so no prepay URL is recorded
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at DLH
DLH has on-site rental agencies on the terminal's lower level. Car hire is a reasonable-but-optional fit for this festival: the venue is a walkable downtown waterfront park (hotels, DTA transit and short rideshare all cover the fest itself), so a car isn't needed just to attend but it suits fly-in attendees pairing the weekend with wider North Shore / Lake Superior / Duluth-region travel
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
Bayfront Festival Park
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Bayfront Blues Festival?
Hotels nearby 5
200 W 1st St, Duluth, MN
Link coming soon310 Lake Ave S, Duluth, MN
Link coming soon250 Canal Park Dr, Duluth, MN
Link coming soon350 Canal Park Dr, Duluth, MN
Link coming soonAirbnb & private camping
Duluth is a strong summer-tourism market on Lake Superior and mid-August is peak season, so expect limited availability and elevated nightly rates on a festival weekend; Canal Park and downtown/hillside neighborhoods carry the closest walkable inventory. Treat the surge as a seasonal-demand inference, not a documented festival-specific figure
Search Airbnb →Bayfront Festival Park is a downtown public park with zero Hipcamp inventory of its own. Hipcamp does list private-land camping/glamping across northern Minnesota and the North Shore within driving distance of Duluth (a fit for attendees wanting a nature stay over a downtown hotel), but nothing within walking distance of the venue. the direct search link below points at the Minnesota area directory
Search Hipcamp →Pricing
Price history and tiers
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