Best Blues & Soul Festivals 2026

68 festivals. Every US blues & soul festival, with confirmed dates, current ticket prices, lineups, camping info and clear updates on what's actually happening.

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We track 68 US blues & soul festivals for 2026, 47 of them live or upcoming. This guide shows where they cluster, when the season peaks and which ones the crowd rates. Every number and every festival here comes from real, team-checked records.

Festivals
68
47 live or upcoming
Peak month
July
12 festivals
Top state
Mississippi
8 festivals
Biggest sound
Soul
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The best-loved Blues & Soul festivals

How we rate this: we read attendee reports from public discussion and score each festival on value, music, access, safety and facilities. These are the blues & soul events with the warmest word of mouth. It is early, honest signal, not paid placement and not our own opinion.

  1. “Oh my God, this is the best event you can do.”

  2. “The Bentonia Blues Festival was a great time last month”

  3. “The Blues Festival is a great event in April in downtown Baton Rouge that has a little something for everyone.”

The most talked-about Blues & Soul festivals

The blues & soul events generating the most public discussion in our records, and what makes each one land.

  1. The Baton Rouge Blues Festival is one of the oldest free blues festivals in the United States, running since 1981 and now staged across downtown Baton Rouge around North Boulevard

  2. Billed as the largest free blues festival in the world, this event fills Chicago's Millennium Park with four days of live music across multiple stages, drawing top-tier blues talen

  3. Blues on the Green is Austin's longest-running free outdoor concert series, held on summer evenings at Zilker Park, where tens of thousands of Austinites spread out on blankets for

  4. The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is a three-day celebration in the box-canyon town of Telluride, Colorado, held in Town Park each September at the start of the mountains' golde

  5. Billed as Pennsylvania's largest blues festival, this family-owned event has run every July since the late 1990s on a scenic working farm in Nescopeck.

The 2026 Blues & Soul scene by sound

How the 68 US blues & soul festivals split by sub-genre

Soul is the biggest strand, tagged on 6 of the 68 blues & soul festivals we track. Tap a sound to see only those festivals.

Blues & Soul festivals by month

When the 68 US blues & soul festivals happen across the year

Blues & Soul season peaks in July, with 12 festivals that month. Tap a month for the full calendar.

Where the Blues & Soul scene clusters

The states with the most blues & soul festivals

It clusters hardest in Mississippi (8 festivals), then California (7) and Pennsylvania (6). Tap a state for its full list.

Mississippi: 8 Blues & Soul festivals8California: 7 Blues & Soul festivals7Pennsylvania: 6 Blues & Soul festivals6Louisiana: 3 Blues & Soul festivalsColorado: 3 Blues & Soul festivalsNew York: 3 Blues & Soul festivalsMissouri: 3 Blues & Soul festivalsFlorida: 3 Blues & Soul festivalsAlabama: 3 Blues & Soul festivalsMichigan: 2 Blues & Soul festivalsTexas: 2 Blues & Soul festivalsOregon: 2 Blues & Soul festivalsOhio: 2 Blues & Soul festivalsKentucky: 2 Blues & Soul festivalsNorth Carolina: 1 Blues & Soul festivalMinnesota: 1 Blues & Soul festivalTennessee: 1 Blues & Soul festivalNevada: 1 Blues & Soul festivalGeorgia: 1 Blues & Soul festivalKansas: 1 Blues & Soul festivalIllinois: 1 Blues & Soul festivalIndiana: 1 Blues & Soul festivalOklahoma: 1 Blues & Soul festivalNorth Dakota: 1 Blues & Soul festivalArizona: 1 Blues & Soul festivalMassachusetts: 1 Blues & Soul festivalArkansas: 1 Blues & Soul festivalNew Jersey: 1 Blues & Soul festivalMaine: 1 Blues & Soul festivalNebraska: 1 Blues & Soul festival

This week in Blues & Soul

From the Froligo Desk: what the blues & soul scene is talking about right now.

Coming up · 2026-09-21

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival lands in Austin this weekend, in the heat

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival plays the Moody Center in Austin on 26 and 27 September, its seventh edition. Clapton performs both nights alongside a rotating cast of guitarists.

News Flash · 2026-09-07

Mighty Roots names its 2026 bill: St. Paul & The Broken Bones top the main stage in Stovall

Mighty Roots Music Festival, 25 to 26 September at Stovall, Mississippi, has published its full lineup and an official playlist. Saturday's main stage runs Pothole Paradise, Happy Landing and St. Paul & The Broken Bones, with a jam session at the Stovall Store stage.

Blues & Soul festivals 2026: quick answers

The questions people ask most, answered from our data

How many blues & soul festivals are there in the US?

We track 68 US blues & soul festivals, 47 of them live or upcoming for 2026.

When is blues & soul festival season?

It peaks in July, with 12 blues & soul festivals that month.

Where are the most blues & soul festivals?

Mississippi leads with 8, then California (7) and Pennsylvania (6).

What are the best blues & soul festivals for 2026?

By attendee sentiment, AB Beach Music Festival, Bentonia Blues Festival and Baton Rouge Blues Festival lead our read.

Stay up to date

Dates move, lineups shift, prices climb. Froligo Pulse is built to tell you the moment a festival you care about changes. For what the blues & soul scene is talking about this week, read the Froligo Desk.

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Big Blues Bender

Las Vegas, NV
Expected September 2027
Expected$1065 to $2415 pp
Blues & Soul

Cincy Blues Fest

Fairfield, OH
Expected July 2027
ExpectedFree
Blues & Soul
Expected July 2027
ExpectedCamping, car$40 to $75 pp
Blues & Soul

HoagieNation

Philadelphia, PA
Dates not yet announced
No word yet
Soul, Rock, Pop & Mainstream

Juke Joint Festival

Clarksdale, MS
Expected April 2027
ConfirmedCamping, primitive$50 to $60 pp
Blues & Soul

King Biscuit Blues Festival

Helena-West Helena, AR
Expected October 2026
Dates TBA75k+Camping, primitive$99 to $149 pp
Blues & Soul

Ponderosa Stomp

New Orleans, LA
Dates not yet announced
On hiatus
Soul, Rock

Roots Picnic

Philadelphia, PA
Expected May 2027
Expectedfrom $250 pp
R&B, Soul

Treeline Music Fest

Columbia, MO
Dates not yet announced
Ended
Roots, Indie, Blues & Soul