Blues festivals
1 festivals still to come with Blues on the bill, carrying 12 of the 32 Blues acts we track. Every act has a page: which festivals they play, what time they go on once the festival says, and what they sound like if the name is new to you.
Blues on a festival stage runs loud. A trio with cranked amps carries further outdoors than it has any right to, slide work and a shuffle beat doing the heavy lifting. Country blues acts work smaller: one voice, one resonator guitar, amplified just enough to reach the back of a tent.
These sets land in the afternoon more often than after dark, on side stages and under canvas where the sound holds together. Songs stretch, a four minute number turning into ten while the band trades solos. The crowd packs in close to the front and dances, then thins out onto the grass with a drink.
Blues festivals in 2026
Every bill still ahead of you with real Blues on it, deepest first. A festival needs at least 2 Blues acts to be here, so one stray booking on a bill about something else does not count.
Who carries Blues this season
The Blues acts booked the most in 2026. Go to more than one festival and you have probably seen a few of them already.
Nat MyersKorean-American country-blues revivalist with National steel guitar and dust-bowl holler, prewar blues played like breaking news.
Alabama ShakesBrittany Howard's voice is the whole argument: southern soul-rock that sounds like it was recorded in a room too small for it.
Jack WhiteThe White Stripes' architect, still committed to analog friction: old amps, unrehearsed setlists, and a guitar tone like a blown speaker.
The Marcus King BandGreenville, South Carolina bandleader who sings and plays guitar with a weight well beyond his years, playing blues-rock rooted in Southern soul rather than revivalism.
Anders OsborneNew Orleans guitar poet, swampy blues-rock with a songwriter's soul, equally at home stretching into a festival jam or landing a confessional ballad.
Charley CrockettHonky-tonk and Gulf Coast blues delivered by a genuine road-worn troubadour with a hat and a story to match, and an album-a-year work rate straight from the old school.
Highly SuspectBluesy, scuffed-up rock delivered with a chip on the shoulder and a genuine gift for a chorus, with grit and hooks at festival scale.
Larkin PoeThe Lovell sisters play slide guitar and harmony vocals with a Georgia blues fluency that took years to earn: roots-rock swagger, zero costume.
All 32 Blues artists, who is on tour, and who to know →
Blues festivals: common questions
What festivals have the most Blues in 2026?
Stagecoach 2027 (2 Blues acts). We count the acts on each published lineup rather than going by how a festival bills itself, so this is the depth of the actual Blues booking.
Where can I see Blues live in 2026?
1 festivals still to come have Blues on the bill. The next is Stagecoach 2027, April 23–25, 2027 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA, with 2 Blues acts playing.
Which Blues artists are playing the most festivals in 2026?
Nat Myers (4), Alabama Shakes (3), Jack White (3), The Marcus King Band (3), Anders Osborne (2). Counted per festival across the whole season, finished bills included.
How many Blues acts are playing festivals in 2026?
32 Blues acts appear on the lineups we track, across 1 festivals still to come. Each one has a page with its dates, stages and set times wherever the festival has published them.
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