Event Information

The 2026 Blues Festival will feature artists from Arizona Blues Hall of Fame veterans Grams and Krieger to our award winning teen vocalist Sienna Rea, and from Arizona favorites like Black Cat Bones and the Sir Harrison Band, to national award-winning touring artists GA-20 and John Németh. The Bob Corritore and Jimi "Primetime" Smith band with Carla Denise will bring powerful Chicago style blues to the stage and will get everyone on their feet and dancing!

The Festival is open to all ages with people 18 and under free. Parking is free, and close handicapped parking is available. It is a fun day outdoors, with food vendors onsite and beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages for sale. There will also be craft vendors and merchandise from the artists and the Blues Foundation available. There is plenty of room to dance, visit with friends and family, and enjoy live music. The park has shade trees around the periphery of the Fiesta Area and some picnic tables as well, but it's best to bring your own lawn chairs. You can bring shade umbrellas or small structures as long as they are weighted down and outside of the marked periphery.

Venue details: Kennedy Park, 3700 South La Cholla Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona, 85713, United States

Price:
General Admission: USD 30.00

Artists: John Németh is the proud recipient of the 2024 Soul Blues Male Artist Award, and was nominated in four categories in the 2026 Blues Music Awards for Soul Blues Male Artist, Band of the Year, Vocalist and Instrumentalist – Harmonica. , GA-20 have been 3x #1 Billboard Blues chart toppers, 4x Boston Music Award winners for Best Blues Act, and have received multiple wins and nominations at the Blues Music Awards, Blues Blast Awards, New England Blues Awards, and have ascended streaming and radio charts at home and internationally., Bob Corritore won the Living Blues Award in 2012, Jimi "Primetime" Smith has played with all of the original Chicago greats, and Carla Denise is a powerhouse vocalist who sings blues, soul, R and B and jazz with passion!, Sir Harrison Band is an acclaimed, Arizona-based blues and blues-rock group led by singer, guitarist, and Tucson native Harrison Begay, who is of Navajo descent., Black Cat Bones is a 5-piece Rockin' Blues band that continues to delight audiences with an eclectic mix of classic Rockin' Blues standards and original Blues., Grams and Krieger, with Ralph Gilmore, are great representatives of blues history in Tucson! They are long time members of the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame, and are all remarkable musicians., Sienna Rea has performed in youth showcases since age 11, and has won music competitions in Tucson and Phoenix. Her voice and stage presence will capture your heart.

Time: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM