Although we’re thousands of miles from Chicago and Memphis, we’re getting close to our San Francisco “summer” and that means bring on the blues!

2015 Bay Area Summer Blues Festivals

6th Annual Blues & Brews

July 17-18 | FREE | Petaluma
Come enjoy an afternoon of free blues concerts, along with craft beer tastings and activities for the whole family at the 6th Annual Pleasant Hill Blues & Brews Festival in Pleasant Hill Park

Great American Blues & BBQ Festival

July 19 | $10 | San Rafael

This finger lickin’ good festival returns to the heart of downtown San Rafael to celebrate America’s outstanding heritage of Blues and Roots music and tasty barbeque.

PAL Blues, Arts & BBQ

July 22-25 | FREE | Redwood City

The 2015 Redwood City PAL Blues, Arts & BBQ Festival features live blues, gospel, and R&B musicians from the Bay Area and beyond plus an Art on the Square festival. Free concerts on Wednesday and Friday night, with an all day music festival on Saturday.

Bay Area Blues Festival

September 26-27 | FREE | Historic Downtown Martinez

Continuing the merger of two great festivals, the Downtown Martinez Italian Street Painting Festival and San Francisco’s Polk Street Blues Festival, get ready for a big two-day street party in Martinez with blues on two stages, arts, crafts and street painting.

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