The Festival showcases a collection of regional and national artists from multiple genres, all with roots steeped in tradition and vision, and arranges them on two stages for a continuous river of music.

This summer, The NYS Blues Festival enters it's 17th year. Syracuse's largest and longest running FREE blues festival. Two days and two stages of continuous music provide a wide variety of styles and artists for a true blues experience for fans of all levels. World-class music. Clinton Square. Budweiser. What could be better?

The NYS Blues Festival strives to present all facets of blues music featuring both the masters and the young lions in the line-up. Up-close and personal, the way the blues was meant to be.

Come explore the richness of the blues at Central New York's biggest... The NYS Blues Festival, July 12 and 13 in Clinton Square, downtown Syracuse!!!