Get Ready For Our 30th Anniversary Celebration! We’re super excited for this year’s New York State Blues Festival!
VIP Tickets, RV Sites and Hotel Discounts
ProAct Blues Club VIP Packages include fully catered dinner each night (plus lunch on Saturday), beer & wine, preferred seating, and artist meet & greets during the festival. RV sites are available at the NYS Fairgrounds during the NYS Blues Festival in two and three night packages. Holiday Inn & Suites Syracuse Airport (NYS Blues Festival Host Hotel), Holiday Inn Express – Fairgrounds, Quality Inn, Farrell Road and Embassy Suites at Destiny are offering attendees discounts during the festival. Reserve your room today! Click here for more information.
KJ James Memorial Scholarship
The KJ James Memorial Scholarship is back! This year the award is presented by Terakeet! If you know of an aspiring blues musician age 18 or younger, please pass along this link for more information and a downloadable application!
Volunteers Needed For 2022!
Feel like pitching in and lending a hand? The New York State Blues Festival is made possible by a volunteer board of directors and good folks like you helping out! If you’d like to be part of the fun, click here to sign up and join our enthusiastic crew!
More News & Events
New York State Blues Festival Needs Your Support On Giving Tuesday
Founded in 1992 with the purpose of preserving and promoting blues music and culture, our nonprofit organization strives to bring the best local, regional and national talent to the stage for this three-day event.
New York State Blues Festival awarded $49,500 by the New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Rhythm & Blues Festival, Inc. announced today a grant award[s] totaling $49,500 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the nonprofit arts and culture sector.
Save the Dates! June 12-13-14, 2025!
It’s time to “save the dates” for the 2025 New York State Blues Festival! This annual admission-FREE event will once again be held at Chevy Court at the New York State Fairgrounds
Gates open Friday at 3pm and Saturday at 11 am.
What a first day and what a night! Gates open today, Friday at 3pm and tomorrow, Saturday at 11 am. We had perfect weather for our first day. So much buzz around Hanna PK & the Dynamite 88’s! Bywater Call would have blown the roof off Chevy Court if there…
Tell Me Something Good: Playing The Blues
Tell Me Something Good: Playing the blues June 7, 2024 by localsyr.com Colin Aberdeen has been playing the Blues at nightspots around Central New York for most of his lifetime. But this gig is different. And these kids have a new story to tell… about the morning a Bluesman came…
Limited Number of ProAct Blues Club Vip Tickets Still Available!
There are a small number of ProAct Blues Club VIP tickets still available for each night. These tickets include complimentary beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks, reserved seating in front of the main stage, access to a side stage viewing deck and the VIP party tent.