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
The Kingsnakes Reunite For NYS Blues Fest Fundraiser
The upstairs room of the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is the place to be Thursday night April 24 as Syracuse legends,The Kingsnakes, reunite for an intimate performance.
Blues Fest Partners with SoundsUnite for Youth Development
The New York State Blues Festival is happy to announce that they are teaming up with the Canadian organization, SoundsUnite, to bring greater online resources to the students involved with their youth development initiatives.
Warren Haynes Band to Headline 2025 Festival
The New York State Blues Festival is excited to announce that the Warren Haynes Band will headline this year’s festival with a Saturday night June 14 performance at NYS Fairgrounds’ Chevy Court (Syracuse).
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