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
Blues In The Schools: By The Numbers
Blues in the Schools: By The Numbers with Colin Aberdeen
Youth Initiatives Fundraiser May 2
Fundraiser Upstairs @Dinosaur BBQ with The Ripcords & The Boneyard Horns benefitting our Blues in the Schools and Blues Ignition youth initiatives.
Spreading the word on Hadestown!
We are thrilled to announce a special giveaway in partnership with Broadway in Syracuse! One lucky person will win 2 tickets to the Tuesday, April 16 opening night of “Hadestown” at the Landmark Theater in Downtown Syracuse.
Little Feat To Headline The Admission-Free 2024 New York State Blues Festival
The New York State Blues Festival is excited to announce that blues rock legends, Little Feat, will be headlining this year’s festival with a Saturday night June 15 performance at NYS Fairgrounds’ Chevy Court (Syracuse). Blues royalty Shemekia Copeland and guitar master Matt Schofield, will add to the day’s big…
Blues Ignition
In addition to the K.J. James Memorial Scholarship and Blues in the Schools, the New York State Blues Festival’s youth development program is proud to present Blues Ignition.
New York State Blues Festival Reaches The Final Four!
The New York State Blues Festival is very happy to announce that we have made it to the final four in Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMY’s) People’s Choice contest. We are grateful for your support and encourage you to keep voting!