The Edmonton Blues Festival (formerly Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival) is an annual blues music festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, which was first held in 1999. The festival runs for three days (a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) in mid-August at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park. In 2008, the festival was the recipient of the 'Keeping The Blues Alive Award' from the Blues Foundation, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Due to renovations that will closed Hawrelak Park until 2026, the festival moved to Edmonton's RE/MAX Field for the 2023 edition. The festival was last held in 2024. In 2026, it was announced that the festival was permanently cancelled.
Friday 25 August
Rockin' Highliners Rosie Ledet "The Zydeco Sweetheart" Lone Star Shootout ft. Lonnie Brooks, Phillip Walker & Long John Hunter
Saturday 26 August
Hot Cottage with "The Craft Horns" Bryan Lee "The Braille Blues Daddy" Debbie Davies James Harman The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Sunday 27 August
Big Dave McLean and the Tim Williams Electric Band Maurice John Vaughn Walter "Wolfman" Washington & The Roadmasters Shemekia Copeland Anson Fungerburgh & The Rockets ft. Sam Myers
Friday 24 August
Rosie Ledet the Zydeco Sweetheart Paul deLay Band Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
Saturday 25 August
Bad News Blues Band Paul Osher "Alone with the Blues" Janiva Magness Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers The Rolling Fork Blues Review ft. Nappy Brown, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Rusty Zinn
Sunday 26 August
Brent Parkin Band with Rusty Reed Paul Rishell & Annie Raines Norton Buffalo and the Knockouts Sleepy LaBeef Dr. John
Friday 23 August
Jack Semple Band Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings Charlie Musselwhite
Saturday 24 August
Cephas & Wiggins Terry Hanck Big Jack Johnson & the Oilers C. J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band Marcia Ball
Sunday 25 August
Rory Block The Twisters Kelley Hunt Sonny Rhodes Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm
Friday 22 August
Sue Foley Junior Watson Mark Hummel's Blues Harp Blowout ft. James Harman and Snooky Pryor
Saturday 23 August
Tom Rigney and Flambeau Big Time Sarah Dave Hole Magic Slim and the Teardrops Duke Robillard Band with a special appearance by Ruth Brown
Sunday 24 August
Ann Rabson Paul Reddick and the Sidemen Ponty Bone and the Squeezetones Omar and the Howlers The John Hammond Band
Friday 20 August
Morgan Davis Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band James Cotton
Saturday 21 August
Donald Ray Johnson Lil' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials Sugar Ray Norcia and the Bluetones Angela Strehli Roomful of Blues
Sunday 22 August
Steve James Gary Primich Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Sista Monica Parker Jimmie Vaughan
Friday 19 August
Curley Bridges W. C. Clark Koko Taylor and her Blues Machine
Saturday 20 August
Mike Kindred David Gogo Mem Shannon and the Membership Downchild Blues Band The Mannish Boys featuring Finis Tasby, Kid Ramos, and Johnny Dyer
Sunday 21 August
Mary Flower Craig Horton Zac Harmon and the Mid-South Blues Revue Bob Margolin with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Rev. Billy C. Wirtz Delbert McClinton
Friday 25 August
Kenny Neal and Billy Branch Phillip Walker with the Texas Horns Mark Hummel with Billy Boy Arnold and Lee Oskar
Saturday 26 August
Eden Brent James Hinkle with the Texas Horns Jimmy Thackery Reba Russell Terrence Simien The Hollywood Blue Flames
Sunday 27 August
Fruteland Jackson Pete Turland Band with Paul Pugat Diunna Greenleaf and Blue Mercy with the Texas Horns Henry Gray and the Cats featuring Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal The Chicago Blues Reunion with Paul Butterfield, Michael Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites, Tracy Nelson, Harvey Mandel, Barry Goldberg, Corky Siegel, and Sam Lay.
See also
List of Canadian blues festivals and venues List of festivals in Edmonton List of festivals in Alberta List of music festivals in Canada