This spring, your favorite home base on the North Coast proudly presents its inaugural Fort Bragg Blues Fest. It’s three days of rocking rhythms by the ocean. Over the first weekend of May, the town trades its fishing gear for guitars, bass and drums, as soulful riffs echo through the historic streets of downtown.
Musicians, Locations & Set Times
FRIDAY
LOCATION
TIME
Soul Circus Band
Tall Guy Brewery
5:30 - 7:00 PM
J.C. Smith Band
Winner of 2024 Bay Area Black Music Awards, Male Blues Performer of the Year in 2017, Bay Area Jazz & Blues Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024, 2023 State of CA Legacy Award, Bay Area Blues Society ‘West Coast Blues Band of the Year in 2006.
Town Hall
8:00 - 9:30 PM
SATURDAY
LOCATION
TIME
Free Show: Bourbon Street Brass Band
Get the party going at a FREE community music event Saturday morning in Downtown Fort Bragg. Sponsored by the Skunk Train, the fun, energetic New Orleans-style brass band will parade through town to bring the party to life.
Laurel Street
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Brad Wilson and the Rhythm Drivers
Town Hall
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Bella Rayne & Friends
Town Hall
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Mark Hummel
– A James Cotton Tribute with Steve Freund
Grammie Nominee, Blues Award Winner. Won Best Blues CD and Best Traditional Blues CD at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Latest release album – True Believer 2024.
Town Hall
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Saturday: VIP Event @ the Weller House
LOCATION
TIME
Maurice Huffman & Volker Strifler
Shared Ground: Acoustic Blues & Childhood Memories
Small Venue - 40 Person Limit
The Weller House
9:30 - 11:00 PM
Sunday – Lazy Sunday at C.V. Starr – Food Trucks, Blues & Brews
LOCATION
TIME
Blue Luke
C.V. Starr
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Big Mo and the Full Moon Band with Volker Strifler
Best Blues Band at Monterey Blues Festival 2004, Cammie Award for Best Blues Band 8 years in a row. Winner of Sylphie Award ‘Musician of the Year’ 2005.
C.V. Starr
2:00 - 3:30 PM
C.V. Starr is our wonderful community center and just a mile from downtown. This is an outdoor venue. Bring your lounge chairs, ball caps, and lazy-Sunday vibes for afternoon of great blues music.
