Blues BBQ Festival

Delicious BBQ, fantastic blues music and fun for all ages—there is something for every music fan at our free, annual Blues BBQ Festival!

Join us in your west side backyard for New York’s finest smoked delicacies, music at two unparalleled stages, dance lessons, hot sauces, a marketplace, games, family fun and so much more! This Hudson River Park staple is one of NYC’s longest-running free festivals.

It’s a day packed with fun including performances across two live stages, take part in dance lessons, test your mettle in Hot Sauce Alley, browse the festival marketplace and enjoy family-friendly activities and games for all ages.

The Blues BBQ Main Stage features world-renowned talent, while the Blues Second Stage delivers popular locals and accomplished artists alike, curated by the Jazz Foundation of America.

Use the links below to jump to a section:

• Performer List
  • Main Stage
  • Second Stage Presented by Jazz Foundation of America
• Food Vendors
  • Restaurants
  • Desserts
  • Hot Sauces
• Prohibited Items
• Event Partners

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Performer List

Main Stage

The Blues BBQ Festival Main Stage lineup will showcase the diversity of the blues genre, from musicians with a background in traditional soul to high-energy modern performers that light up the dance floor.

This year’s Main Stage performers include:

• Bobby Rush
• Sugaray Rayford
• Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band
• Bywater Call
• Howlin’ Hurd

Second Stage Presented by Jazz Foundation of America

The Second Stage, which is curated and presented by the Jazz Foundation of America, will bring incredible sounds from local artists.

This year’s Second Stage Presented by the Jazz Foundation of America performers include:

• Radam Schwartz
• Melvin Davis
• Kathryn Farmer
• Gregory Lewis’ Organ Monk Sings

Check back closer to the Festival date for the schedule of performances.

Food Vendors

Restaurants

• Bark BBQ
• Dickson’s Farmstand Meats
• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
• Jase’s BBQ
• Kimchi Smoke Barbeque
• Monk’s Meats (Vegan)
• Tikkun BBQ

Desserts

• Fan Fan Doughnuts
• La Newyorkina

Hot Sauces

• Achilles Heat
• Cursed Cauldron
• Eats Meets Young
• Hell’s Kitchen
• Mama Lam’s
• SD Sauce – Thai Hot Sauce
• Whitehouse Station Sauce

Prohibited Items

Please see below for a list of items that are prohibited at the Blues BBQ Festival.

• Laser pointers or professional photography/recording equipment
• Outside alcohol
• Coolers or other large containers
• Glass of any kind
• Vending without a Hudson River Park Trust permit

Please also note that dogs and other pets must be leashed at all times.

Event Partners

Thank you to this year’s Blues BBQ Festival partners:

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Media Partners