Blues BBQ Festival

Get excited for another year of the best blues, BBQ and all-ages fun at Hudson River Park’s Blues BBQ Festival!

The Blues BBQ Festival is an annual staple of the late summer season in NYC. This free, day-long music and food festival features exceptional blues artists from around the country to perform on our stages. The event will also feature delicious BBQ from NYC’s boroughs, games, the Blues Marketplace and more. Sample the city’s delicacies, enjoy a game of cornhole, dance to the music and discover the community in your west side backyard.

Music Lineup

Main Stage

• 2:00 PM: Alexis P. Suter
• 3:30 PM: Blackcat Zydeco featuring Dwight Carrier
• 4:45 PM: Sheryl Youngblood
• 6:15 PM: Joe Louis Walker
• 7:45 PM: Altered Five Blues Band

Second Stage

Don’t miss performances on our Second Stage, presented by the Jazz Foundation of America:

• 1:30 PM: Phil Young & his House of Blues
• 3:00 PM: Tina Fabrique with the Phil Young Blues Experience
• 4:30 PM: Charlie Burnham
• 5:45 PM: Beareather Reddy
• 7:15 PM: Gordon Lockwood

Featured Food

BBQ

• Bark BBQ: Dominican-style Texas BBQ
• Big Papa Smokem: Cuban-inspired barbeque
• Blue Smoke: New York City curled smoke BBQ
• Dickson’s Farmstand: Artisanal meats, locally sourced
• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: Southern bar-b-que with distinctive character
• Jase’s BBQ: Caribbean-style BBQ, emphasizing the flavors of Trinidad & Tobago
• Kimchi Smoke Barbeque: Korean-style Texas BBQ
• Pure Grit & Hungry House: Plant-based BBQ, vegan, gluten-free and delicious
• And more to be announced.

Desserts

• La Newyorkina: Handmade natural Mexican ice cream & sweets

*Featured restaurants and desserts accept cash or credit.

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