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:

• 1:15 PM: The Phil Young Blues Experience
• 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
• Mighty Quinn’s: Cooking the old-school way with wood & time
• And more to be announced.

Desserts

• La Newyorkina: Handmade natural Mexican ice cream & sweets

*Featured restaurants and desserts accept cash or credit.

Map

Download a PDF map of the Blues BBQ Festival area or view an interactive map below.

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.

WNYC is a media partner of Hudson River Park.