Garvin Gate Blues Festival Returns to Two Days, Oct. 13-14

Jul 19

Louisville’s largest free street music festival, Garvin Gate Blues Festival, returns to “The Gate” after struggling to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic and reducing to a one-day festival in 2022 and 2021, Garvin Gate Blues Festival has now returned to a two-day festival for its 28th annual festival on Friday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 14.

This year's festival features 15 regional and local blues artists. The full lineup and schedule is below.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13:

6th District Councilperson Phillip Baker Stage

6:30-7:30 The Divine Five featuring Sylvia Walters
8:00-9:00 The Revelators
9:30-11:00 Ray Fuller & The Bluesrockers

FMS Stage

7:35-7:55: Jay and Those Other Guys
9:05-9:25: Jay and Those Other Guys

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14:

6th District Councilperson Phillip Baker Stage

1:00-1:45 Piney Woods & The Strip Mall Wonder Band
2:15-3:00 Highway 31 Blues Band
3:30-4:30 OTIS
5:00-5:45 Tyrone Cotton & Screamin’ John
6:15-7:00 King Bee & The Stingers
7:30-8:15 Da Mudcats
8:45-9:35 The Stella Vees with Kurt Crandall
10:00-11:00 Walnut Street Rhythm & Blues Band

FMS Stage

1:50-2:10: Fast Forward
3:05-3:25: Fast Forward
4:35-4:55: Laurie Jane & Cort Duggins
5:50-6:10: Laurie Jane & Cort Duggins
7:05-7:25: Hole Shot Blues Band
8:20-8:40: Hole Shot Blues Band

Garvin Gate Blues Festival takes place at The Garvin Gate on Oak Street between 4th & 6th Streets, one mile south of downtown Louisville. Proceeds benefit the Garvin Gate and Old Louisville neighborhoods and A Recipe to End Hunger, a charitable cookbook started by WAVE3 television personality, Dawne Gee. Proceeds help schools raise the funds needed to feed every child in need. Garvin Gate Blues Festival would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support: Facility Management Services, Three Chord Bourbon, and Councilman Phillip Baker.

The Garvin Gate Blues Festival began in 1988 in the Rudyard Kipling parking lot as a blues jam in Old Louisville that quickly outgrew the parking lot. At that time the Garvin Place Association was expanding its boundaries to become the Garvin Place Neighborhood Association and offered to host the growing event. Proceeds benefit The Garvin Gate Neighborhood Association and the Old Louisville neighborhood.

For more information, visit garvingatebluesfestival.com or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. For questions, email info@garvingatebluesfestival.com.