W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival
Audubon Mill Park · Henderson, Kentucky
June 17 — June 20, 2026
Jazz
The Experience
One of the largest free music festivals in the nation, supported entirely by donors and volunteers, held the week before Father's Day.
Amenities
Official Poster
Artists
Ghalia Volt·Piper and the Hard Times·Texas Headhunters·Waylon Thibodeaux·Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers·David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach·Harrell "Young Rell" Davenport·Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band·Chambers DesLauriers·Tommy Castro & The Painkillers·Ana Popovic featuring Fantastafunk·Blues 4U·McKinley James·Eric Johanson·The Cold Stares·Shemekia Copeland·The Record Company