The New Harmony Blues Festival is recurring annual music event which runs over several nights and brings amazing shows to the historic town of New Harmony, Indiana.
It features performances by international heavy-weight blues musicians, bluegrass, gospel and jazz artists, and was started in 2024.
The event also offers more intimate and exclusive daytime events presenting high calibre local culinary experiences paired with musical performances.
This year‘s VIP event is scheduled for September 5 and the main blues festival event is scheduled for November 6-8. Sign up here for updates
Events are starting to shape up for 2026 – so watch this space!
next upcoming events :
Utopian Jazz Brunch Club at Say’s
Join us for a fabulous brunch at Say’s with stellar jazz musicians, the Sidemen Trio, a midwestern trio featuring Bob Green, Jon Hyneman, and Pat Moore, delivering jazz with deep grooves, and the kind of chemistry that comes from years of shared playing..
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Premiere New Harmony Blues Festival November 2024
video courtesy of Owen Lewis
Roots on Fire 2025 – Tim Graves & the Farm Hands
Headliner on Saturday Nov 8th, 2025
the venue
612 Church Street, New Harmony Indiana | get directions
Thrall's Opera House
Originally built by the Harmonists as a communal dormitory, the building was converted to a Victorian theatre in the mid-19th century and beautifully restored to its Victorian elegance.
early beginnings
The New Harmony Blues Festival started back in 2024, and got kicked off with the legendary Premiere Event 'Blues On Fire'. View past events on the Gallery page
the town
New Harmony
This is not just another quaint small town. It’s a thriving, walkable village, purpose-built in 1814 on strong convictions and wild ideals. An extraordinary National Historic Landmark District on an idyllic bend of the Wabash River. The site of multiple social experiments based on both religion and science. The modern village is a mix of contributions made by 200 years of artists, reformers, scientists, educators, and fans of this early American center for equality.
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors!
- AC Thomas House
- är´tǝ-făkt´s
- Black Lodge Coffee Roastery
- Backbeats Music Store
- Capers Candy & Cards
- New Harmony Radio
- Meisberger And Associates Real Estate
- Capers Emporium
- Capers Glassporium
- Lowry Hollow
- Say’s Restaurant
- Round Barn Music LLC
- Andy Batt Photography
- Corey Folz
- New Harmony Golf Car Company
- Working Men's Institute, Museum and Library
- Studio Kirsch Design, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
- Hillbilly Rick and the Bluesmobile
- New Harmony Wine and Liquor
- New Harmony Gallery of Modern Art, University of Southern Indiana
- River Basin Blues Society