October 24, 2025  |  for immediate release

New Harmony Blues Festival on Fire!

Media Advisory, New Harmony, IN

The Second Annual New Harmony Blues Festival kicks off on Thursday, November 6 with Blues, Brews & Stews, an exclusive VIP Supper Club event in the Capers Loft at Capers Emporium (this event is sold out!!)

Tickets are going fast for the Friday, November 7 Blues on Fire! featuring Bex Marshall – an award-winning European Blues Diva virtuoso guitarist, along with her band of international Blues heavyweight musicians to bring an amazing performance to historic New Harmony.  Ruth Wyand, a legendary blues singer, songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire will open for Bex and her band, who will be joined by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Greg Douglass and Gospel Blues and Jazz crooner Karl Dion Dixon.

Roots on Fire! closes the festival on Saturday, November 8, headlined by Tim Graves and the Farm Hands, the hottest group in American Bluegrass. Special guests include Greg Douglass, formerly of the Steve Miller Band and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.

Thursday, November 6, 2024
6:00 – 9:30 pm
Blues, Brews and Stews (SOLD OUT!!!)
($75 — Purchase advance tickets online at EventBrite; no ticket sales at the door)

Friday, November 7, 2025
Blues on Fire!
Thrall’s Opera House
612 Church St.
New Harmony, IN 47631
Experience an evening with the Bex Marshall Band, Ruth Wyand, Greg Douglass and special guest Karl Dion Dixon!
Doors open at 6:30, performance begins at 7:00
Tickets at EventBrite $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Cash bar service available

Saturday, November 8, 2025
Roots on Fire!
Thrall’s Opera House
612 Church St.
New Harmony, IN 47631
Oh, what a night! The finale of the New Harmony Blues Festival features high-energy performances by Tim Graves and the Farm Hands–the hottest bluegrass band in America–joined by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Greg Douglass.
Doors open at 6:30, performance begins at 7:00 pm
Tickets at EventBrite $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Cash bar service available

Event sponsors:
• A.C. Thomas House Bed & Breakfast Inn
• Artefakts
• BackBeats Music Store
• Black Lodge Coffee Roasters
• Capers Emporium
• Capers Candy and Cards
• Capers Glassporium
• Corey Folz
• Hillbilly Rick and the Bluesmobile
• Lowry Hollow
• New Harmony Golf Car Company
• New Harmony Radio
• New Harmony Working Men’s Institute, Museum and Library
• Kirsch Studio Design, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
• River Basin Blues Society
• Say’s Restaurant

Media Contact:
Jenefer Duane
Founder and Executive Producer
jen@newharmonybluesfestival.org
415-297-5814
Website: https://www.newharmonybluesfestival.org/

The Posey County News | October 1, 2025

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Headliner on Saturday Nov 8th, 2025