The New Harmony Blues Festival is a recurring annual music event which runs over several nights and brings amazing shows to the historic town of New Harmony, Indiana.
Established in 2024, the festival features performances by national, international and regional, blues, jazz, gospel and bluegrass musicians.
The event also offers more intimate and exclusive daytime events presenting high calibre local culinary experiences paired with musical performances.
The main blues festival event is scheduled for November 6-8, 2026. Sign up here for updates
upcoming events :
Women Of The Blues, Night 1 | Fri. Nov 6th, 7:30pm
Ruth Wyand kicks off this year’s Festival with Mama’s Got the Blues – 100 years of women in the blues, a musical journey through combining live performance, storytelling, historical imagery and film to bring a century of women’s music and stories to life onstage.
Women of the Blues, Night 2 | Sat. Nov 7th, 5pm
Celebrate powerhouse women of the blues with Eden Brent, Heavy Suga & The SweeTones, Geminii Dragon and Sandy Picket in a dynamic night of piano, guitars, vocals, and soul.
Bluegrass, Brews & BBQ, Night 3 | Sun. Nov 8th, 5pm
Settle in for lively bluegrass, cold brews, and smoky barbecue in a spirited community gathering with the legendary Peter Rowan, The Grascals and Tim Graves & the Farm Hands.
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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 Sunday Nov 8th, 2026
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.
