Festival Listing
	The below listing of local festivals is provided by student volunteer John Nugent. Thanks John! This page is a work in progress; If you would like to add or amend this listing please contact us at info@schooloftheblues.com.

MAY
- Big Sur JazzFest ; Big Sur, CA (831) 667-1530 http://www.bigsurjazz.org/
- Metro Fountain Blues Festival; San Jose, CA (408) 924-6262 http://as.sjsu.edu/hispd/newupcoming/bluesfest02.html
- Stockton Blues Festival; Stockton, CA (209) 533-3473 http://www.stocktonbluesfest.com/
- Doheny Blues Festival; Dana Point, CA (949) 262-2662 http://www.omegaevents.com/html/blues/blues_index.html
- Black Diamond Blues Festival; Pittsburg, CA (925) 252-4842 http://www.blackdiamondbluesfestival.com/
- Santa Cruz Blues Festival; Aptos, CA (831) 479-9814 http://www.santacruzbluesfestival.com/

JUNE
- Sacramento Heritage Festival; Sacramento, CA (916) 481-2583 http://www.sacheritagefest.com/HeritageFest/
- San Diego Blues Festival; San Diego, CA (619) 283-9576 http://www.sdbluesfest.com/
- Monterey Bay Blues Festival; Monterey, CA (831) 394-2652 http://www.montereyblues.com/
- Open Sky Music Festival; Big Bear Lake, CA (626) 355-9201 http://209.66.78.38/bluesatthelake.html
- Russian River Blues Festival; Guerneville, CA (510) 655-9471 http://www.russianriverbluesfest.com/blues/index.html

JULY
- Blues By the Bay; Eureka, CA (707) 445-3378 http://www.bluesbythebay.org/
- Siskiyou Blues & Heritage Festival; Dunsmuir, CA (530) 235-0266 http://bayareabluessociety.net/SiskiyouPoster.jpg
- Big Time Blues Festival; Long Beach, CA (562) 426-0761 http://www.bigtimeblues.com/

AUGUST
- Sonoma County Blues Festival; Santa Rosa, CA (415) 457-5090 http://www.smithandbowker.com/Pages/bluesfest.html
- Sonora Blues Festival; Sonora, CA (209) 533-3473 http://www.fireonthemountain.com/blues.html
- Long Beach Blues Festival; Long Beach, CA (562)985-5588 http://www.kkjz.org/events/index.shtml

SEPTEMBER
- SF Blues Festival; San Francisco, CA (415) 826-6837 http://www.sfblues.com/ (The Friday before the S.F. Blues festival there is usually a free Battle of the Blues Harmonica.)
- Delta Blues Festival; Antioch, CA (925) 706-4270 www.deltabluesfestival.net
- Blues by the River; Redding, CA (530) 243-7283 & 223-2040 http://www.shastablues.org/riverfest.html

OCTOBER
- Central Valley Blues Festival; Merced, CA (209) 383-4958 http://www.centralvalleybluesfestival.com/