About The Festival


Omar Coleman
Photo by Don Greenwood

Begun in 2019 as a one-day fundraiser for The Mineral Point Historical Society, the Mineral Point Blues & Roots Fest has grown into a two-day festival featuring local bands and solo artists as well as award-winning and internationally-touring blues acts. The festival mission has been to produce a community event that promotes Mineral Point as a historic destination as well as to bring to the community a unique annual cultural treat of outstanding musicians from the world of blues music.

In the short life of the festival our lineups have featured such stellar artists as Mud Morganfield (son of Muddy Waters), The Cash Box Kings (with Grammy winner Billy Flynn), Jimi “Primetime” Smith (protégé of Eddie Taylor and Jimmy Reed), Katherine Davis, Elmore James Jr., Omar Coleman, and Jimmy Burns. We plan to continue offering an annual slate of the best of regional and international blues and roots artists.

This year’s lineup is as follows:

DateArtistTime
Fri, Aug 18Stephen Hull Experience7 pm
The Cash Box Kings8:45 pm
Sat, Aug 19Small Blind Johnny3:30 pm
Shirley Johnson5:15 pm
Studebaker John & The Hawks7 pm
Mary Lane & The No-Static Blues Band8:45 pm