EUREKA SPRINGS BLUES PARTY ANNOUNCES 2026 LINEUP
Orianthi, Carolyn Wonderland, Eric Gales, Dumpstaphunk, Venable, Southern Avenue
Headline Four-Day Festival May 28–31
EUREKA SPRINGS, AR—The Eureka Springs Blues Party returns May 28–31, 2026, with its most ambitious schedule to date—four days and nearly 30 performances across multiple stages, parks, and historic venues in one of Arkansas’s most celebrated music destinations.
New this year, the festival opens Thursday night with a headliner concert by Grammy Award-winner Eric Gales, whose explosive guitar style has drawn comparisons to Hendrix and Clapton. Friday turns its spotlight to the Women of Blues, featuring Blues Music Award winner Carolyn Wonderland along with internationally acclaimed guitarist Orianthi and rising blues-rock force Ally Venable. Saturday night warms up with Memphis soul and gospel powerhouse Southern Avenue and continues with New Orleans funk royalty Dumpstaphunk on the auditorium stage. The weekend opens with the return of the Thursday Night Street Party and closes Sunday with a Blues Brunch at the historic Crescent Hotel and some southern gospel at the bandshell.
Beyond the stages, BluesLand transforms Basin Spring Park into a festival hub with live music, blues-inspired yoga, workshops, and panel discussions exploring the roots and future of the genre. Saturday afternoon’s Center Street Block Party returns with a charity beer tasting benefiting the Eureka Springs Community Center, and area schools and blues societies are expected to participate through student performances, community jams, and blues education programming.
The Eureka Springs Blues Party is produced by Eureka Springs Productions with lead sponsorship from the Basin Park Hotel, in partnership with local venues, promoters, the City Advertising & Promotion Commission, the Auditorium, and late-night venue Chelsea’s, which keeps the music going into the early morning hours throughout the weekend.
VIP passes and Basin Park Hotel packages go on sale March 2nd. Full schedule and ticketing information available at eurekaspringsbluesparty.com.
