Heritage Music Bluesfest 2026 @ Heritage Port
Heritage Port, 12th St & Water St, Wheeling, WV, 26003 Wheeling Directions
Fri 07.08.2026 00:00
Heritage Music Bluesfest 2026 at Heritage Port at 2026-08-07
Performers
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St. Paul and the Broken Bones
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JJ Grey & Mofro
JJ Grey and Mofro are a band hailing from Jacksonville, Florida, United States who formed in the late 1990’s. The band have released seven studio albums and are famed for their live performances, which have seen them headline festivals all around their home country.
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Anders Osborne
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Buffalo Nichols
On his second album, The Fatalist, Carl “Buffalo” Nichols does things with the blues that might catch you off guard.
There’s 808 programming, chopped up Charley Patton samples, washes of synth. There’s a consideration of the
fullness of the sonic stage and the atmospherics of the music that can only come with a long engagement with
electronic music. But this is no gimmicky hybrid or attempt to turn the blues into 21st century music by simply
dressing it with skittering hi-hats. Nichols’ vision for the blues is of a form of music that’s intimately tied to everyday
life in 2023, something that’s reflected not only in the choice of instrumentation, but in the complexities of the
songwriting and the gray areas his lyrics explore. This is music that comes straight from the present, and as such, it’s
a reminder that the same shit that drove the first blues singers to pick up a guitar is still present behind the throbs of
deep bass hits today. The Fatalist sounds unlike any blues record you’re likely to hear in 2023.
Of course, Nichols’ songwriting has always been firmly rooted in the present. He proved he could succeed on the
music industry’s own blues terms on his self-titled 2021 debut -
Cristina Vane
Songwriter, singer, slide guitar and clawhammer banjo player based in Nashville, TN.