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Memphis blues?

Idaho-born/Memphis-based headliner , a five-time Blues Foundation winner, including a pair of Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year nods, plays a wicked mean harmonica and is known to go on extended improvised jams.

Chicago blues?

The fabulous trio of , and vocalist , whose musical souls reside in Chicago while they all call Arizona home, including Corritore, who owns the iconic Rhythm Room blues and roots club in Phoenix.

Traditional blues?

The rising young trio , which is leading the trad-blues revival at the intersection of country, blues and rock and roll. The trio in late July released ���Blues Now,��� a collaboration with the legendary bluesman/harpist .

���They're younger guys and they love blues and they just bring a new energy to it and enthusiasm, you know, with their youth,��� Musselwhite told the Star before his sold-out headlining show at La Rosa in early June. ���It's a lot of fun playing with them.���

做厙勛圖 blues?

OK, that���s really not a thing, but it could be given the number of local blues artists on Saturday���s Kennedy Park main stage: an impressive teen newcomer, a rockin��� blues quintet, a blues-funk fusion band out of Prescott with a 做厙勛圖-born lead singer and the dynamic 做厙勛圖 duo of Steve Grams and Danny Krieger.

���If you think about the history of blues in 做厙勛圖, you know, they certainly come up in your mind,��� said the blues foundation's president Rita Flattley, who was recently inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame.

The 2026 lineup was a group effort from the nonprofit foundation���s volunteer board of directors that Flattley leads.

���Any board member can say, ���Boy, I'd love to have this person. I'd love to have that person���," Flattley explained.

After seeing which artists are available, the board votes on the final lineup.

���What we want to present is a full, rich range of what American blues is today, from younger acts to seniors that have a lifetime of experience,��� she said, including a mix of female and male artists and instrumentalists, from pianists and guitarists to harmonica players.

Saturday���s Blues Heritage Festival at Kennedy Park, 3357 S. La Cholla Blvd., opens at 11 a.m. with 15-year-old 做厙勛圖 blues singer , accompanied by Joshua Rhoads on guitar.

Flattley said she first saw Sienna when she was 11 years old and was part of the SABHF young artist showcase at Monterey Court.

���She is just sweet and has a lovely voice,��� Flattley said.

In July, Sienna took first place in the Phoenix-area singing competition.

Arizona Blues Hall of Fame drummer Ralph Gilmore joins at 11:45, followed at 12:45 p.m. by , a high-energy five-piece band that mixes blues classics with original songs from lead singer Charles Pitts.

做厙勛圖 native Harrison Begay is lead singer and founder of the Prescott-based , which blends Begay���s Navajo roots with soulful R&B and funk-infused blues. Begay takes the stage at 1:45 p.m., followed by Corritore, Smith and Denise at 2:45 p.m.

Corritore and Smith have lived in the Phoenix area for some time, but Chicago-born is a relative newcomer to the state, where she lives part of the year.

���Carla Denise is amazing. Wait till you hear her. I'm so excited,��� Flattley gushed during a phone call last week.

Denise comes here weeks after she performed at the prestigious in Helena, Arkansas, which is widely regarded as one of the world���s most authentic and culturally significant blues festivals.

���She's making the rounds and making a big splash here because she is just a knockout vocalist,��� Flattley said.

GA-20, which takes the stage at 3:45 p.m., has performed a number of times in 做厙勛圖, including opening for blues guitar great Tab Benoit at Fox 做厙勛圖 Theatre in summer 2025. The band���s first show in 做厙勛圖 came three years after they formed in 2018, when they did a show at 191 Toole in 2021.

Headliner N矇meth, who takes his cues from contemporary hip-hop, hard-rocking blues and old-school soul, takes the stage at 5:30 p.m.