Tickets & Info

The 25th Edmonton Blues Festival   August 16-18, 2024

Location - Klondike Park, 116 Ave and Gretzky Drive

Tickets - Please bring your QR code, either printed or on your phone. You will need the QR code in order to gain entry to the festival!

Tickets for all 3 days of the festival will be available at the gate.

Gate and Show Times

  • Friday August 16

    Doors 4:30 Music 5:30-10 PM

  • Saturday August 17

    Doors 1 PM Music 1:45 to 10 PM

  • Sunday August 18

    Doors 1 PM Music 1:45 to 10 PM

How to pick up your tickets

Tickets will be available for pick up or purchase at the Tickets/Will Call Tent starting at 3 PM Friday and 11:30 AM Saturday and Sunday.

To claim your tickets, you must bring the QR code that came with your online purchase, either printed or on your phone.

Tickets are available at the gate for all 3 days of the 2024 Edmonton Blues Festival so come on Down!

If you participated in the ticket exchange at the Chateau Louis, bring your physical ticket and we will give you the wristband(s) associated with your purchase. If you purchased a Transferable Weekend Pass you will get 3 wristbands, one for each day. If you purchased VIP seating or a Non Transferable Weekend Pass you will get a wristband for each seat you purchased that is good for all 3 days.

PLEASE ONLY PURCHASE FROM THE EDMONTON BLUES FESTIVAL WEBSITE OR OUR OFFICIAL OUTLETS. NEVER BUY TICKETS FROM A 3RD PARTY RESALE WEBSITE. THERE ARE SCAMMERS OUT THERE THAT WILL OVERCHARGE AND SELL THE SAME TICKET TO MANY PEOPLE. WE’RE SORRY BUT WE WILL NOT HONOUR SCAMMER SOLD TICKETS.

Parking and Getting to Klondike Park

There is ample parking at Klondike Park, operated by Explore Edmonton.  Please enter at the 116 Ave and Gretzky Drive entrance and use Explore Edmonton's self park system by scanning one of the QR codes displayed around the parking lot to set up your parking session(s)

Klondike Park is well serviced by ETS buses and the LRT.

Site Map

Location

 

Need Accommodations?

Travelling to Edmonton for the festival? We suggest contacting our host hotel, The Chateau Louis Hotel and Conference Centre, 11727 Kingsway, to get connected with their tickets/accommodations/transportation packages for festival goers.

Call the hotel at 1-800-661-9843 for all the info.

The Blues Ambassadors

The 250 volunteers who make this blues party hum are among the best in the world, some of them have been with us from day 1 and so have many of the faithful Blues Hounds, the great blues fans that have been on the hill or in the seats from the beginning.

More About the Festival

As we head into the 25th edition of the Edmonton Blues Festival we continue to embrace the old, the new, legends, up and comers, the best guitarists, piano players, harp players, singers and all-around entertainers in the blues world. Most of all, we bring the best damn blues party that Edmonton has ever seen!

Along the way, we’ve been recognized by the Blues Foundation, based in Memphis, and are proud recipients of the “Keeping the Blues Alive” award (2008, first Canadian festival to be so honoured) Festival Producer Cam Hayden has been inducted into the Edmonton Blues Hall of Fame, The Calgary Blues Hall of Fame and has been honoured nationally as the “Blues Booster of the Year” (2016 Maple Blues Awards)

In 2018 the festival received a special proclamation from the city of Nashville recognizing it as premier blues event…Why? We love the blues, and we love embracing the worldwide blues community and inviting them to our party. As always, we’ll have visitors from across the United States and Canada and other parts of the world joining us; folks who know a great party when they see one and want to be part of it. To encourage a younger audience to discover the blues we are admitting kids (Blues Pups) 12 and under free with an accompanying adult and offering half price single day admissions to youth (13-17).

Our new home is located at Klondike Park, in a newly created area that features lawn, great sight lines, shade from mature and newly planted trees. We’ll have a dance floor in front of the stage, VIP seating just back of that dance floor along with our own “Blues Cabanas”, new for 2024. 

Ticket Breakdown and Prices

In 2024 we will have a couple of new seating options:

A Reserved VIP Seating section will be located just back of the dance floor and extending 7 rows. There will be room for just 500 lucky VIP patrons! These seats are not numbered but will be available to any holder of a VIP Weekend Pass each day. There’s plenty of room and all the seats have great sightlines and are just behind the dance floor!

Blues Cabanas – will be located behind the VIP Seating. They will consist of a 10 X 10 tent with 12 weekend passes and seating, table service and more. There are only 12 of these and they will go fast. People loved the Luxury Suite option at the 2023 festival and this is the 2024 version of that. Contact [email protected] for more information.

2024 Ticket Breakdown

  • Reserved VIP Seating, Weekend Pass

    500 bench seats with backs (you might want to bring a cushion) just back of the dance floor in a section that only VIP ticket holders can access. Your ticket is good for all 3 days of the festival! $169 plus GST and Service Charges

    SOLD OUT

  • General Admission Adult Non-Transferable Weekend Pass

    1 ticket good for a wristband good for all 3 days of the festival…our “Blues Hound” special.

    $144 plus GST and Service Charges

  • General Admission Adult Transferable Weekend Pass

    A bundle of 3 tickets, one for each day of the festival that may be shared between blues fans and used in the General Admission area.

    $154 plus GST and Service Charges

  • Blues Cabanas – Only 12 available

    Seating for 12 inside a 10 X 10 tent that is yours for the weekend. Includes 12 weekend passes, perfect sight lines, table service and more.

    SOLD OUT

  • Single Day Adult Admission

    Adult Friday Admission - $70 plus GST and Service Charges
    Adult Saturday Admission - $75 plus GST and Service Charges
    Adult Sunday Admission - $75 plus GST and Service Charges

  • Youth Weekend Passes for Blues Pups 13-17 Years of Age

    General Admission Non Transferable Weekend Pass
    $70 plus GST and Service Charges

    General Admission Transferable Weekend Pass
    $75 plus GST and Service Charges

  • Single Day Youth Admission

    Youth Friday Admission - $35 plus GST and Service Charges
    Youth Saturday Admission - $40 plus GST and Service Charges
    Youth Sunday Admission - $40 plus GST and Service Charges

  • Children 12 and Under

    Free with paid adult admission

Bag Policy

To ensure a safe environment for the public, eliminate unnecessary contact at the Main Gate and to accelerate blues hound entry The Edmonton Blues Festival will be implementing a bag policy. What does that mean?

What can you bring?

  • Blues fans may bring a backpack or small clutch or purse. All bags are subject to inspection

  • Exceptions will be made for any medically necessary items of diaper bags that won't fit into a backpack

  • You can carry binoculars, smart phones, or cameras separately

  • Snack items, sandwiches, fruit and veggies for personal consumption are OK

  • a blanket or seat cushion

  • Seating is provided in the VIP Area and the Blues Cabanas. If you will be in the General Admission area that surface is grass. If you wish, you may bring a small "beach" type chair with a low back and low seat so as not to obstruct the view of other patrons.

  • a small personal size umbrella

What to leave at home….

  • Coolers

  • Tarps

  • Any outside alcohol or glass containers

  • Any illegal drugs or weapons 

Line Up Policy

Any one person may hold up to 4 spots in the pre festival line up on any day. They must be present at all times to reserve those spots in line. 60 minutes prior to the gates opening each day all persons who have a spot held by another in line must be present or they will lose their held spot.

Contact Us

Connect with us at: [email protected]