Sunday Blues Jam at The Queens

05/13/2026

May line up Renovation Blues Band, Gary Preston Band & The KingmiXers, Thor Jonsson Don Peterson & The Tone Rangers, RATTLESHAKE

05/13/2026

PLEASE NOTE THE NANAIMO BLUES FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER IS POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER DUE TO NO TICKET PRESALES.

UPDATE - THIS FUNDRAISER IS POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER. UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAVE BEEN NO TICKET PRESALES AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THERE IS GOOD ATTENDANCE. WE WILL ANNOUNCE A NEW DATE AND THANK YOU TO Renovation Blues Band FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO PLAY THE MAY FUNDRAISER EVENT.
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The Nanaimo Blues Festival Fundraiser and Silent Auction is coming Friday May 15th 7-9 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) at The Queen's in Nanaimo. Big shout out to Renovation Blues Band who will be playing for the fundraiser.

We will have a couple of vintage Nanaimo Blues Festival signed guitars for our silent auction and other great items. We are also accepting silent auction donation items and please contact us at [email protected] if want to donate.

Have a NBS membership yet? If you do then tickets are priced at $20.00. Non-member ticket prices at $25.00

Ticket link - https://manage.tickit.ca/preview/34872-nbs-fundraser-silent-auction

05/12/2026

Samantha Fish is headlining the Nanaimo Blues Festival on Saturday August 8th. We are thrilled to have her return to our festival and if you missed her before then now is your chance to catch her show! Day and weekend passes at https://nanaimoblues.tickit.ca/
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One of the most formidable guitarists of her generation, Samantha Fish brings both mind-blowing power and extraordinary emotionality to everything she creates. The multi-award-winning festival headliner earned a Grammy nomination for Death Wish Blues and opened for The Rolling Stones on their final 2024 U.S. tour date.

Her new album Paper Doll, her first album recorded with her touring band, delivers nine powerhouse songs with unapologetic defiance, soul-soothing empathy, and a newly heightened clarity of vision. "I took everything I had and slammed it right on the table."

Recorded partly on the road during a run of dates with Slash on his S.E.R.P.E.N.T. festival, the album has, in Fish's words, "a real living, breathing pulse to it." Drawing on Delta blues heroes like Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside alongside influences ranging from Prince to Black Sabbath, Paper Doll explodes in all directions, from rock & roll to soul to pop.

"The main goal is to make great songs, but at the same time I'm asking, 'How is this going to feel live?'" Fish says. "I'd love for this record to be somebody's jet fuel."

Check her out here: https://samanthafish.com/

05/10/2026

its a mother's day jam with Gary Preston Band & The KingmiXers

04/29/2026

UPDATE - THIS FUNDRAISER IS POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER. UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAVE BEEN NO TICKET PRESALES AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THERE IS GOOD ATTENDANCE. WE WILL ANNOUNCE A NEW DATE AND THANK YOU TO Renovation Blues Band FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO PLAY THE MAY FUNDRAISER EVENT.
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The Nanaimo Blues Festival Fundraiser and Silent Auction is coming Friday May 15th 7-9 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) at The Queen's in Nanaimo. Big shout out to Renovation Blues Band who will be playing for the fundraiser.

We will have a couple of vintage Nanaimo Blues Festival signed guitars for our silent auction and other great items. We are also accepting silent auction donation items and please contact us at [email protected] if want to donate.

Have a NBS membership yet? If you do then tickets are priced at $20.00. Non-member ticket prices at $25.00

Ticket link - https://manage.tickit.ca/preview/34872-nbs-fundraser-silent-auction

04/03/2026

April calendar is out! James Vickers Lazy Mike and the Argyle Jets Don Peterson and the Tone Rangers Michael Patrick Blues Band

02/01/2026

It's Black History Month and we have a fantastic line up for you to celebrate! Jimmy D. Lane Music Page 2026 Nadine States Sonnet L'Abbé Eugene Smith

01/04/2026

The 20th Anniversary of the Nanaimo Blues Festival - August 2025 in beautiful Maffeo Sutton Park, Inner Harbour, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

01/01/2026

Yes we are open all of January. Michael Patrick Blues Band will kick off the year as our host on January 4th. Kelly Fawcett is hosting January 11th. We welcome back Summer Fragomeni on January 18th and then we have a special show (jam to follow) with AV - Ann Vriend on January 25. It's going to be a great start to the new year