The Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival in Rentiesville, OK is like no other.
Performers hit the stage all evening, (4pm in club, 6 outdoors) then head into the Blues Club to play the blues into the wee hours of the night. Click Here For The 2024 Line-Up
RENTIESVILLE DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL 34, 2024 performers (partial list):
RENTIESVILLE DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL 34, 2024 performers:
Zac Harmon just back from Europe w a new CD, set to be released // Watermelon Slim (Clarksdale, MS) // 2024 IBC Award Winners Piper & the Hard Times (Nashville TN) // Akeem Kemp (Conway, AR) // Main McMann (Wichita KS) // Poochie Love and Slick Willie (LA, CA & Stillwater, OK) // Direct Connect // Lem Sheppard (Pittsburg, KS) Carl Moore, (OKC) Oklahoma Ollie (LA, CA) // Lamont Jack Pearly (KY, NYC) // Cecil Gray Native Blues // Ronnie Pyle & The Drivers w Gary Whitley (Tulsa, OK) // Wanda Watson // Big Train and the Loco Motives (OKC) // Hydramatics // David Berntson HARP Workshop
Our loyal crew who helped with the Mini-Fest will all be here: Harold Aldridge Jr. // Pat Moss // Shadow Ridge // Selby Minner … FauntLeroy Pickeled Okra Playboys // Sunset Wonda Macon // Pat Moss // Blue Vanguard // Victoria, Rollerson Legacy // Rusty Traywick // Connor Helm // Lil’ Bro Walker // CeCe Craig // James Slaw // Funkativity // Walter Taylor lll // Cat Daddy Craig Morgan // CeCe Craig // Last Call w Robert Glass // Stretch Moon and Homer Johnson // John White // P-Nut // Steve Mojo Maggard // Wild Card // Alice April // Scott & Leigh Ann Matthews // Mari Ford // Bronko Carr // Craig Vaughan Band // Cold Wind Mark Miller Neveah Knight // Jackie Tointigh // Joann & Flying Heart and her Puppets …
Important Info about the Festival
WHAT: Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival
WHEN: Labor Day Weekend, Fri Sat Sun 5 pm til 5 am each night. Gates open at 4, Music at 4 in Club, Two outside stages at 6
WHO: a virtual showcase of dozens of regional groups and from 6 other states.
WHAT’S COOL, WHAT’S NOT: Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food.
HOW MUCH: $20/night, kids under 12 free Three Stages, Dozens of Bands …indoors til 5 am
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: It takes a lot of people to do this – so we have a great deal for volunteers! Help us out for three hours before or during the event,,,you get in that night free and a 1/2 off ticket on a T Shirt. This is a great opportunity for those who come to the Festival by themselves to network , be engaged,, and meet new people, as well.
MOTELS: Muskogee is 17 miles north of here, straight up US 69. Many hotels and motels are up there!!! Muskogee Inn and America’s Best Value Inn in Muskogee are very reasonable and newly remodeled.
One of 65 originals on this YouTube page, by D.C., this song describes the Blues Festival! Lyrics by Selby, vocal, music and engineering by D.C. Minner, Rentiesville OK, Texas Road Recording. Slide show by Selby Minner. Final mix and mastering by Mark Claybrook, Mobile Audio Labs There are many other interesting videos on this page as well…Blues in Schools by the Blues Foundation featuring D.C. aand Selby, the virtual Festival in 2020, and more.
Volunteers Make Our World Go Around
Help us out for three hours = one night free admission. The life blood of the festival are the volunteers who so graciously give of their time and talents to help bring a festival of this magnitude together. We would LOVE to have you join us in making this event, which pulls in the top local and regional blues talent from 7 states from California to Washington DC, happen .
Need to know more about how, when, and where you can volunteer? Visit our Volunteer Page
Vendor Info
Interested in being a food or non-food vendor? We would love to have you join us and serve the two thousand or so blues lovers that are our customers.
You can find more information on our vendor page HERE
“One of 10 Awesome Music Festivals to Check out!”
“This is peace as the world should know it!”
“Best $20.00 I ever spent!”
“Once inside the gate, there are no strangers, only friends waiting to be met”
“All I know is I was in the middle of this field somewhere and there was great music coming from everywhere!”
“I love your family friendly Festival!”
“Outstanding…Outstanding! Awesome. Loved everything!”
“It was comforting to know that your hard work along with the effort and support of others pulled together to mark another unique and (especially this time around) successful Dusk til Dawn. Lifting the blues spirits of all in attendance. Music and smiling faces best of all!”
“Thank you Selby! Another great Dusk/Dawn We had a super time. Really enjoyed the music – stayed up til 4:30 am!”
“I Spoke with a FIRST TIME FEST GUEST who was Blown Away with your festival: great music, great people. She loved how clean the grounds and campgrounds were, everyone picking up, clean porta potties, all the friendly volunteers, how safe she felt especially as a single lady. She said she was gonna tell ALL HER FRIENDS!”
“Whatta rain storm Saturday night! But the fields stayed solid, no mud. Thank you, thank you! You are the best way to start our fall. Hope you can get a little time off now, be safe, Blessings,”
The Dusk Til Dawn Festival on OETA
On Feb 6, 2023, OETA aired a segment on Rentiesville, OK, and featured our own Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival. This was part of their recognition of Black History Month and included a series of reports from their staff on Oklahoma’s “Black Frontier Towns,”
Their objective was to highlight each of the 13 that remain, and throughout the year, and provide a better perspective on their past, present and future – and why they are such a vital and rich part of Oklahoma’s history. Our event opened the first episode.