Ship + Shore Blues Festival

11/09/2025

🎉 We’ve Moved! 🎉

All of our festivals — Red, White & BBQ, Oh Yeah! Music Fest, Ship & Shore Blues & Soul, and iRock Jazz & Wine — are now under Exit One Events!

👉 Follow our new page for all updates, announcements, and 2026 festival fun:
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Let’s keep the celebration going! 💥

10/27/2025

The Ship & Shore Blues Festival returns August 8–9, 2026 — with an exciting new vision for the future.

This beloved festival is one of New Buffalo’s most iconic summer traditions — a celebration of music, food, and community set along the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline.

As one of the region’s longest-standing festivals, Ship & Shore offers a special opportunity to honor local heritage while evolving into a modern, experience-driven event that attracts a new generation of festivalgoers.

For more information and updates, visit the Exit One Events page and make sure to subscribe for announcements.

08/09/2025

Ship & Shores Blues Fest
Coming August 2026

08/05/2025

Join us for a soulful celebration featuring esteemed blues musicians alongside emerging and local talent.

New Buffalo, MI ~ August 8 & 9, 2026

07/02/2019

This festival will retuning in 2020....Bigger and Better.

Thank you for your continued support.

12/25/2016

The Ship + Shore Blues Festival wishes you a very Bluesy Christmas!

12/12/2016

Celebrate the Grand Opening of Bourbon Street Bistro

12/01/2016

John Lee Ho**er! - "Boom Boom"

10/20/2016

Phil Chess, legendary founder of Chess Records, dies at 95
Phil Chess, the legendary co-founder of Chess Records, a label many credit with helping to invent rock ‘n roll, has died in Tucson at 95.

Industry icon launched the careers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, many more

10/19/2016

Phil Chess, co-founder of Chicago’s legendary Chess Records, a label credited with helping to invent rock ‘n’ roll, has died in Tucson, Ariz., at 95.

Mr. Chess and his brother Leonard Chess arrived in America as little boys, two Jewish immigrant kids from Poland. They started Chess in 1950, recording Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy and other top musicians who spread the gospel of the blues. Teens in England and around the world heard the so-called “race music” Chess helped popularize, and the cross-pollination helped birth rock.

Phil Chess, co-founder of the legendary Chess Records, a label many credit with helping to invent rock 'n roll, has died in Tucson at 95.

10/10/2016

The Rolling Stones are Blue & Lonesome and it sounds pretty good. Take a listen...

The iconic British rock band is set to release its newest studio record on December 2.