Events

Your 2026 Southern Soul Festival Season Preview

From the Blues Is Alright Tour to the Mississippi Delta, here's where the movement gathers this year.

By Southern Soul Nation Staff · Jun 11, 2026 · 6 min read

Southern Soul is live music at its heart, and 2026 is shaping up to be one of the busiest seasons yet. Whether you're chasing arena package shows or grassroots trail rides, here's the lay of the land.

The backbone is still The Blues Is Alright Tour, the genre's biggest traveling package, which routes through arenas across the South every spring. Expect the heavy hitters, and expect tickets to move.

City festivals fill out the rest of the calendar: the Motor City Blues Festival in Detroit, the Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival in Greenville, the South Arkansas Soul Fest in El Dorado, and the Southern Soul Picnic in Jackson, among many more. Casino showrooms across Mississippi keep the lights on year-round.

Use our Events radar to track dates by your city, and check back, because the autonomous engine adds new shows as promoters announce them.

Southern Soul Nation: the CNN of Southern Soul.