Two Days! Two Stages! Twelve Bands!

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Welcome to the new prairiedogblues.com! The Prairie Dog Blues Festival is held every year on historic St. Feriole Island, right on the Mississippi River and nestled between jagged cliffs and green hills untouched by the Ice Age!

Once you get that cold drink in your hand, great tunes in your ear and good, friendly people all around, you’ll realize your at one of the most beautiful venues anywhere. You’ll soon be calling yourself a Prairie Dogger! Blues and Roots music from Chicago Blues to West Coast Jump, hard-driving Mississippi Hill Country Blues, New Orleans horns and Texas Boogie, Zydeco, Gospel, Blues Rock – We’ve got it all!

2011 dates are set! July 29th and 30th, 2011

Lineup is TBA. Thanks for your support!


The Prairie Dog Blues Festival is held every year on historic St. Feriole Island, right on the Mississippi River and nestled between jagged cliffs and green hills untouched by the Ice Age!

2010 Blues Fest Line-Up

Friday, July 30th

Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
@ 11:00pm - Official Website

Big James and the Chicago Playboys
@ 9:00pm

Guitar Shorty @ 7:00pm

Jon Justice @ 5:00pm

Friday Beer Tent - Eddie Turner

Saturday, July 31st

Eric Sardinas
@ 10:00pm - Official Website

Shaun Murphy Band @ 8:00pm

Big John Dickerson Show @ 6:00pm

Debbie Davies & Robin Rogers Band
@ 4:00pm

Vernon Ray Harrington @ 2:00pm

Sena Ehrhardt Band @ 12:00pm

Saturday Beer Tent - Hounds Tooth

Famous Prairie Dog Beer Girls


At the Prairie Dog Fest, you don't have to get out of your chair for a beer. These friendly, beautiful ladies will fetch 'em for ya!

Past Blues Fest Photos

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All Kinds of Blues!

(above video) Guitar Shorty performs.

He is a part of the great variety of blues music you will hear at the Prairie Dog Blues Festival.

Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights acoustic performance.