BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C (828newsNOW) — The blues will return to downtown Black Mountain in September with a three-day music event built around live performance, regional connection and the preservation of blues traditions.
The Black Mountain Blues Society has announced the lineup for the 2026 Black Mountain Blues Experience, scheduled for Sept. 25-27 in downtown Black Mountain. The event will feature an array of blues sub-genres, including gospel blues, Americana, Southern rock, Chicago style, Delta, and roots music in an indoor, reserved-seat format.
The event is presented by the Black Mountain Blues Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports blues music programming, education and preservation.
A weekend built around listening
The 2026 Black Mountain Blues Experience is being planned as a smaller indoor event, with capacity limited to 200 seats. Organizers said the format is intended to create a more focused listening environment than larger outdoor festivals, where audiences may move between stages or contend with weather, crowds and overlapping performances…