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Cradle / Scene

(27)
Clarksdale, MS
Cradle of the Delta blues
34.20°, -90.57°
Memphis, TN
Beale Street, Stax, Sun
35.15°, -90.05°
Chicago, IL
Chess Records, Maxwell Street
41.85°, -87.65°
Helena, AR
King Biscuit Time birthplace
34.53°, -90.59°
New Orleans, LA
Jazz/blues meeting point
29.95°, -90.07°
Tutwiler, MS
W.C. Handy heard the blues, 1903
33.99°, -90.43°
Dockery Farms, MS
Charley Patton plantation — birthplace of Delta blues
33.65°, -90.62°
Stovall, MS
Muddy Waters' cabin & Lomax 1941 recordings
34.27°, -90.66°
London, UK
British blues boom — Stones, Yardbirds, Mayall
51.51°, -0.13°
Tokyo, JP
Japanese blues scene
35.68°, 139.69°
Notodden, NO
European blues capital
59.56°, 9.26°
Katowice, PL
Polish blues scene
50.26°, 19.02°
Bamako, Mali
African roots — Ali Farka Touré's home
12.64°, -8.00°
Dakar, Senegal
West African blues roots
14.72°, -17.47°
Cape Town, South Africa
African blues & roots scene
-33.92°, 18.42°
Buenos Aires, AR
Argentine blues — Memphis La Blusera
-34.60°, -58.38°
São Paulo, BR
Brazilian blues hotbed
-23.55°, -46.63°
Mexico City, MX
Mexican blues scene — Real de Catorce
19.43°, -99.13°
Sydney, AU
Australian blues capital
-33.87°, 151.21°
Auckland, NZ
New Zealand blues scene
-36.85°, 174.76°
Mumbai, IN
Indian blues — Mahindra Blues Festival
19.08°, 72.88°
Seoul, KR
Korean blues — Strange Fruit, Crying Nut
37.57°, 126.98°
Moscow, RU
Russian blues — B.B. King Bar
55.76°, 37.62°
Helsinki, FI
Finnish blues scene
60.17°, 24.94°
Stockholm, SE
Swedish blues — Sven Zetterberg legacy
59.33°, 18.07°
Copenhagen, DK
Danish blues — Copenhagen Blues Festival
55.68°, 12.57°
Reykjavík, IS
Icelandic blues — Reykjavík Blues Festival
64.15°, -21.94°

Clubs

(67)
Buddy Guy's Legends
Chicago club & shrine
41.87°, -87.63°
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale — co-owned by Morgan Freeman
34.20°, -90.58°
Red's Lounge
Last true juke joint, Clarksdale
34.20°, -90.58°
B.B. King's Blues Club
Beale Street, Memphis
35.14°, -90.05°
Rum Boogie Café
Beale Street, Memphis
35.14°, -90.05°
Kingston Mines
Chicago blues institution
41.93°, -87.65°
Antone's
Austin's home of the blues
30.27°, -97.75°
100 Club
London — British blues boom HQ
51.52°, -0.14°
Rosa's Lounge
Chicago west-side blues
41.92°, -87.70°
Ain't Nothin' but the Blues
London — Soho blues bar
51.51°, -0.14°
New Morning
Paris — legendary jazz & blues club
48.87°, 2.35°
Bluesiana
Amsterdam — Dutch blues hub
52.37°, 4.89°
B-Flat
Berlin jazz & blues club
52.52°, 13.41°
Herr Nilsen
Oslo — jazz & blues institution
59.92°, 10.74°
Bare Jazz
Oslo — intimate blues & jazz nights
59.91°, 10.74°
Mono
Oslo — rock & blues bar
59.91°, 10.75°
Nedre Løkka
Oslo — live blues & roots
59.92°, 10.75°
Bluesklubben Notodden
Notodden — home of European Blues HoF
59.56°, 9.26°
Cementen
Bergen — blues, jazz & roots venue
60.39°, 5.32°
Garage
Bergen — rock & blues club
60.39°, 5.33°
Trondheim Bluesklubb
Trondheim — Cafe-Bar Moskus
63.43°, 10.39°
Bluesklubben Stavanger
Stavanger — Folken & Hall Toll
58.97°, 5.73°
Lillehammer Bluesklubb
Lillehammer — long-running club
61.12°, 10.47°
Sandnes Bluesklubb
Sandnes — Jæren blues hub
58.85°, 5.74°
Bluesklubben Bergen
Bergen — vestlandets blueshjerte
60.39°, 5.33°
Mosebacke Etablissement
Stockholm — blues & jazz on Södermalm
59.32°, 18.07°
Stampen
Stockholm — Gamla Stan blues & jazz
59.33°, 18.07°
Nefertiti
Gothenburg — jazz & blues legend
57.70°, 11.97°
Malmö Bluesklubb
Malmö — Skånes bluesförening
55.60°, 13.00°
Mojo Blues Bar
Copenhagen — Denmark's oldest blues bar (1981)
55.68°, 12.58°
La Fontaine
Copenhagen — late-night jazz & blues
55.68°, 12.58°
Tampere Bluesklubi
Tampere — Finnish blues society
61.50°, 23.76°
Storyville
Helsinki — jazz & blues club
60.17°, 24.94°
Dillon
Reykjavík — blues & rock bar
64.15°, -21.94°
Knuckleheads Saloon — n/a
Dublin — JJ Smyth's heritage venue
53.35°, -6.26°
Catfish Blues Bar
Manchester — blues & roots venue
53.48°, -2.25°
Half Moon Putney
London — historic blues stage
51.46°, -0.21°
Eel Pie Club
Twickenham — British blues heritage
51.45°, -0.33°
Caveau de la Huchette
Paris — Latin Quarter jazz/blues cellar
48.85°, 2.35°
Utopia
Strasbourg — blues & jazz venue
48.58°, 7.75°
Yardbird Suite
Brussels — Sounds Jazz Club blues nights
50.85°, 4.35°
Maloe Melo
Amsterdam — home of the blues
52.37°, 4.88°
Quasimodo
Berlin — legendary blues & soul club
52.50°, 13.33°
Downtown Blues Club
Hamburg — long-running blues stage
53.55°, 9.99°
Schlachthof
Karlsruhe — Iron Horse blues nights
49.01°, 8.40°
Porgy & Bess
Vienna — jazz & blues institution
48.20°, 16.38°
Reduta Jazz Club
Prague — oldest jazz/blues club in Europe
50.08°, 14.42°
Akwarium
Warsaw — Polish blues & jazz nights
52.24°, 21.01°
Harlem Jazz Club
Barcelona — blues & roots Gothic Quarter
41.38°, 2.18°
Café Central
Madrid — jazz & blues classic
40.42°, -3.71°
Big Mama
Rome — Trastevere blues club
41.89°, 12.47°
Bourbon Street Jazz
Milan — blues, jazz & soul
45.47°, 9.21°
Half Note Jazz Club
Athens — jazz/blues hot spot
37.97°, 23.73°
Nardis Jazz Club
Istanbul — blues nights overlooking Galata
41.02°, 28.97°
Rosa's Lounge — Tokyo
Tokyo — Bright Brown blues bar
35.66°, 139.70°
Crocodile Blues
Shibuya, Tokyo — live blues venue
35.66°, 139.70°
Blue Note Beijing
Beijing — jazz & blues club
39.91°, 116.40°
Bluesville Sydney
Sydney — Aussie blues hub
-33.87°, 151.21°
The Basement
Sydney — Circular Quay blues stage
-33.86°, 151.21°
Bird's Basement
Melbourne — jazz & blues cellar
-37.81°, 144.96°
Bourbon Street Music Bar
São Paulo — Brazil's premier blues club
-23.56°, -46.63°
Thelonious Club
Buenos Aires — jazz/blues club
-34.59°, -58.40°
Pizza Express Live (Mumbai)
Mumbai — blues & jazz nights
19.08°, 72.88°
The Orbit
Johannesburg — jazz & blues venue
-26.18°, 28.04°
Cotton Club Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv — blues & jazz
32.07°, 34.78°
Cadillac Ranch
Toronto — Canadian blues hub
43.65°, -79.38°
Yale Saloon
Vancouver — historic blues bar
49.27°, -123.12°

Festivals

(19)
Notodden Bluesfestival
Europe's leading blues festival (Aug)
59.56°, 9.26°
European Blues Challenge
Katowice 2026
50.26°, 19.02°
Mandal Bluesfestival
Southern Norway
58.03°, 7.46°
Skånevik Bluesfestival
Norwegian fjord blues
59.73°, 5.96°
Sunflower River Blues Festival
Clarksdale, MS (Aug)
34.20°, -90.58°
King Biscuit Blues Festival
Helena, AR (Oct)
34.53°, -90.59°
Chicago Blues Festival
Millennium Park (Jun) — free, ~500k visitors
41.88°, -87.62°
Memphis in May / Beale Street Music
Memphis, TN
35.13°, -90.06°
International Blues Challenge
Memphis — Blues Foundation (Jan)
35.14°, -90.05°
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
Davenport, IA
41.52°, -90.58°
Cahors Blues Festival
Southern France (Jul)
44.45°, 1.44°
Moulin Blues Ospel
Netherlands (May)
51.28°, 5.81°
Blues Peer
Belgium — Europe's largest blues fest
51.13°, 5.46°
Bluesfestival Schöppingen
Germany — long-running blues fest
52.10°, 7.17°
Byron Bay Bluesfest
Australia — Easter blues & roots
-28.64°, 153.61°
Cape Town Blues Festival
South Africa
-33.92°, 18.42°
Festival Bursa Blues
São Paulo — Brazilian blues
-23.56°, -46.63°
Tokyo Jazz & Blues
Tokyo — annual showcase
35.68°, 139.77°
Blues on Broadbeach
Gold Coast, AU (May)
-28.03°, 153.43°

Museums

(8)
Delta Blues Museum
Clarksdale, MS
34.20°, -90.58°
B.B. King Museum
Indianola, MS
33.42°, -90.18°
Stax Museum of American Soul
Memphis, TN
35.12°, -90.07°
Blues Hall of Fame
The Blues Foundation, Memphis
35.14°, -90.05°
Rock & Blues Museum
Clarksdale, MS
34.20°, -90.58°
GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
Cleveland, MS
33.49°, -90.73°
European Blues Hall of Fame
Notodden, Norway
59.56°, 9.26°
National Blues Museum
St. Louis, MO
38.63°, -90.19°

Gravesites

(13)
Robert Johnson grave (Little Zion)
Greenwood, MS — most contested grave
33.85°, -90.09°
Muddy Waters grave
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
41.86°, -87.83°
Howlin' Wolf grave
Oakridge Cemetery, Hillside, IL
41.87°, -87.86°
B.B. King grave
B.B. King Museum, Indianola, MS
33.42°, -90.18°
Son House grave
Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
43.23°, -77.58°
Charley Patton grave
New Jerusalem M.B. Church, Holly Ridge, MS
33.11°, -90.84°
Sonny Boy Williamson II grave
Tutwiler, MS
34.45°, -90.69°
Mississippi John Hurt grave
Avalon, MS
32.85°, -89.75°
Elmore James grave
Newport M.B. Church, Ebenezer, MS
32.31°, -89.97°
Bessie Smith grave
Mt. Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA
39.94°, -75.11°
Lead Belly grave
Shiloh Baptist, Mooringsport, LA
32.62°, -93.85°
John Lee Hooker grave
Skylawn Memorial, San Mateo, CA
37.55°, -122.47°
Stevie Ray Vaughan grave
Laurel Land Memorial, Dallas, TX
32.81°, -96.75°

Labels

(5)
Chess Records (2120 S. Michigan)
Chicago — Willie Dixon Blues Heaven
41.85°, -87.62°
Stax Records (original site)
Memphis — Otis Redding, Albert King
35.12°, -90.07°
Trumpet Records
Jackson, MS — Sonny Boy Williamson II
32.30°, -90.18°
Alligator Records
Chicago — modern blues powerhouse
41.97°, -87.66°
Delmark Records
Chicago — oldest indie blues/jazz label
41.93°, -87.71°

Studios

(3)
Sun Studio
Memphis — Howlin' Wolf, Junior Parker
35.14°, -90.03°
Royal Studios
Memphis — Al Green, Hi Records
35.09°, -90.03°
FAME Studios
Muscle Shoals, AL — soul-blues hotbed
34.77°, -87.67°

Radio

(19)
KFFA — King Biscuit Time
Helena, AR — longest-running blues show (since 1941)
34.53°, -90.59°
WROX 1450 AM
Clarksdale, MS — historic Delta blues radio
34.20°, -90.58°
WDIA 1070 AM
Memphis — first all-Black format in the US
35.12°, -89.99°
WMPR 90.1 FM
Jackson, MS — community blues/gospel
32.30°, -90.18°
WWOZ 90.7 FM
New Orleans — guardian of NOLA music
29.96°, -90.06°
Bluesville (SiriusXM)
B.B. King's Bluesville, NYC studios
40.76°, -73.98°
Bluestown Radio
Notodden, NO — Nordic blues stream
59.56°, 9.26°
Bluesradio.no
Oslo — Norwegian online blues station
59.91°, 10.75°
Blues Radio UK
London — 24/7 online blues
51.51°, -0.13°
Radio Blues (FR)
Paris — francophone blues
48.86°, 2.35°
Houston Blues Radio
Houston, TX — online blues
29.76°, -95.37°
Bluesville Radio AU
Sydney — Australian blues stream
-33.87°, 151.21°
BBC Radio 2 Blues Show
London — Cerys Matthews' weekly blues
51.52°, -0.14°
Radio Caroline Blues
UK — offshore heritage station
51.51°, 0.71°
Crossroads Blues Radio (DE)
Frankfurt — German blues stream
50.11°, 8.68°
Blues & Roots Radio (CA)
Toronto — global blues curator
43.65°, -79.38°
Radio Doctor Blues (BR)
São Paulo — Brazilian blues 24/7
-23.55°, -46.63°
Blues Radio International
Washington DC — syndicated worldwide
38.91°, -77.04°
WXRV — The River
Boston/NH — blues programming
42.77°, -71.08°

Pilgrimage

(9)
Crossroads, Clarksdale
Highway 61 × 49 — Robert Johnson myth
34.20°, -90.58°
Highway 61 — The Blues Highway
Clarksdale → Memphis → New Orleans
33.40°, -90.90°
Beale Street
Memphis — historic blues district
35.14°, -90.05°
Maxwell Street Market
Chicago — electric blues was born here
41.87°, -87.65°
Bentonia, MS (Blue Front Café)
Skip James / Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
32.16°, -90.38°
Po' Monkey's (former)
Merigold, MS — legendary juke joint
33.68°, -90.78°
Mississippi Blues Trail
200+ markers across MS
32.85°, -89.95°
Robert Johnson Hazlehurst birthplace
Hazlehurst, MS
31.87°, -90.40°
Bo Diddley Plaza
Gainesville, FL
29.65°, -82.32°