Red Hot Blues & BBQ 2024

Red Hot Blues & BBQ. Picnics, live bands, and late nights (actual meals...not just snacks!) May 25-27 2024 Washington DC

May 24 – May 27, 2024
Memorial Day weekend

Your favorite barbeque-centric blues dance weekend is back!

Registration (opens 3/20)

Schedule

Music

Merch (coming soon)

Covid Policy

Why is Red Hot Blues ‘n BBQ the greatest blues event you’ll attend all year? Because Red Hot is about community. Red Hot is about sleeping in, sitting outside with old and new friends, drinking up sunshine, and eating delicious food. Red Hot is about dancing your heart out just for the love of the dance and the music, fueling up with delicious home-cooked afternoon and midnight meals, and then dancing even more. Red Hot is a celebration of blues music and all the feelings it inspires. Red Hot is about focusing attention on the roots of what we believe the blues is about: building communities.

Dancing couple in blue light

We’re bringing in high-quality musicians as well as some of your favorite star dj’s. Picnic barbecues are friendly to meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans alike. You can check out the Red Hot mission statement for more info.

Pairs of smiling dancers in motion in a brightly lit ballroom

Stay tuned for more details on bands, merch, housing, volunteering, and registration… and, of course, the food.