13th Annual Woodystock Blues & Brews Festival returns for third year in Havasu

Straight Outta San Diego, Chickenbone Slim and band are making their Woodystock Blues & Brews Festival debut on Saturday, March 22, performing their rockin’ mix of Roots, Blues, and Americana.

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The 2025 13th Annual Woodystock Blues & Brews Festival returns for its third consecutive year to beautiful Lake Havasu City, at the foot of the majestic Colorado River, taking place over two big days, Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23, with its best music lineup yet! Gates open at 10am. Music starts 11am. Lake Havasu State Park, Windsor Beach #4, 699 London Bridge Road. Two-Day Pass: $45; Sunday Single-Day Pass: $25. (Woodystock ticket also gets you in free to the Extreme RV Car & Boat Show. All current card-carrying Blues Society members receive a $5 discount. Veterans $5 off with Military ID. No ice chests allowed. Bring your own chairs. Kids 16 and under free with Paid Adult. There’s a raffle with the prize being a new Washburn 12-string guitar ($5 per ticket). Info: (760) 963-4994 or visit www.woodystock.info.

Kelly’s Lot, fronted by ebullient Kelly Z, is one of SoCal’s longest (thirty years and counting) and well-regarded blues groups. They released critically-acclaimed album The Blues Remind Me last July. Kelly’s Lot perform Saturday.

Woodystock Blues & Brews Festival is launching A Hands Up Foundation. “We will be providing grants to special needs young adults to provide Education, Arts, and Entertainment to needy families struggling with the financial burdens of individuals living on the Spectrum,” says Woodystock Co-Founder, Kathryn Woodard, “to educate the general public that Autism doesn’t just disappear when children turn 18, when many of the services and support systems stop.

Mitch Perry, renowned guitarist/record producer who’s played with, among others, Edgar Winter Group, Cher, Lita Ford, Asia, and Michael Schenker, makes his Woodystock Blues & Brews Festival debut on Sunday, March 23.

This year’s lineup is Woodystock’s best to date; Saturday there’s music by award-winning headlining blues vocalist, Niecie, plus top-tier regional acts including San Diego’s Chickenbone Slim & The Biscuits; Kelly’s Lot, featuring talented SoCal-based vocalist Kelly Z; singer/songwriter and Woodystock past favorite, Jason Trombley and the Rhythm; and local faves Scott O’Neal Band. Vocalist Tiffany Lynn returns once again to sing the Star Spangled Banner both days. Sunday’s lineup features a pair of well-known blues-rock guitar aces, Jay Gordon & Blues Venom (and) Mitch Perry; there’s also roots-y blues/rockin’ ensemble, Phoenix, AZ mainstays, Big Daddy D and the Dynamites; and solo guitarist, Jim Tilden Brown.