Austin Blues Festival — George Clinton & More

Austin Blues Festival landed at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park on April 25 and 26, 2026, with Antone’s Nightclub and Waterloo Greenway Conservancy presenting the two-day event. (moodyamphitheater.com) The venue matters here: the festival is staged at Waterloo Park’s Moody Amphitheater, while Antone’s serves as co-presenter, not the physical host site. (moodyamphitheater.com) (antonesnightclub.com) Saturday’s lineup centered on Jimmie Vaughan & Friends, with Gary Clark Jr. added for a hometown headlining set, alongside Eric Johnson, Adrian Quesada’s Boleros Psicodélicos, Los Amigos Invisibles and D.K. Harrell. (antonesnightclub.com) (kxan.com) Sunday shifted the sound toward funk, soul and roots, led by Parliament Funkadelic featuring George Clinton, BADBADNOTGOOD, Larkin Poe and The War and Treaty. (austinbluesfestival.com) (do512.com) Organizers describe the 2026 event as the festival’s fourth edition since the brand was revived, after a run that originally began in 1999 with artists including Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker and Ray Charles. (moodyamphitheater.com) (do512.com) This year’s festival is also being used to mark Antone’s 50-year lease extension, tying the outdoor event to the club’s role as Austin’s self-described “Home of the Blues.” (moodyamphitheater.com) The bill stretches well past strict blues, with brass bands, jazz orchestra, soul duos and psych-Latin projects filling out the weekend. New Breed Brass Band played Saturday, and Pinettes Brass Band was scheduled for Sunday. (antonesnightclub.com) (heyaustin.com) The result is a festival that uses blues as the anchor but sells a broader Austin music identity: local guitar heroes, legacy acts and newer cross-genre names on one downtown park stage. (tribeza.com) (austinbluesfestival.com) For anyone scanning listings this weekend, the clearest correction is simple: the festival is real, it is this weekend, and the place to go is Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park. (moodyamphitheater.com)