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Mahindra Blues Festival (MBF) is an annual blues music festival that happens mid-February at the Mehboob Studious, Bandra, Mumbai. Legends who have performed here at this festival in the last decade include Buddy Guy, Walter Trout, and John Mayall.

The 2026 edition featured artistes Shemekia Copeland, Eric Gales, Matt Shofield, Altered Five Blues Band, DK Harrell, Blackstratblues, Kanakia Beatz Crew & Nanhi Kali Choir, and the Mahindra Blues band hunt winner.

Performers over the years

Year	International artistes	Homegrown artistes
2020	Buddy Guy Keb' Mo' Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Larkin Poe
2019	Beth Hart Charlie Musselwhite Brandon Santini Sugaray Rayford
2018	John Mayall Coco Montoya Walter Wolfman Washington & The Roadmaster Layla Zoe	Blackstratblues
2017	Quinn Sullivan Shemekia Copeland Supersonic Blues Machine Janiva Magness
2016	Joss Stone Malina Moye Keb Mo
2015	Buddy Guy Quinn Sullivan Doyle Bramhall II Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes Nikki Hill Thorbjørn Risager	Blackstratblues
2014	Zac Harmon Lil' Ed Williams & The Blues Imperials Jimmie Vaughan Doyle Bramhall	Soulmate Blackstratblues Tedeschi Trucks Band
2013	Popa Chubby Robert Randolph and The Family Band Walter Trout	Big Band Blues Soulmate
2012	Overdrive Trio John Lee Hooker Jr. Taj Mahal Trio Ana Popović Buddy Guy Robert Randolph	Soulmate Blackstratblues
2011	Jonny Lang Shemekia Copeland Buddy Guy Matt Schofield

External links

Official website

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 '''Mahindra Blues Festival''' (MBF) is an annual blues music festival that happens mid-February at the Mehboob Studious, Bandra, Mumbai. Legends who have performed here at this festival in the last decade include [[Buddy Guy]], [[Walter Trout]], and [[John Mayall]].
+The 2026 edition featured artistes Shemekia Copeland, Eric Gales, Matt Shofield, Altered Five Blues Band, DK Harrell, Blackstratblues, Kanakia Beatz Crew & Nanhi Kali Choir, and the Mahindra Blues band hunt winner.
 ==Performers over the years ==
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 *Buddy Guy
-*[[Keb' Mo']]
+*Keb' Mo'
-*[[Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band]]
+*Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
-*[[Larkin Poe]]
+*Larkin Poe
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 | 2019
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-*[[Beth Hart]]
+*Beth Hart
-*[[Charlie Musselwhite]]
+*Charlie Musselwhite
-*[[Brandon Santini]]
+*Brandon Santini
-*[[Sugaray Rayford]]
+*Sugaray Rayford
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 *John Mayall
-*[[Coco Montoya]]
+*Coco Montoya
-*[[Walter Wolfman Washington]] & The Roadmaster
+*Walter Wolfman Washington & The Roadmaster
 *Layla Zoe
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-*[[Blackstratblues]]
+*Blackstratblues
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 | 2017
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-*[[Quinn Sullivan]]
+*Quinn Sullivan
-*[[Shemekia Copeland]]
+*Shemekia Copeland
-*[[Supersonic Blues Machine]]
+*Supersonic Blues Machine
-*[[Janiva Magness]]
+*Janiva Magness
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 |-
 | 2016 ||
-*[[Joss Stone]]
+*Joss Stone
-*[[Malina Moye]]
+*Malina Moye
-*[[Keb Mo]]
+*Keb Mo
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 *Buddy Guy
 *Quinn Sullivan
-*[[Doyle Bramhall II]]
+*Doyle Bramhall II
-*[[Rich Robinson]] of [[The Black Crowes]]
+*Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes
 *Nikki Hill
 *Thorbjørn Risager
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-*[[Zac Harmon]]
+*Zac Harmon
-*[[Lil' Ed Williams]] & The Blues Imperials
+*Lil' Ed Williams & The Blues Imperials
-*[[Jimmie Vaughan]]
+*Jimmie Vaughan
-*[[Doyle Bramhall]]
+*Doyle Bramhall
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-*[[Soulmate]]
+*Soulmate
 *Blackstratblues
-*[[Tedeschi Trucks Band]]
+*Tedeschi Trucks Band
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 | 2013
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-*[[Popa Chubby]]
+*Popa Chubby
-*[[Robert Randolph and The Family Band]]
+*Robert Randolph and The Family Band
 *Walter Trout
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 *Overdrive Trio
-*[[John Lee Hooker Jr.]]
+*John Lee Hooker Jr.
 *Taj Mahal Trio
-*[[Ana Popović]]
+*Ana Popović
 *Buddy Guy
 *Robert Randolph
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 | 2011||
-*[[Jonny Lang]]
+*Jonny Lang
-*[[Shemekia Copeland]]
+*Shemekia Copeland
 *Buddy Guy
-*[[Matt Schofield]]
+*Matt Schofield
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