Promoters have announced August 26th to 28th, 2011 as the dates of the inaugural Bluestock Festival, which will be held at the Hunter Mountain Ski Center in Hunter, New York. The ambitious festival is the first of its kind in upstate New York, and is being put together by Radio Woodstock and Steve & Jeff Simon Presents.

The initial line-up for this first Bluestock Festival is pretty impressive, with blues legends Buddy Guy and Elvin Bishop announced as two of the event's three headliners (the third to be announced later). Tommy Castro and the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue will rock the audience, as will a number of leading lights on the contemporary blues scene, from Tab Benoit and Curtis Salgado to Reba Russell, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Albert Cummings, among many more.

Music will be presented non-stop on two stages over the three days, and for night owls there will also be an after-festival "blues club" inside the lodge at Hunter Mountain for late-night jams. The festival will also offer camping, a mountain Skyride, craft vendors, and gourmet food and beverages. "BLUESTOCK is our vision of 'Woodstock meets The Blues Cruise.' Three days of non-stop world-class Blues entertainment in a magical outdoor setting," says Steve Simon, Founder of Steve & Jeff Simon Presents, in a press release about the event.