Riverhead Blues Festival

About 200 people turned out for the 'Blues for a Brighter House' Saturday at Polish Hall, a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House that featured Kerry Kearney, Frank Latorre, Pamela Betti and more.

The Riverhead Blues Festival is back this year with Kerry Kearney headlining a night of “Blues for a Brighter House,” a special fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House. 

Blues by the River, Riverhead Townscape’s revival of the Riverhead Blues Festival that made its debut last September and was set to repeat Sept. 14 and 15 this year, has been canceled.

A blues festival returned to downtown Riverhead for the first time since 2012. “Blues by the River,” a six-hour show at the new town square on the riverfront featured five bands, and sold about 400 tickets, according to the event organizer.

Tickets are still available at the gate for today's 'Blues by the River' six-hour music festival in downtown Riverhead, headlined by Kerry Kearny and the Kings of Psychedelia and featuring four other bands on the main stage.

The Peconic Riverfront will be the backdrop for an outdoor blues festival for the first time in more than a decade next month when Riverhead Townscape presents “Blues by the River” Sept. 9. Tickets go on sale at midnight tonight.

The Riverhead Blues Festival is making a comeback. The festival will return as three weekends of blues — plus documentary films and talks about the...