Slide guitarist Roy Rogers plays Kate Wolf Music Festival

Roy Rogers, a nationally known slide guitarist and record producer with strong Northern California ties, will play new music from his new album, “Into the Wild Blue,” his first solo CD in five years, during his performance Friday, June 26, at the Kate Wolf Music Festival in Laytonville.

Rogers, 64, best-known for his collaborations with blues legend John Lee Hooker, also performed in popular duo shows, first with harmonica star Norton Buffalo and later with Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Rogers moved from Marin County up to Nevada City eight years ago.

Rogers and his Delta Rhythm Kings, featuring harpist and violinist Carlos Reyes, will perform at 2:15 p.m. Friday.

This year, headliners at the festival include Motown and soul star Smokey Robinson, singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo, country-folk-rock band Steve Earle and the Dukes, folk music and show tune legend Judy Collins, and Iron for Wine (alias singer-songwriter Sam Beam.)

The festival will present more than 30 acts on four stages Thursday through Sunday, June 25-28, at the 150-acre Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, the Mendocino County home to the Hog Farm collective and Camp Winnarainbow circus camp for kids.

Tickets and passes range in price from $45 to $300, and are available at katewolfmusicfestival.com.

The festival began in 1996 to celebrate the memory, music and life of Kate Wolf, who died in 1986 at age 44 of leukemia.

You can reach staff writer Dan Taylor at 521-5243 or dan.taylor@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @danarts.