Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band headline this year’s AimLoan.com San Diego Blues Festival to be held Sept. 7 12-8pm on the downtown San Diego waterfront.

They will be joined by acts such as Larkin Poe, Eric Gales, Curtis Salgado , Black Market III, Whitney Shay, Chris James & Patrick Rynn, The Sleepwalkers and World Famous Jim Gibson.

The annual festival is held as a benefit for the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. The food bank is leading the region’s fight against hunger by providing meals to up to 370,000 people in need each month.