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Here is the
UK
and European Blues Festivals Guide 2014,
including blues related workshops, exhibitions and lectures.
I'm waiting for details of many festivals throughout the year (shown as "2014
- TBA"). Whilst I have taken every care to ensure details are
correct, please confirm dates with festival organisers - I have included contact
phone numbers, email addresses and website addresses. Please let me know
of any other UK or European blues festivals, workshops, exhibitions and lectures not listed here.
I regularly
update this list as I receive more details from festival organisers,
so
please check back often.
Thanks, Alan White.
Email:
alan.white@earlyblues.com
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November
December
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Friday 7th February 2014
Lymm Festival Winter Warmers Blues Night
Featuring
Little Jo and The Misfits
with
special guests
The Blues Duo
Doors open at 7:30pm
for 8pm start
Lymm Golf Club,
Whitbarrow Road, Lymm WA13 9AN
£11
Bar facilities
available (not included in ticket price)
Wheelchair
accessible
Little Jo and the
Misfits were a huge hit at
the Landing Stage (the British Legion) during this summer's
Lymm Fest, and we are pleased to welcome them back for their
first full appearance at the Winter Warmer Blues Night. The
band provide a fabulous mix of Swing, Rockabilly and Rhythm
and Blues which is sure to fill the dance floor.
Special guests
The Blues Duo may be a small outfit but between them
they create a wall of pure Chicago Blues. With Tommy Allen
on vocals, guitar and foot percussion and Johnny Hewitt
vocals and harmonica, they have enough raw energy to capture
audiences and take you back to the time of 1950’s Chicago
Blues. Watch out for the band and the Blues Duo jamming
together during the evening to provide us with something
extra special by way of swing and blues.
This is certain to
be one of the best events on the calendar and is bound to
sell out, so make sure you get your tickets soon, either
online at
www.lymmfestival.org.uk
or locally at Lymm Electric and Rushgreen Motors.
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Mahindra Blues
Festival
Mehboob Studio,
Mumbai
www.mahindrablues.com
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Fri 21st Feb - Sunday 23rd
Feb 2014
Broadstairs Blues Bash
Broadstairs Pavilion
www.broadstairsbluesbash.com
Headline Acts:
Paul Lamb & The King Snakes
BabaJack |
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Fri 28th to Sun 2nd March 2014
Acoustic Blues Weekend
The Atrix
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
Contact: Atrix Box
Office 01527 577330
Euroblues Promotions Ltd.
01242 701765
www.euroblues.co.uk
A weekend of workshops, jams and performances
The tutors are:
Keith Dunn (harmonica)
Michael Messer (bottleneck
slide guitar)
Michael Roach (country
blues guitar).
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Fri 7th March - Sun
9th March 2014
The 14th Swanage Blues Festival
(Also see the 7th Swanage Blues & Roots Festival in October)
"Three days of excellent music in a
friendly seaside town with a great atmosphere"
Contact:
Steve Darrington,
Swanage Blues,
c/o TIC,
The White House,
Shore Road,
Swanage,
Dorset BH19 1LB
www.swanage-blues.org
Artists:
Assorted
Buskers, Back Porch, Blue Touch, Blues Machine, C Sharp
Blues, Chloee Christmas Band, Dan Sowerby Band, David
Raphael Band, Devil Drives, Fabulous Fezheads, Festival
Finale, Hugh Budden, Jam Sessions with Robin Bibi Band,
Jawbreakers, Jay Tamkin, Johnny Sharp, Mustangs, Northsyde,
Open Mic Sessions with Johnny Sharp and Martin Froud, Paint
It Blue, Pete Harris R & B Allstars, Ray Drury, Riotous
Brothers, Riverside Blues Band, Robin Bibi Band, Saiichi
Sygiyama Band, Stan's Blues Jamboree, Steve Darrington,
Tommy Allen & Johnny Hewitt, Voodoo Chilli, Will Killeen,
Zoe Schwarz Blues Band,
30 Gigs in 15 Indoor Venues
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7th - 30th March
2014
Fifestock Music Festival 2014
"Backstage at The Green" Hotel
Kinross
Scotland
KY13 8AS
Map
www.fifestock.com
Tickets available from the box office:
The Green Hotel: (+44) 01577 863 467
Fri 7th Mar -
Garland Jeferies £16
Sat 8th Mar - Simon
Kempston £8
Fri 14th Mar - Dana
Dixon Band £12
Sat 15th Mar -
Cherry Lee Mewis £14
Sun 16th Mar - Gail
Davies £15
Fri 21st Mar -
Federal Charm £12
Sat 22nd Mar -
Deborah Bonham Band £20
Sun 23rd Mar - Ben
Poole Band £12
Sat 29th Mar -
David Latto Band £8
Sun 30th Mar - Owen
McGarry £8
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19th FESTIVAL LE BLUES AUTOUR DU ZINC
14th - 23rd March
2014
Infoline:
+33 3 44 15 30 30
L'association le
Comptoir Magique
29 rue de Calais 60000 Beauvais
France
www.zincblues.com
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www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012
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Including ...
Jack Bruce & His Big Blues Band
Joe Louis Walker Band
and more ...
www.aberdeenjazzfestival.com
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Saturday 22nd March 2014
Banbury
Blues Festival
Aynsley Lister Band
The Blues Duo
Fran McGillvray Band
Stone Cold Mary
The Clarksville Mountain Band
and many more.
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Easter Weekend
Fri 17th April - Sun 21st April 2014
17th Nantwich Jazz, Blues & Music
Festival
Nantwich Civic Hall & The Crown Hotel
Nantwich
www.nantwichjazz.com
Snake Davis & The Suspicions
Stan Webbs Chicken Shack
Jacqui Dankworth
Swinging at the Cotton Club
Thea Gilmore
From The Jam
Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash
Deborah Bonham
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Scarborough Blues
Club
Top Secret Blues Festival 2014
Wednesday 2nd -
Sunday 6th April 2014
Cellar Bar, The Cask Inn, Scarborough, YO11 2LQ
www.scarboroughbluesclub.co.uk
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TBA 2014
Theatre of Blues
Walker Theatre
Theatre Severn
Shrewsbury
Artists
- TBA
Box Office: 01743 281281
www.theatreofblues.com
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Friday
11th - Sunday 13th April 2014
The Marcus Bonfanti Band
Sean Webster
Midnight Train
The Tommy Allen/Johnny Hewitt Blues Duo
The Alex McKown Band
The Swaps
The Brothers Groove
Off the Hook
AWOL
The Bullfrogs
The Elderly Brothers
Tin Pan Alley
Blue Swamp
Buzz Elliott
Dan Burnett
Slowburner
More supporting acts TBA
A stunning line-up of
brilliant blues musicians in the heart of the Lake District
There will be top-quality
music on offer all weekend
- ranging from sizzling electric to mellow acoustic blues and
foot-tapping R'n'B
- in some wonderfully atmospheric venues surrounding Lake Windermere.
Keep checking the website
for further details as we count down to the festival.
Make sure you book yours
early, as word is getting round about this great new festival!
Bowness
Bay Blues is organised by the Rotary Club of Windermere, and all profits
will go to charity.
Venues:
Burn How Hotel
Hole in’t Wall
Hydro Hotel
Soldiers & Sailors Club
Lake District Boat Club
Quayside
Wheelhouse
Burnside Hotel
Stags Head Hotel
Ruskins
Ship Inn
www.bownessbayblues.co.uk
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www.nidarosbluesfestival.com
Eric
Burdon
Stacie
Collins
King
King
Norsk
Utflukt
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www.darvelmusicfestival.org
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Dumfries and Galloway
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thornhill-Music-Festival-2013/487819717906138
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2014
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Blues Festival & Holiday
Calabria, Southern Italy
www.bluesmovepromotions.com
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2nd -
4th May 2014
The
26th Burnley International Rock & Blues Festival
www.burnleymechanics.co.uk
Phone: 01282 664400
In Association with AMS NEVE
Check out the 2013 Festival Photos
Check out the 2012 Festival Photos
Check out the 2011 Festival Photos
Check out the 2010 Festival Photos
Check out the 2009 Festival Photos
Check out the 2008 Festival Photos
Check out
the 2007 Festival photos
Burnley Blues Festival Heritage
  
  
  
All photos©
Copyright 2008-2009 Alan White. All Rights Reserved.
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For more info
click here:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/bluesgospeltrainmanchester?fref=photo
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11th
Guisborough Rhythm & Blues Festival
Sat 3rd - Sun 4th May 2014
Guisborough Football Club
Howlbeck Road
Guisborough
Cleveland
CA11 7JG
Saturday Evening May 3rd
Sean Webster Band
Laurence Jones Band
Sunday May 4th
Chantel McGregor Band
Kyla Brox Band
T C & The Moneymakers
Franny Eubank & The Treatment
Ft Tom Attah
Blues Swamp & The Mee Kats
Tickets:
Saturday Evening £15
Sunday £38
Both Saturday and Sunday £50
Contact Kath 01287 634365
www.guisrnbclub.co.uk
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Thu 8th May - Sat 24th May 2014
EUROPAfest
Bucharest
Romania
Click here for artist information:
EUROPAfest
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www.hookerblues.co.uk
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Fri 9th May - Sat 10th May 2014
22e Editie van het Kwadendamme Bluesfestival 2014
The Netherlands
www.bluestown.eu
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DJ's MALTON
BLUES FEST 2014
MAY 9TH -11TH
VENUE :- "THE GARAGE"
SUDDABY'S CROWN HOTEL, WHEELGATE, MALTON YO177HP
FRIDAY NIGHT OPEN MIC 8PM -11.30PM (FREE Admission)
SAT 11A.M. BLUES GUITAR WORKSHOP(£4)
WITH ROGER SUTCLIFFE (Book in adv. limited number)
SAT 2.30PM-5.30PM & 6.30PM-11-30PM
in The Garage
STEVE PHILIPS & the Rough,
THREE HEADED DOG + LEAD,
ROGER SUTCLIFFE + SUPPORT
DOGFINGER STEVE,
BIG DAVE T+ SUPPORT,
DJ'S BLUES BAND,
DECLAN SUDDABY,
ROBIN BUNTON & NATASHA (TBC)
SUNDAY11TH 1PM SURVIVORS ACOUSTIC SESSION
SAT TICKETS £10 IN ADVANCE
£12 ON THE DOOR
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"This is NOT
"Rhythm Festival 2014". It's simply a
get-together in a small but well-equipped music
venue in Hertford, combined with a real ale
festival and some great bands. There's just be
one stage and our friend
Deejay Wheelie-Bag
will entertain during the breaks in the
show. The line-up is not yet complete and other
Rhythm Festival favourites will be announced
over the coming weeks.
The venue isn't
huge and so we can only accommodate 250
ticket-buyers. We're expecting demand to be
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www.stourbridgebluesfestival.co.uk
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2014
- TBA
www.trieuxtonicblues.fr
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2014
- TBA
https://www.facebook.com/BluesAtTheFort
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2014
- TBA
TBA May 2014
The
Leeds Blues Festival
www.bloozpromoz.com
or email
nigel.blooz@ntlworld.com
Venues:
Hoagies, Eastgate
The Hop, Granary Wharf |
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Internationales Bluesfest Eutin
Eutin
Germany
15th to 18th May
2014
Check out details on their
website:
www.bluesfest-eutin.de
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2014
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TBA May
2014
The 16th Annual International
Guinness Blues on the Bay Festival
Warrenpoint, Nothern Ireland
www.bluesonthebay.co.uk
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MAIN STAGE
Friday
Julian Burdock (solo with loops)
David Migden and The Dirty Words
Virgil and the Accelerators
The Paddy Maguire Midnight Jam Sessions
Saturday
Blues Boy Kings
Paul Lamb and the Detroit Breakdown
The Motives feat. Matt Taylor
The Paddy Maguire Midnight Jam Sessions
Sunday
Gwyn Ashton solo
Mark Pontin Group
The Russ Tippins Electric Band
Northsyde
The Paddy Maguire Midnight Jam Sessions
SALEM ACOUSTIC STAGE
Matt Woosey
Jack Broadbent
Dave Arcari
Angelo Palladino
Red Dirt Skinners
Richard Townend
SALEM ELECTRIC STAGE
Dan Burnett
Tim Hood
Tom Attah & the Bad Man Clan
Zoe Schwarz & Blue Commotion
Katie Bradley
The Mustangs
Nat Martin Band
Marcus Lazarus Band
OUTLAW STAGE
Forty 4
Bare Bones Boogie Band
Makuini & The Hoodoo Men
JUKE JOINTS
Tom Gee Band
Private Dicks
Geds Blues Band
Bonnie Mac Band
Greasy Slicks
Jed Thomas
Lewis Hamilton Band
Killer Bees
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© Copyright 2014 Jason Elliott. All Rights
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In
just over a week's time, we are very proud to be
hosting the fourth annual Hebden Bridge Blues
Festival.
This is our biggest ever event with 52 acts
performing throughout the town and it is a great
credit to the many people who have worked on the
HBBF project, not least the musicians and the
volunteers, that it has grown so quickly.
Since putting on our first one in 2011, we have
been awarded the British Blues Awards "Festival
of the Year" in both 2012 and 2013, which came
as a total shock to us as our original intention
was just to put on a few bands for our own
enjoyment.
There are around 40 Blues festivals of varying
sizes each year in Britain so for us to have got
to this level so quickly, without a penny of
public funding too, shows us that many other
people wanted something different as well.
Those of you who know us personally, know we're
not comfortable with being part of the
'establishment' - we like to keep things fresh
and exciting for us and 4 years is a long time
for either of us to stay focused on a single
project. This particular one has taken up a huge
amount of time and energy and has outgrown our
small town so quickly!
With this in mind, we're going out with a bang
and this will be the last ever Hebden Bridge
Blues Festival, so if you've never joined us
before and would like to see what everyone has
been talking about, this is your last chance.
Both of us, separately and together, will
continue to be involved with various other music
projects, so we won't disappear entirely, but we
just feel that this particular event has run its
course for us personally.
We'd love to see you next weekend for the Hebden
finale, so we've issued some additional tickets
to help that happen. You can get yours, and your
slice of British Blues history, by going to
www.hebdenblues.co.uk
Thank you for all your support on our amazing
journey.
Jason Elliott and Paddy Maguire |
More information can also be found on the festival's website
www.hebdenblues.co.uk and
the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hebden-Blues-Festival/156508004397740
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Click here for more information
www.londonbluesfestival.co.uk
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Music at the Crossroads Festival 2014
Ferris Hill Farm
Hook Norton
Oxfordshire
OX15 5DF
Friday 30th - Saturday 31st May 2014
Spank the Monkey
Krissy Matthews Band featuring Pete Brown
The Scholars
The FUSS
Man Make Fire
Scarecrow
The Psychadelic Raiders
The Blues Duo
Speak, Brother
Rachel Gittus with Canadian Dave
More to be announced.....
www.hookymusic.co.uk
The Hook Norton Charitable Association
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Friday 30th May
Blockheads
Papa George Band
Tensheds
Saturday 31st May
Big Boy Bloater
Larry Miller Band
Ian Parker
Thomas Ford
www.bluesandbeer.co.uk
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"The Wallingford Blues and Beer
Festival is an independently run charity festival and the money raised
from it goes towards promoting live music in Wallingford and helping to
promote youth development projects in the town and surrounding areas.
Since becoming an independent festival in 2000 we have raised, thanks to
your generosity, over £29,000 which has gone to local organisations and
charities". |
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2014
Acoustic Festival Artists
The Animals
Ben Waters Big Boogie Band
Jon Gomm
BabaJack
Wille & The Bandits
Sisters in Grease
Gwynne Ashton
plus many others...
www.acousticfestival.co.uk
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Saturday 31st May 2014
Preston's First Annual Rockin' Blues Fest
The
Bear's Paw, Church St,
Preston, Lancashire
Preston's First Annual Rockin' Blues Fest
will be taking place on Saturday May 31st 2014
upstairs in the Live Room at The Bear's Paw, Church St,
Preston
Doors
open 1:30pm with MC Chris Powers (old school vinyl DJ)
Bands from 3.00pm - 11.00pm
Watch this space
for ticket sales - numbers limited so get in early!
"With such a great line-up this will undoubtedly sell
out", Alan White Earlyblues.com
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Saturday 31st May 2014
New
Blues ’n’ Roots Festival
Church Stretton
Shropshire
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The
sleepy town of Church Stretton in Shropshire is
getting a new addition to the festival calendar.
The first ever Blues 'n' Roots Festival will be
held in the town on Saturday 31st May 2014. The
festival, which will be supporting MacMillan
Cancer Support, aims to showcase some of the
best singer-song writers on the blues and roots
scene. The line-up features both national and
international artists, as well as some fantastic
homegrown Shropshire talent.
Headlining the festival is ‘Blues Boy’ Dan
Owen, winner of the British Blues Awards
Best Young Artist 2013. Dan is a Shropshire lad,
who is making huge waves in the music world.
Gary Hall, influential Americana musician
and former front man with The Stormkeepers, will
be joining Dan Owen on the bill.
Polly Money is another artist on the rise.
Polly has spent the last year touring and
playing festivals all over the UK, Europe and
the USA.
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BLUEBIRDS
137 Snargate Street
Dover
Kent
CT17 9DA
Lineup:
Robin Bibi Band
The Blues Duo
Backporch
Dave Jackson Band
King Bees
Howlin Wolves
http://whitecliffsmusic.weebly.com
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2014
- TBA
www.sementinlive.ch
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Thursday 5th - Sunday 8th June 2014
Diggle Blues Festival
Diggle
Saddleworth
Oldham
http://www.facebook.com/DiggleBluesFestival
Entrance to all venues is
FREE
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SALISBURY BLUES FESTIVAL
At SALISBURY CITY HALL
SATURDAY 14th JUNE 2014
2p.m. – 10p.m. “6 Acts”
ALBANY DOWN
www.albanydown.com
www.salisburybluesfestival.co.uk
Further acts to be
announced this week
ON SALE NOW
with
'EARLY BIRD'
Ticket
at just £18 for
the day,
Box office,
www.solidentertainments.com
CARD HOTLINE -
01472 349222 open 9am – 5pm, Mon – Sat 9a.m. – 2p.m.
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LymmFest
Saturday 21st June 2014
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After last year's
success the LymmFest returns with an even
bigger line-up for 2014. This year the event is
taking place on Saturday 21st June at five
venues across the village with the biggest
single line up of bands and artists that the
festival has ever featured on a single night!
Watch out in
particular for local blues singer
Makuini,
with the Hoo Doo Men
who are playing
at the
festival for the first time as part of their
current UK tour. Or why not try the sounds of
Heavy Soul
who feature some of
the very best musicians that Liverpool has to
offer. And the really good news is that festival
favourites
Little Jo and the Misfits
will be back at the
LymmFest after their brilliant
performance last summer. Black Sheep and
Friends will be performing this evening.
Also watch out for
some of the very best acoustic talent that the
region has to offer including
Little Rach
Jon Brindley
and
the
Gary Edwards Jones Band.
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Fri 20th - Sun 22nd June
2014
16th Big Wheel Blues Festival 2014
Isle of Man
"Circumstances have dictated some changes to the traditional
arrangements for next year’s Big Wheel Blues Festival. The
Laxey Pavilion remains without a tenant, and with no
definite timescales for when this will change, the Committee
have had to seek an alternative venue again. Luckily our
friends at the Villa have agreed to accommodate the Festival
in the Promenade Suite, the Colonnade Suite and the Gardens,
in a repeat of our successful 2013 sell out event. The usual
early May weekend was unavailable, so the Festival is for
2014 moving to Friday the 20th, Saturday the 21st and Sunday
the 22nd of June.
As before there will be ticketed evening concerts with three
off-Island acts on Friday and Saturday, with two free stages
of local talent on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The
Committee are in negotiations with artists for the evening
gigs, and will provide full information in the New Year".
www.bigwheelblues.com
Ticket only event:
Available via the above website or phone: 01624 664460
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2014 -
TBA
Bradfest 2014
Bradfield Village Hall
Low Bradfield
Sheffield
S6 6LB
www.bradfest.co.uk
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UPDATE:
Bernie Marsden
will now headline on Friday evening,
as replacement for Wilko Johnson who is recuperating
after an operation.
Fri 20th - Sun 22nd June
2014
Linton Festival 2014
Alma Inn
Linton
Ross-on-Wye
Herefordshire
HR9 7RY
www.lintonfestival.org
Bernie Marsden at
Linton Festival 2011
© Copyright 2011 Alan White. All Rights Reserved.
Grainne Duffy
at Linton Festival 2013
© Copyright 2013 Alan White. All Rights Reserved.
Click here for 2013 Photos & Reviews
Click here for 2011 Photos & Reviews
Click here for 2010 Photos & Reviews
Click here for 2009 Photos & Reviews
Click here for 2008 Photos & Reviews
Click here
for 2007 Photos & Reviews
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2014
SOLD OUT
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2014
- TBA
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Thurs 19th - Sun 22nd June 2014
The 22nd Blues On The Farm
Appledram Farm
Birdham Road
Chichester
West Sussex PO20 7EH
www.bluesonthefarm.co.uk
Phone: 01243 773828
or 01243 539072
THURSDAY
19TH 2014
The Big Chris Barber Band
Antonio Forcione with Sarah Jane Morris
FRIDAY 20TH
JUNE 2014
Royal Southern Brotherhood
Hamilton Loomis
Lisa Mills & Ian Jennings
Mike Sanchez
La Vendore Rogue
SATURDAY
21ST JUNE 2014
Dana Fuchs
Federal Charm
Midnight Ramble
SUNDAY 22ND JUNE 2014
BabaJack
Moreland & Arbuckle
Big Dez
more to come ...
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Fri 19th to Mon 22nd June 2014
Blues Weekend
at The Toorak Hotel
Torquay,
Devon
Booked so far:
Ian Parker Band
The Spikedrivers
Brilleaux – all the way
from New Zealand!
Jay Tamkin Band
More details to follow soon!
www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012
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2014 - TBA
Sat 23rd
June 2013
2nd Taurus Blues Festival
Taurus Crafts
Lydney
Gloucestershire
www.tauruscrafts.co.uk
"This event is designed
to bring nationally acclaimed blues music to new audiences and bring
more people to the broad range of blues music.
Taurus
Crafts is a
vibrant visitor centre celebrating creative design and healthy living.
Bringing together arts, crafts, designer gifts and wholesome food,
a working
pottery local food shop, deli and children's activities. This festival
is being organised by Jigsaw Community Festivals as part of its
programme to reintroduce great live music events into local
communities". |
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www.solidentertainments.com
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8th
Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival
Burton Agnes Hall
Burton Agnes
East Yorkshire
YO25 4NB
The 2014 Burton
Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival takes place from Friday 27th
June to Sunday 29th June. Surrounded by the beautiful
Yorkshire Wolds, the Festival is set in the award winning
grounds and Great Hall of this Elizabethan stately home.
This year's line
up includes Chantel McGregor, British Blues Award's
guitarist of the year AND female vocalist of the year 2013;
the legendary jump, jive, swing, rhythm and blues of King
Biscuit and the Pleasure Boys; New-Orleans-Bourbon-bar
sultry vocals and boogie piano of Tipitina; festival band
favourites, gospel tinged Polly and the Billets Doux. And if
that isn't varied enough, we have master-saxophonist Alan
Barnes, teaming up with Horace Silver experts The Give a
Little Love Orchestra for 'Watching the Detectives': music
that celebrates Sherlock Holmes and Columbo!
Click here for the full lineup
As always, bands
overflow from the outdoor main stage into the Great Hall,
our shops and cafe courtyard, and the late night sessions in
our bar tent. Delicious food is prepared by our catering
team, ranging from homemade burgers to spicy curries, ice
creams from our vintage ice cream van, and bakes and
cupcakes in our tea tent. Local, award winning Wold Top
beers will be on tap, brewed just a few miles away and
delivered by brewer and jazz fan Tom Mellor, who then picks
up his guitar to play in the Hall.
There is camping in the beautiful surroundings of the
adjacent Park Field, with hot showers laid on. The child in
all of us is taken care of by balloon artistry and face
painting, and highlights of Burton Agnes' grounds include a
maze, giant games, jungle garden and woodland walk with
forest creatures to find.
The Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival is proud to be an
official fringe event of Le Tour de France's visit to
Yorkshire. We will salute the arrival of the Tour de
France's 'Le Grand Depart' in Yorkshire with 'Le Mini
Depart'. Taking place alongside the Burton Agnes Jazz &
Blues Festival, there will be time-trialled clown bike and
toddler races on 'Le Mini Course'; a celebration of French
cuisine on the food lawn; and the hothouse gypsy-jazz music
of France's most famous jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt,
performed on stage by Djangologie.
www.burtonagnes.com
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Fri 27th - Sun 28th June 2014
The 20th Dundee Blues Bonanza
Dundee, Scotland
www.dundeebluesbonanza.co.uk
Phone:
01382 305160
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25th
to 29th June 2014
25th
to 29th June 2014
PuistoBlues 2014
Järvenpää
Finland
www.puistoblues.fi
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Friday 19.30 - 01.30
19.30 ROBIN
ROBERTSON BAND (Scotland)
21.15 JERIMIAH
MARQUES & THE BLUE ACES (UK)
22.30 JIMMY
THOMAS (USA)
00.00 BOB
MARGOLIN & TOTA BLUES BAND (USA/Barcelona)
Saturday
19.00 - 02.00
19.00 TBA
20.45 LITO BLUES
BAND (Malaga)
22.00 WEST
WESTON'S BLUESONICS (UK)
11.15 CHICAGO
BLUES with John Primer & Bob Stroger (USA)
01.00 CROSSTOWN
(Granada)
Sunday
19.30- 12.30
19.30 WEST WESTON'S BLUESONICS
21.30 GLADYS
ROCKIN G & TRES GATOS (Cordoba)
23.00 JERIMIAH
MARQUES & THE BLUE ACES (UK)
www.mijasbluesfestival.com
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Next
festival 2015
www.bluesfest.de
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Vache de Blues Festival 2014
Villerupt
Lorraine
France
Full details here:
www.vachedeblues.fr
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www.bluesatthefold.co.uk
Phone Oliver:
01886 812888
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Saturday, 5th July 2014
Blues on the Meadow
Aldermaston
West Berkshire
www.bluesonthemeadow.com
Will 'Harmonica'
Wilde
Robin Bibi Band
Red Butler
more soon ....
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www.cornburyfestival.com
Lineup to be
announced March 2014
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Mon
30th June to Sat 5th July 2014
21st Cognac Blues Passions
Cognac
France
www.bluespassions.com
Click here for Artist Lineup
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Sierra Blues Festival 2014
Plaine Bellevue
Sierra
Suisse
Venues:
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Villa Bayard |
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Soho Lounge Café |
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Restaurant Le Rothorn |
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Terra Brasil |
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Restaurant du Casino |
Check website
for program / artists:
www.sierrablues.ch
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ABERTILLERY BLUES FESTIVAL
2014 - TBA
www.abertillerybluesfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 01495
355800
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11th to 13th
July 2014
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"Norfolk Blues society
is organising a three day blues festival first for Norfolk, with bands
playing simultaneously at eight venues in the centre of Dereham, all
within walking distance of each other. A chance to see a whole 'mess o
blues' from Mississippi swamp through R&B, Chicago blues of Buddy Guy,
Muddy Waters to Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan right up to funky,
verging on jazz. This not to be missed event of 2013 for all live blues
fans is organised by Norfolk Blues Society. Most venues are free to
enter other than for the headline artists, Ron Sayer and Dave Thomas who
recently played with Paul Jones at the Maddermarket". |
For more
information check out:
www.norfolkbluessociety.org.uk
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Sat 14th to Sat 19th July 2014
Cahors Blues Festival 2014
Toulouse
France
www.cahorsbluesfestival.com
Pura Fe
Craig Adams & Dale Blade
Jonny Lang
Eric Burdon
Joanne Shaw Taylor
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Wed 16th to Sun 20th July 2014
The Larmer Tree Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal,
Near Salisbury,
Wiltshire/Dorset border
www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
Phone: 023 8071 1820 |
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Presents – The Biggest Little Blues
Festival This Side of The Delta
Comber,
Newtownards, Co. Down |
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Club open on Saturday from 1.30pm, BBQ and Free
Entry for Children under 12 yrs (BBQ from 3pm)
Children must vacate Club by 10pm
Camping and showers will be available
Q
£5 per tent
Admission £5.00 on Friday - £10.00 on Saturday –
£ree on Sunday
Friday 18th July 2014 - 8pm tillate
PADDY CLARKE H0 H0 H0
THE VENNEL
Saturday 19th July 2014 – 1.30pm
tillate
JACKSON ROX: Seasoned veterans of the Blues on
the Bay, Jam Sessions
THE SLIDETRIPPERS
BLUES DIRECT
MARK BRAIDNER BLUES BAND
VOODOO HOUNDS
Sunday 20th July 2014 – 2pm
Sunday Wind Down Jam Session and into the
evening.
All Jammers welcome :o}
Especially Harp Players, come along and
“Blow Your Brains Out” |
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Friday 18th - Sunday
20th
July 2014
The Rock
of Gibralter
Enslow
Kidlington
OX5 3AY
Artists - TBA
For more information check out the Thamesfest
website:
www.thamesfest.co.uk
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Friday 18th July to Sunday 20th July
2014
Three Main Stages, Nine Pub Stages and a Boat!
www.uptonbluesfestival.org.uk
Check out:
2013 photos
2012 photos
2011 photos
2010 Photos
2009 Photos
2008 Photos
2007 Photos and Reviews
(with photos of the 2007 devastating floods, prior to the flood defences
being installed!)
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18th to 27th July 2014
Click here for full lineup
www.edinburghjazzfestival.com
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Luxembourg Blues'n
Jazz Rallye
Saturday, 19th July 2014
Grund, Clausen
Free entry
Bluesjazzrallye
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Friday 11th to Saturday 12th
July 2014
28th Rauma Blues Fest 2014
Rauma
Finland
Artists - TBA
www.raumablues.com
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10-12
July 2014
7th Suwalki Blues Festival
Poland
Artists - TBA
www.suwalkiblues.com
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26th July 2014
Sigulda Blues Festival
Sigulda Medieval Castle
Latvia
LV2150
www.bluesfest.lv |
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Fri 25th to Sun 27th July 2014
16th Maryport Blues Festival
Maryport Rugby League Club
Melpot Road
Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6NE
Earlybird tickets
now on sale at:
www.maryportblues.co.uk
Phone: 01900 602122
or buy tickets
online at
http://www.ticketline.co.uk/
or phone 0844 888 9991
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Main
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Ryan
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Nimmo Brothers
Eric Sardinas |
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Saturday |
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Blues Boy Dan Owen
The Deluxe
Laurence Jones Band
Lavendor Rogue
Layla Zoe
Coco Montoya |
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Sunday |
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Buck
and Evans
Dan Burnett
Dana Dixon
James Harman
Danny Bryant |
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Outdoor Stage |
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Bands Playing on the outdoor stages include:
Bulletproof Rose
Soul City Walkers
Brian Rawson Band
Pat McManus
Javier Vargas
The Union |
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Trail |
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Half
Deaf Clatch
Richard Townend
Kat & Co
Bonnie Mac Band
Blue Commotion
Rosco Levee and the southern slide
The Hexmen
Rabbit Foot
G T Boos Band
Wooden Horse
Elvis Fontenot
Absolution
Blacktop Deluxe
Little Devils
Poorboy
Trevor Sewell
T Belly
Sparo and the Yahs
The Mighty Bosscats |
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Saturday
19th - Sunday 20th July
2014
Ealing Blues Festival
Walpole Park
Mattock Lane
Ealing W5
2pm -
10.30pm
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SATURDAY
19th July
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Robert Hokum Blues Band |
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The Chairs |
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Doc Stenson & Simon Prager |
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The Proof featuring Paul Cox and Roger Cotton |
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Jules Carter Trio |
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Karen Byrne / The Mobile Clones |
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Dale Storr New Orleans Big Band |
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Glorious Fools |
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BabaJack |
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Jump 66 |
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Northsyde |
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The Blue Bishops |
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Jump 66 |
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The Devil Drives featuring Robert Hokum |
SUNDAY
20th July
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Robert Hokum Blues Band |
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The Geoff Garbow Blues Band featuring Emily Lee |
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Emily Lee |
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John O’Leary/Alan Glen All Star Blues Revue |
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Rabbit Foot |
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Francis Gahan |
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Never The Bride |
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Gary Fletcher Band |
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Mark Harrison |
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The Spikedrivers |
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Sam Kelly and Friends |
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Mark Harrison |
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Dr. Feelgood |
http://www.ealingsummerfestivals.com/events/blues-festival/
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2014
- TBA
Friday 27 July 2013
Saturday 28 July 2013
Sunday 29 July 2013
www.gloucesterblues.co.uk
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2014
- TBA
Green
Valley Blues
Miners Welfare Hall
Upper Cwmtwrch
Swansea Valley
West Glamorgan
SA9 2XH
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Sunday 27th July - Saturday 2nd August
2014
BluesWeek 2014
Sunley Management Centre
University of Northampton
http://bluesweek.co.uk/
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IAN SIEGAL & THE
MISSISSIPPI MUDBLOODS
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“Ian
Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods” is a
collaboration of like-minded musicians at the
top of their game, who fuse elements of blues,
hill country folk and southern rock to create an
incendiary cocktail of original songs and
powerful grooves.
For
their only show in 2014 Ian Siegal is joining
forces with the Grammy-nominated brothers Cody
and Luther Dickinson to play the Cambridge Folk
Festival on Saturday, 2nd August 2014" |
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Notodden Blues Festival
PO Box 211
3672 Notodden
Norway
www.bluesfest.no
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www.cambridgerockfestival.co.uk
Phone: 0845 299 0845
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www.wickhamfestival.co.uk
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6th Jinney
Ring Blues and Beer Festival 2014
Jinney Ring Craft Centre
Hanbury Road
Hanbury
Bromsgrove
B60 4BU
www.jinneyring.co.uk
Phone: 01527 821 272
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Armargh City
2014
Northern Ireland
2014 - TBA
Returning for its 3rd
year the festival now includes over 30 free gigs filling the city.
Check out Press Release for full details
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Bentworth Blues Festival 2014
August
15th - 17th 2014
Trafficker ~ Rik
Martin ~ Danie Wilde ~ Tim Hain ~ Richard Clarke ~ Sugar
Mama ~ Lucy Zirins
Kyle and Shaw ~ Jules Benjamin Band ~ Northsyde ~ Nigel
Bagge ~ Sean Nolan ~ Bluesbeaten Redshaw
Guy Totora ~ Jules Carter Trio ~ The Blues Duo ~ Five Field
Holler ~ Pethers and Friends
The Dogs ~ Cryin' Out Loud ~ Bad Influence ~ Pete Leigh and
The Union ~ Red Dirt Skinners
Howlin' Matt ~ Sarah Warren ~ Luke Doherty ~ Burnt Ice
Tickets on
Sale now 01420 561224
http://www.star-inn.com/bluesfestival.html
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Wolfsdonksesteenweg
160
2230 Herselt
België
BTW: BE 0895.228.836
(Herselt is about
25 miles from Antwerp, Belgium)
http://www.gevarenwinkelfestival.be/pages/news/
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The 25th Great
British R&B Festival, Colne, Lancashire
Fri 22nd Aug to Mon 25th
Aug 2014
Please
not line-up Changes on the International Stage (Saturday **)
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Full details:
www.bluesfestival.co.uk
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Ticket hotline: 01282 661234 |
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Early Bird
Offer ends 25/06/13 |
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The International Stage: |
The Matthew Clark British Stage: |
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Chris Powers |
MC:
Pete Kuddy |
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Friday, 22nd
August 2014 |
Friday, 22nd
August 2014 |
| 7.30pm |
The Yardbirds |
8.00pm |
Nick Dow's Blues Band |
| 9.15pm |
Band of Friends |
9.00pm |
Welsh T Band |
| 11.00pm |
Eric Sardinas |
10.00pm |
The Marauders |
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11.00pm |
Double Cut |
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Saturday, 23rd August 2014 |
Saturday, 23rd August 2014 |
| 2.00pm |
NEW: The
Backroom Boys
** |
2.30pm |
Porter |
| 3.30pm |
Caravan |
4.00pm |
Emma Wilson Band |
| 5.00pm |
Jethro Tull's
Martin Barre |
5.30pm |
Jamie Williams
& The Roots Collective |
| 7.30pm |
NEW:
Marcus Malone
** |
7.00pm |
Greg Coulson |
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9.15pm |
NEW:
Mud Morganfield
** |
8.00pm |
The Mentulls |
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11.00pm |
Eric Bibb |
9.30pm |
Kyla Brox |
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11.00pm |
Bad Moon |
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** For details of changes see
www.bluesfestival.co.uk |
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Sunday, 24th August 2014 |
Sunday, 24th August 2014 |
| 2.00pm |
Snake Davis
Jazz Band |
1.30pm |
The Stumble |
| 3.30pm |
Connie Lush
and Blues Shouter |
2.45pm |
British Blues
Awards Presentations |
| 5.00pm |
Mike Sanchez |
4.00pm |
Cold Flame |
| 7.30pm |
Jim Diamond's
Blues Trail |
5.30pm |
Chris Bevington
Band |
| 9.15pm |
Eric Burdon &
The Animals |
7.00pm |
Lions For A Day |
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11.00pm |
Roy Young |
8.00pm |
Midnight Ramble |
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9.30pm |
The Franny Eubank
Band
(feat. Tom Attah) |
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11.00pm |
Ron Sayer Jnr |
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Monday, 25th August 2014 |
Monday, 25th August 2014 |
| 2.00pm |
Otis Grand
All Stars |
2.00pm |
Brothers Groove |
| 3.30pm |
Bob Malone Band |
3.15pm |
Steve Fulsham
Band |
| 5.00pm |
Grainne Duffy |
5.00pm |
Sky Valley
Mistress |
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7.30pm |
Andy
Fairweather Low |
6.00pm |
Slack Alice &
Friends |
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9.15pm |
Dr Feelgood |
7.30pm |
Red Butler |
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9.00pm |
The Country Blues
Band |
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The Acoustic Stage: |
Roadhouses - See
www.bluesfestival.co.uk
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MC:
Mal Gibson aka Charlie White |
The Admiral Lord
Rodney |
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The Crown Hotel |
| Friday, 22nd August 2014 |
The Green Chimney |
| 8.00pm |
Mal Gibson |
Colne Legion |
| 9.00pm |
Jo Bywater |
Colne & Nelson
RFC |
| 10.00pm |
Big Joe Bone |
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| 11.00pm |
Martyn Roper Trio |
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2.00pm |
Gary Grainger |
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3.15pm |
Jet Martin |
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4.30pm |
Tom Doughty |
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5.45pm |
Little Grace |
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6.15pm |
Benjamin Bassford |
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7.00pm |
Hokum Hotshots |
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8.30pm |
Lil' Ian Goodsman |
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9.45pm |
Rita Payne |
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11.00pm |
Beetroot Jam
(feat. Mal Gibson |
The Outdoor Stage |
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Sunday, 24th August 2014 |
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2.00pm |
Paul Dunbar |
2.00pm |
Lucy Zirins |
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3.15pm |
Kyla Brox |
3.00pm |
Ian Fawkes Route
66 |
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4.30pm |
Matt Woosey |
4.00pm |
The Della Grants |
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5.45pm |
Open Mic Session |
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6.15pm |
Qualia |
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7.00pm |
Red Butler |
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8.30pm |
Chris Bevington |
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9.45pm |
Pablo & Friends |
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11.00pm |
The Cats |
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Monday, 25th August 2014 |
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2.00pm |
Ged Wilson |
2.00pm |
Sons Of The Delta |
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3.15pm |
TC & The
Moneymakers |
3.00pm |
The Boozie Woozie Band |
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4.30pm |
Open Mic Session |
4.00pm |
Nick Dow's Blues Band |
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5.15pm |
New Rendition |
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6.00pm |
Brothers Groove |
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7.30pm |
Gypsy Bill & Del |
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Devil's Jukebox |
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Check out:
Photos from 2013..
The Great British R&B Festival
2013
Check out:
Photos from 2012..
The Great British R&B Festival 2012
Check out:
Photos from 2011..
The Great British R&B Festival 2011
Check out:
Photos from 2010..
The Great British R&B Festival 2010
Check out:
Photos from 2009..
The Great British
R&B Festival 2009
Check out:
Photos from 2008..
The Great British
R&B Festival 2008
Check out:
Photos from 2007...
The Great British R&B
Festival 2007
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2014 - TBA
JB's @ The Limetree Festival 2014
Limetree Farm
Grewelthorpe
North Yorkshire
www.jbsatthelimetreefestival.com
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22nd - 24th August
2014
Bell Rock Blues Festival
Arbroath
Scotland
Bluestrain
Sandy Tweeddale’s Blue Hyenas
Bad Luck And Trouble
Al Hughes
Declaration
Lyndon Anderson Band
George Lindsay Band
Midnight Blues Band
Jamie Harper Band
Blueshouse
Dana Dixon and The Big Kats
Mainstreet Blues
Robin Robertson Blues Band
Stone Pony
Doc Brown and The Groovecats
Baby Isaac
Dirt Road Blues
Bluebelly
Smokehouse
The Deal
Juke Joint Rollers
Hot Tin Roof
Ruff Cut
Low Down Dirty Mean
Georgia Crawl
Bottomline Blues
Junkyard Dogs
Safehouse
Vigilantes
Meet Mr. Callaghan
Two Wheels Good
Mr. Spider
Last Orders
Jimmy Jazz
Brian Rawson Band
Kwak
Sandy Tweeddale (solo)
www.bellrockblues.com
19 venues, 37 bands, 64 gigs - ALL FREE
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Sat 23rd - Sun 24th August
2014
5th Congleton Jazz & Blues Festival
Congleton
Cheshire
More information about the festival will be made available in the
programme,
you can see this on the Festival website:
www.congletonjazzandblues.co.uk
And on
the facebook site:
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Congleton-Jazz-Blues-Festival/428238135626
NB we
have our very own festival beer, brewed by local Beartown brewery, it is
called Brewgie Woogie Bear, and was a run away success at
the Summer Congleton Beer festival!! |
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Saturday 6th
September 2014
Openluchttheater De Doolhof
De Drink
5932 CP Tegelen
Netherlands
www.bluesrockfestival.nl
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Hell, Norway
www.bluesinhell.no
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Beer n' Blues Festival
(incorporating Boxstock Cigar Box Guitar Festival)
Band On The Wall, Manchester
2014 - TBA
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2014 -
TBA
Fri 6th - Sat 7th Sept
2013
6th Newark Blues Festival 2013
Newark on Trent
Nottinghamshire
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"This year, due to a number
of reasons, we have decided not to run the festival's main stage in
Newark Castle Grounds. Instead, this year will see the main stage move
into Newark's Palace Theatre and host a line up of top quality blues
music on Friday 6th September and Saturday 7th September.
In addition there will
be the usual programme of over 30 gigs in pub venues around the town".
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www.newarkblues.co.uk
Friday 6th Sept
The Hoax
Wildon T King
Laurence Jones
Saturday Afternoon
7th Sept
The Mustangs
Rhythm Zoo
Brothers Groove
Saturday Evening 7th Sept
Jo Harman
Ron Sayer Jr
Bare Bones Boogie Band
Blues Boy Kings |
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Acoustic Guitar Show
Olympia
London
www.londonacousticguitarshow.com
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Click here for details
Regular updates can be found on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/ShetlandBluesFestival
www.shetlandblues.info
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Fri 19th - Sun 21st September
2014
Ramsbottom Festival 2013
Ramsbottom Cricket Club
Ramsbottom
Lancashire
www.ramsbottomfestival.com
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Smokie Blues Festival
- TBA 2014
www.smokieblues.com
www.oxfordhotelsandinns.com
or
by telephone 01241876012
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19th - 21st September
2014
Orkney
Blues Festival
Stromness
Orkney Islands
Half Deaf Clatch
Nortsyde
Jon Amor
The Trevor Sewell Band
Sparo & The Yahs
D-Chords
The Hoodoomen
Jakalope
The Polkadots
The Fastliners
Andy Taylor Group
Rocker & Friends
Cosmic Soup
Charlie Wallhead
Almost Blue
Heather Macleod
Griogar Morrison
The Kniptions
Snarx
Dave Knowles
Ian Cooper Experience
Threeplay
www.orkneyblues.co.uk
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Southsea Folk Roots & Blues Day
Sunday 28th September 2014
Southsea
Hampshire
PO5 2NH
Main Events take place at:
Dockyard Club
Onslow Road
Southsea
Hampshire
PO5 2NH
www.southseafolkfestival.co.uk
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Thurs 2nd Oct - Sun
5th Oct 2014
21st Swanage Blues Festival 2014
"Three days of excellent music in a
friendly seaside town with a great atmosphere"
60 gigs, open mic and Acoustic & Electric jam sessions
in 15 indoor venues.
Artist details to be released on
their website soon.
WEBSITE
www.swanage-blues.org
MAILING LIST
Join the monthly mailing list at
www.swanage-blues.org
FACEBOOK
Swanage Blues
www.facebook.com/swanagebluesfest
Open Mic
www.facebook.com/swanagebluesopenmic
Steve Darrington
www.facebook.com/steve.darrington
EMAIL
info@swanage-blues.org
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Fri 3rd Oct - Sat
4th October 2014
Cotes d'Armor
Brittany
France
http://www.festival-blues-bretagne.fr
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Fri 2nd to Mon 5th October 2014
Blues Weekend
at Norton Grange
Norton Grange,
Yarmouth,
IOW,
Hampshire
www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012
Stevie Nimmo Trio
The Spikedrivers
Little Devils
Cry Baby & The Hoochie Coochie Boys
Navacross
Nigel Bagge Band
Stompin’ Dave
Jam sessions led by Tim Aves
MC/DJ Robert Hokum
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Sat 11th
October 2014
34th Rawa Blues Festival
Katowice
Poland
www.rawablues.com
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Bedford Esquires
Blues Festival
2014 - TBA
www.bedfordesquires.com
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10th - 12th October
2014
17th Beer R&B Festival
Beer
Devon
EX12 3JP
The Big
Blue,
The Elevators,
The Odyssey Blues Band,
Jeff Chapman's Roosters,
The Dirty Aces
and the amazing monster jam session
www.beerblues.co.uk
Phone: 01494 511886
Email:
sheila@beerblues.co.uk
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www.chesterbluesfestival.co.uk
www.southportbluesfestival.co.uk
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The Chester and Southport Blues Festivals bring
together some truly exciting acts from around the world,
all of which have been carefully picked and represent
some incredible musical talent. Not only does this
festival provide a plethora of bands and artists, but at
just £27 it is also one of the best value musical events
you are likely to attend all summer. Check our profiles
below of just some of the acts set to play at Chester
Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival.
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper is an American guitarist, songwriter and
record producer. He is probably best known as the
guitarist of Booker T. & the M.G.’s, an instrumental R &
B/funk band very influential in 60’s & 70’s in shaping
the sound of Southern Blues and Memphis soul. Booker T.
& the M.G.’s were one of the most prolific, respected,
and imitated of their era, releasing numerous albums and
singles and achieving a number 1 in the States with
“Green Onions” and the magic sound of “Time is Tight”
that got to number 4 in the UK charts.
Steve later gained fame as a member of the Blues Brother
band and was part of the primary band which backed up
the Blues Brothers, in 1980 the hit feature film and
cult classic The Blues Brothers. His musical talents
were well known outside of the USA; The Beatles favoured
his playing, and his production on Otis Redding records
and John Lennon and Paul McCartney made tentative plans
to record in Memphis, and to work with him. However
Brian Epstein cancelled the sessions, citing security
problems!
In 1992, Booker T. & the M.G.’s were inducted into the
rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Mojo ranks, Steve as “the
second-best guitarist ever” and in 1996 the magazine
named him “the greatest living guitar player”! When
asked what he thought of Cropper, the infamous Keith
Richards said, “Perfect, man.”
On 9 June 2005, he was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame and on 17 October 2010, this honour was
extended to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame!
In 2013 he was a special guest at selected concerts as
part of Peter Frampton’s Guitar Circus Tour and is still
wowing audiences wherever he plays!
Animals and Friends
Remain a seminal rhythm & blues band who still command
great respect internationally amongst their peers as
well as from fans of all ages!
Billy Walton Band
After spending years honing their craft it becomes
impossible for their unique style and personality to be
held back...such is the case with Billy Walton!
The Hitman Blues Band
Accompanied by the New York City Horns, this is the type
of music that will captivate and keep you thrilled from
start to finish!
Mākuini
It’s not only her remarkable voice but her drive and
personality that have made Mākuini one of New Zealand’s
best loved singers around the world today!
Lucy Zirins
Combining a mix of blues, soul, folk and gospel numbers
in her set and increasingly performing original
material, Lucy is fast making a name for herself!
The Hexmen
Blues based certainly but the defining quality of the
Hexmen has always been energy with an aggressive, indie
edge and a psychedelic undercurrent that lends extra
dimensions to the music.
With a truly International flavour and artists of this
calibre, festival goers can expect to see top class live
performances and hear a range of incredible sounds with
sets that incorporate Blues, Rock, R & B, Folk and Roots
Music, not forgetting material from the incredible Steve
Cropper!
Book online
at:
www.chesterbluesfestival.co.uk
www.southportbluesfestival.co.uk
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www.fromebluesfestival.co.uk
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EVENING SESSIONS
Sunday 26th October
Level 42
Monday 27th October
Gregory Porter
Tuesday 28th October
Van Morrison
Wednesday 29th October
Elvis Costello & Georgie Fame & The Blues Flames
Thursday 30th October
Beth Hart & Robert Cray Band
Friday 31st October
Sheryl Crow & Red Sky July
www.bluesfest.co.uk
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Sat
26th October
2014
9th Annual
Crawley Blues Festival 2014
The Hawth Foyer, Crawley
Box Office:
01293 553 636
Red Butler
Rag Mama Rag
Ian Siegal
Giles Hedley & The
Aviators
Sonny Black
Dave Kelly
http://www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/thehawth/
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Fri 7th - Sat 8th Nov
2014
9th Frederikshavn Blues Festival 2014
Denmark
www.bluesfestivalen.dk
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www.brakspear.co.uk
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KT's 8th
Annual Wakefield City Rhythm & Blues Festival
Sunday, 9th
November 2014
More
details soon.
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Fri 14th - Sun 16th Nov
2014
9th Tenby Blues Festival 2014
Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Saturday Headliner:
Andy Fairweather Low and The Lowriders
www.tenbyblues.co.uk
Contact:
Tenby Events,
De Valence,
Upper Frog Street,
Tenby,
Pembrokeshire SA70 7JD
Phone/Fax: 01834 843568
Email:
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CARLISLE
BLUES ROCK FESTIVAL 2014
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
NEW VENUE:
'The Venue', English Gate Plaza, Portland Place, Off London Road, Carlisle,
CA1 1RP
"a
bigger, better music venue, one that is built for live music with a
fantastic stage and bars. Located just off Carlisle City centre with
ample parking and 5 minutes walk from the train station. Same 19 top
class acts for the 3 days over the weekend".
Ticket(s) already purchased will still be valid at
the new venue.
Please keep an eye on the festival website for further news.
www.carlislebluesfestival.com
www.thevenuecarlisle.co.uk
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Carlisle Blues & Rock
Festival, News Update
Carlisle Blues and Rock
Festival, which will be held from 7th to 9th
November, is the festival that the top blues musicians
love to play, the one they all talk about, the one that
brings out the best in them. And organiser Nick
Westgarth has really excelled himself this year, with an
incredible five-star line-up – including most of the
top names on the current British blues circuit, along
with a selection of the highest-quality acts from
further afield.
Nick had a stressful time
recently, with the sudden closure of the festival’s
usual home, the Swallow Hilltop Hotel but, as he says,
‘Out of every crisis comes opportunity.’ He is convinced
that this will actually mark the start of a new and
exciting era for the festival. The event will now move
right into the heart of Carlisle.
Nick says:
Within 72 hours, I
managed to secure a bigger, better music venue, one that
is built for live music, with a fantastic stage and
bars. It's actually named “The Venue” (www.thevenuecarlisle.co.uk),
located just off Carlisle city centre, with ample
parking and 5 minutes’ walk from the train station. And
the team at The Venue are pulling out all the stops to
help me ensure that we will have a great festival with
the 19 top-class acts (no fill-in bands at this one!!)
confirmed for the three days over the early November
weekend. As they say, “Every cloud has a silver lining!”
The many festival goers
who had already booked accommodation at the Hilltop will
be accommodated in some of Carlisle’s most prestigious
hotels, including The Crown and Mitre, and The Hallmark,
all within easy walking distance of The Venue.
Ticket purchases can
still be made very simply via the festival website:
http://www.carlislebluesfestival.com/
Nick advises music-lovers
to waste no time booking their tickets as all this
activity has sparked a lot of interest, and they are
being snapped up quickly and this festival regularly
sells out. They are amazing value at only £31 for Friday
and Sunday single-day tickets, £46.50 for Saturday, and
£99.50 for the full weekend.
Full details of the acts
are available below or on the festival website but these
are a few of the highlights.
FRIDAY
will be USA day with special guests MIKE ZITO & THE
WHEEL and SAMANTHA FISH, with MARCUS MALONE (originally
from Detroit) making a welcome return. Mike and Samantha
are certainly creating a buzz on the global blues scene,
and many people will be excited to see them in action.
SATURDAY will
be a celebration of British Blues, including some
musicians who have been at the top of the game for
years, and others who are relatively new - from THE
CLIMAX BLUES BAND and BLUES’N’TROUBLE to CONNIE LUSH and
AYNSLEY LISTER and on to BLUES BOY DAN and the latest
sensational band which is storming the country, ROSCO
LEVEE & THE SOUTHERN SLIDE.
SUNDAY is
always the day of surprises and, invariably, many
memorable moments. Last year it was Ian Siegal with the
Mudbloods (unplugged) and the mighty Royal Southern
Brotherhood, who just blew everyone away. This time Ian
Siegal and Jimbo Mathus are capturing people's
imaginations, not to mention THE BOOM BAND with four
(yes, FOUR) guitarists and Paddy Milner on keys. They
will be more than a bit special, especially as the
guitarists are MARCUS BONFANTI (currently filling Alvin
Lee's shoes in Woodstock legends Ten Years After), JON
AMOR, MATT TAYLOR and former England Test cricketer MARK
BUTCHER.
To sum up, if there's one place for UK
blues and rock fans to be this November, this is it. But
don’t delay – get your ticket today!
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Take a look at the 2013 Festival Photos
here.
Take a look at the 2012 Festival Photos
here.
Take a look at the 2011 Festival Photos
here.
Take a look at the 2010 Festival Photos
here.
Take a look at the 2009 Festival Photos
here.
Take a look at the 2008 Festival Photos
here.
Take a look at the 2007 Festival Photos
here.
Full details on the Carlisle Blues Festival website:
www.carlislebluesfestival.com
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8th - 16th November
2014
20th Lucerne Blues Festival 2014
Lucrene
Switzerland
Locations:
Grand Casino Luzern & Casineum Luzern
Mainstage & Clubstage
Haldenstrasse 6
CH-6006 Luzern
www.grandcasinoluzern.ch
Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern
Festival Opening & Bluesbrunch
Schweizerhofquai
CH-6002 Luzern
P: +41 41 410 04 10
www.schweizerhof-luzern.ch
Hotel Seeburg Luzern
Bluesbrunch
Seeburgstrasse 53-61
CH-6006 Luzern
P: +41 41 375 55 55
www.hotelseeburg.ch
www.bluesfestival.ch
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