Blues Festivals (UK) 08

UK Blues Festivals 2008

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 blues festivals not listed here. Thanks, Alan White.
Email: alan.white@earlyblues.com

It's quicker to click on the month you want rather than scrolling down - it's becoming a big list!

January 2008

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Friday, 25th to Monday, 28th January
Butlins Rock & Blues Festival
Butlins Resort
Skegness
Lincolnshire

Phone: 0870 162 1805

www.butlinsonline.co.uk

Check out the photos

The Blues Band
Dr Feelgood
The Hamsters
Wilko Johnson
The Stumble
John Otway
British Blues Quartet
Slack Alice
Never The Bride John Verity and Bob Henrit Band (formerly Argent and Kinks)
Stray
Zoot Money
Gary Fletcher Band (formerly Dire Straits)
Kyla Brox Band
Freebird
Johnnie Guitar Williamson (of Animals and Friends)
Mike Bowden (of The Roach Twins)
Gypopo Mayo (formerly of Dr Feelgood and The Yardbirds)
John O’Leary Band

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Friday, 25th - Monday, 28th January
Blues Weekend at Lakeside
Hayling Island, Hampshire

www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012

Otis Grand
Earl Green & The Right Time
Bad Influence
Robin Bibi Band
The Elevators
Cryin Out Loud
Bob Bowles
Chicken Legs Weaver
Arnie Cottrell
Five Field Holler
and Tony Farinha as MC

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February 2008

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Friday, 22nd - Monday, 25th February
Blues Weekend at Alvaston Hall
Nantwich, Cheshire

www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012

Connie Lush & Blues Shouter
Jerimiah Marques & The Blue Aces
The King Earl Boogie Band
Blue Touch
The Blue Kings
and Chris Powers as MC.
Blue Touch are leading the late night jams.

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March 2008

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Friday, 7th to Sunday, 9th March
The Eighth Swanage Blues Festival

www.swanageblues.org

Admission free to all venues

The Guv'nors
The Mustangs
Sonny Black
Storm Warning
Motel 6
Jon Walsh Blues Band
The Jives
Harris, Budden & Osborne
Coalhouse Walker
Angelina & JC Grimshaw
Robert Hokum Band
Hightown Crows
Ernie's Rhythm Section
Steve Darrington

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Saturday, 8th March
21st Banbury Blues & Roots Festival
The Mill Arts Centre,
Banbury,
Oxford

The Mill - 01295 279002
Crazy Cactus – 01280 705301

John O'Leary Band
Ian Parker Band
DAvid Bristow
Abie Budgen
Keith Thompson & Patsy Gamble
J C and Angelina
Roland Chadwick
Michael Berk
Amrit Sond
Adrian Legg

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Sunday, 9th March
The Farnham Blues Festival
The Farnham Maltings
Bridge Square
Farnham, Surrey

www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 01252 745444

The Hamsters
Ian Parker Band
Big Boy Bloater & His Southside Stompers
Slack Alice
Innes Sibun
Sonny Black
Giles Hedley & The Aviators
Larry Miller
Sam Kelly's Blues Band
Paul Cox Band
Nat Martin Band
Hot Club
Coalhouse Walker Blues Band
Dani Wilde
Oli Brown
Tony Farinha
Tim Aves

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Easter Bank Holiday:
Friday, 21st to Sunday, 23rd March
20th Burnley National Blues Festival
Burnley Mechanics, Burnley, Lancashire

www.burnleymechanics.co.uk
Phone: 01282 664400

Sponsored by:

Check out the 2008 Festival Photos

Check out the 2007 Festival photos

OLIVER'S BAR:

FRIDAY 21ST MARCH
2.00pm   Tin Pan Alley
4.00pm   The Convertibles
6.00pm   The Back Porch Blues Band
8.00pm   Roy Mette
10.00pm Khalif 'Wailin' Walter

SATURDAY 22ND MARCH
2.00pm   Chris James
4.00pm   Chantel McGregor
6.00pm   Route 66
8.00pm   Oli Brown
10.00pm Lyndon Anderson

SUNDAY 23RD MARCH
2.00pm   Jim Crawford
4.00pm   Stone Sole River
6.00pm   Eddie 'Blue' Lester & the Ravens
8.00pm   Bill Daison Band
10.00pm Slowburner

MAIN STAGE (MC Chris Powers):

FRIDAY 21ST MARCH
7.00pm Thorbjorn Risager
8.30pm Earl Thomas Band
10.00pm Little Charlie & the Nightcats

SATURDAY 22ND MARCH
2.30pm   Dani Wilde
3.30pm   The Backbones
5.00pm   Connie Lush
6.30pm   Angela Brown & the Mighty 45’s
8.00pm   Michael Roach Band & Johnny Mars
9.30pm   Little Willie Littlefield &
              Mike Sanchez & the Portions

SUNDAY 23RD MARCH
2.30pm   The Stumble
3.30pm   Boo Boo Davies
5.00pm   Sean Webster
6.30pm   Nick Moss & the Fliptops
8.00pm   Henry Butler
9.30pm   Duke Robillard Band

WORKSHOPS:

SATURDAY 22ND MARCH
1.00pm Michael Roach - Guitar Workshop
3.00pm Johnny Mars - Harmonica Workshop

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April 2008

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Friday, 11th - Saturday, 12th April
European Weenie Campbell Weekend
The Cobo Bay Hotel
Cobo
Guernsey

www.weekendblues.org

"A gathering of pre-war acoustic blues nuts who do a bit of performing, a bit of workshopping, and a bit of impromptu but organised jamming...... Basically the musos' names get drawn out of a hat in groups of three and you have to go away and learn something performable on the Saturday night. Oh yes, there's also a blues quiz with a first prize of 99 years on a genuine chain gang in rural Mississippi".

Quote from Allan Jones, blues guitarist par excellence!

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Friday, 11th - Monday, 14th April
Blues Weekend at Bodelwyddan Castle
Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel,
Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire,
North Wales

www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012

Never The Bride
Kyla Brox Band
Eddie 'Blue' Lester & The Ravens from Texas
Family Style from Italy
Giles Hedley & The Aviators
Robi Zonca, also from Italy
Jack The Biscuit are leading the jam sessions and blues aficionado Chris Powers is MC

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Friday, 25th - Sunday, 27th April
Second Beer Blues & Roots Festival
Beer, Devon

www.steppinout.info
Phone: 01494 511886
Email: sheila@stepinout.info

Friday:
Bibi & Martin & Red Jackson
The Mariners Hall, Fore St., Beer.
Admission £10 (£8 under 16 or over 65)

Saturday Lunchtime:
Tim Royce
The Anchor, Fore St., Beer,
from 1.30 Free Admission

Saturday night:
Champagne Charlie & Sugarbeet and Motel 6 (unplugged)
The Mariners Hall (as Above)

Sunday lunchtime:
Acoustic style jam session
The Social Club, Berry Hill, Beer

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Wednesday, 30th April
'Muddy Waters Remembered'
The Oval Tavern
Oval Road
Croydon

Click here for details

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May 2008

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Friday, 2nd - Saturday, 3rd May
10th Bushy's Big Wheel Blues Festival
Laxey Pavilion Ballroom,
Laxey Glen Gardens,
Isle of Man

www.bigwheelblues.com

Ticket only event:
£15 for each night available via the above website

See also details of the launch event on 21st March with Boo Boo Davis

Friday:
Hamilton Loomis and his Band
Plus support

Saturday:
Sherman Robertson and Blues Move
Plus support

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Friday, 2nd - Monday, 5th May
4th Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival
Swansea

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Tickets from
Mumbles Tourist Information Centre
Mumbles Methodist Church
Mumbles
Swansea SA3 4BU
Tel 01792 361302

Swansea Jazzland
Tel 07802 912789
Tawe Delta Blues Club
Tel 01792 830061

The Hamish Stewart Band
Oliver Nezhati
Mike Markey and Nick Jones
The Spikedrivers
The Hamsters
The Baddest Blues Band Ever
The Keith Little Band
Lewis Clement
The Amigos
Virgil & The Accelerators
Brian Breeze
Lee Gibson
Red-Eyed Fly
Sean Webster Band
Gordon Wride
BBC Big Band
Buena Risca Social Clwb
The Blues Cruise
The Contenders
Will Killeen

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Saturday, 3rd to Monday, 5th May
BLOOZ'08: 3rd Leeds Blues Festival

www.bluespromoz.com or email nigel.blooz@ntlworld.com

Venues:
North Leeds Working Mens Club,
Lincoln Green Road ( approx 1 mile from the city centre)
The Duck & Drake, Kirkgate (close to Kirkgate Market and Leeds City Bus Station)
The Grove, Back Row (close to Leeds Railway Station)
The Brewery Tap, Idle near Bradford

Booked so far:
The Oli Brown Band

Tom Attah

Steve French Band

Billy Martin Jnr

Blue Kings (Leeds based band)

Route 666

Dani Wilde

The Convertibles

Lee Bates & Billy Newton

The Charlie White Project

Sly Fox

Roy Mette

For more details see the North of England section of the website - click here (coming soon!)

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Saturday, 3rd to Sunday 4th May
The Yellow's on the Broom 9th International Music & Arts Festival
Sillyflatt Barn
Inverbervie
Scotland

Tel: 01569 750756

www.yellowsonthebroom.ifb.co.uk

"an eclectic and wide range of musical genres on offer with the emphasis on quality and unusual acts that represent an international culture"

Click here for more info

Saturday 3rd May:
HELLDORADO	Stavanger, Norway
MOON SUK O3 ORCHESTRA	Berlin, Germany
THE TRYBE	Aberdeen/Stonehaven
MOSSY RIVER ROCK BAND	Glasgow
TIMO GROSS	Heidelberg, Germany
DEVILTRAIN	Aberdeen
TAIKO DRUMMERS	UK
Sunday 4th May:
MAN AT THE WINDOW	Glasgow
STEVEY HAY&THE RAYVONS	Edinburgh
MOON SUK O3 ORCHESTRA	Berlin, Germany
THE RESIDENTS	Inverbervie/Gourdon
GERRY JABLONSKI	Aberdeen
MOSSY RIVER ROCK BAND	Glasgow
KATIE&THE DULL FUDDS	Scottish Borders
SODEYA	UK

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Dates TBA
2nd Annual Black Country Blues Festival
The Robin 2, Mount Pleasant, Bilston,
Wolverhampton, WV14 7LJ

Festival Booking Office:
01902 401211
www.therobin.co.uk

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Thursday, 22nd to Monday, 26th May
The 10th International
Guinness Blues on the Bay Festival
Warrenpoint, Nothern Ireland

www.bluesonthebay.com

70 gigs in 5 days... details coming soon

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Mayfest 2008
Brent Pelham
Essex

www.mayfest.org.uk

No festival in 2008 - look forward to 2009!!

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Friday 30th May to Sunday 1st June

Leicester City Blues Festival

De Montfort Hall + Gardens

Leicester

Three days, Three stages and more than 40 acts....

Phone: 0116 233 3111

www.leicesterbluesfestival.com

Friday
King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys
Mike Sanchez & The Portions
Kingsize
The Drugstore Cowboys
The Sugars
Tipitina

Saturday
Gary Moore
Heavy Trash (feat. Jon Spencer)
The Hamsters
David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Ian Parker Band
Son of Dave
Hijak Oscar
Tam White
Kent DuChaine
Johnny Dickinson
Johnny Walker (Soledad Brothers)
Matt Andersen
Scott H Biram
Matt Schofield Trio
Harper
Chicken Legs Weaver
Jim Jones Revue
Pete Molinari
Mick Pini with Al Sampson
Dani Wilde
Derrin Nauendorf
Rory Ellis
Jack of Hearts Band
Dan Razzer
Dave Peabody

Sunday
Travelling Riverside Blues Band
Simon Honeyboy Hickling
Ian Siegal
Groanbox Boys
Adrian Byron Burns
Leicester Acoustic Blues All-Stars
Funkydory
The 44s
Crowfoot
The Ragtime Jug Orchestra

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Friday, 30th May to Monday, 2nd June
Big Blues Weekend at Sinah Warren
Hayling Island, Hampshire

www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012

Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges
Nicky Moore’s Blues Corporation
Papa George Band
Australian band Harper
Tim Aves is running the jam sessions
and Bob Hokum is MC.

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Friday, 30th May to Monday, 2nd June
Ashburton Blues Festival
Devon

www.ashburtonbluesfestival.com

Check out BBC Radio Devon Mondays 6.00pm for Devon's own Blues radio show

Adrenalin-pumping R n'B rockers DR FEELGOOD;
The fabulous IAN PARKER, with riveting soul-infused blues and massive stage presence;
Rising stars, THE WILDCARDS with their deep blues, cool jazz and rockabilly;
ERNIE'S RHYTHM SECTION a jumping young four-piece from Manchester;
SMOKESTACK with a pumping 50's Chicago-rooted set;
The growling harp of virtuoso IAN BRIGGS & THE SUPERVAMPERS;
The rock-solid groove of road-veterans THE BAD KNEES BLUES BAND;
Solo lap-slide virtuoso STEVE DOW;
Up-and-coming young band JAY TAMKIN & THE CRACKERS

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Friday, 30th May to Monday, 2nd June
The Guinness Castebar Blues Festival

www.castlebarblues.com
Phone: 00 353 9490 23111

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June 2008

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Friday, 6th & Saturday, 7th June
Wallingford Blues & Beer Festival
Regal Centre
Wallingford
Oxfordshire

www.bluesandbeer.co.uk

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Saturday, 7th June
Borough Blues Summer Festival
New Panteg Rugby Club,
New Inn,
Pontypool,
South Wales

www.boroughblues.com

14:00 – 15:00 BOROUGH BLUES CLUB Workshop Band
15:30 – 17:00 Mango Crow
17:30 – 18:30 Still Got the Blues
19:00 – 20:30 Blue Traffic
21:00 Virgil & The Accelerators

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Saturday, 14th June
Blues and Booze in The Bury festival
Odiham
Hampshire

Free Entry Event, fundraising for The Neurofibromatosis Association.

email long.boblong@gmail.com
website bobalong.co.uk
Tel Tricia Stephens 01256 704701

Featuring:
Bob Long
Pete Harris and High Budden
Jim Crawford
Ernie's Rhythm Section
The Spikedrivers

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Friday, 20th to Sunday, 22nd June
Linton Music Festival 2008
Alma Inn, Linton, Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire. HR9 7RY

www.lintonfestival.org

Full details click here

Updates coming soon:
Photos and Review

Click here for 2007 Photos & Reviews

Friday 20th June
The Revolutionaires
Slowburner
The Blockheads

Saturday 21st June
Joanne Shaw-Taylor
NuBlues
R J Mischo
Big Blind
The Stumble
King Pleasure And The Biscuit Boys

Sunday 22nd June
Ramon Goose Band
DC Fontana
British Blues Quintet
The Animals

Full details click here

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Thursday, 19th to Sunday, 22nd June
The 20th Blues On The Farm
Pump Bottom Farm
Birdham Road
Appledram
Nr. Chichester
West Sussex PO20 7EH

www.bluesonthefarm.co.uk
Phone: 01243 773828
or 01243 539072

Thursday, 19th June:
Krissy Matthews
Innes Sibun
The Hamsters

Friday, 20th June:
Dani Wilde
Aynsley Lister
Point Blank

Saturday, 21st June:
Lisa Mills
Bullitt
Rodney Branigan
The BBQ
Errol Linton`s Blues Vibe
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes
Debbie Bonham

Sunday, 22nd June:
Kris Dollimore
3AM
Gary Fletcher Band
Giles Headley and the Aviators
Matthew Lee
Albert Nyathi & Imboni

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Thursday, 26th to Sunday 28th June
BluesWater 2008
The 2nd Morecambe Blues Festival
Morecambe
Lancashire

The UK's Nearly Newest Blues Festival

Info and Tickets 01524 424 303
(Steve Middlesbrough)

www.kalimba.co.uk

2007 Photos and Reviews

Thursday 26th June 2008 - Ma Murphy's
8pm - 1am (Free)
Doctor Brown & The Groovecats
Will Tang Band
Swamp Dogs
The Lemonsqueezers

Friday 27th June 2008 - The Imperial
8pm - 1am (Free)
Sly Fox
Dave Arcari
The Section
Courtland Bresner
WMD

Saturday 28th June 2008 - The Carlton
7pm - 1am (£10 Door / £8 Advance)
The Simon “Honeyboy” Hickling Band
The Roach Twins
Electric Mud
Courtland Bresner

Sunday 29^th June – The Imperial
7pm – 1am (Free)
The Swamp Dogs
Brute Force & Ignorance
One Chip Potato

Artists may be subject to slight changes.

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Friday, 27th to Sunday, 29th June
Dundee Blues Bonanza
Dundee, Scotland

www.dundeebluesbonanza.co.uk
Phone: 01382 305160

Robert Penn
The Flaming Stratmen
Rattlesnakin Daddies
Dr Bendix
Black River Bluesman and the Croaking Lizard
Nikolaj Anderson
Wolftrain

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Saturday, 28th June
"Goin' Up The Country"
4th Blues & Roots Festival
Worthenbury
Nr Wrexham

www.hookerblues.co.uk

Phone 01948 770215 for tickets

Lightnin' Willie & The Poor Boys

Bill Sheffield & Dave Saunders

The Stumble

Tommy Allen & Johnny Hewitt

Sam Payne

Dave Arcari

The Big Barn Blues Band

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July 2008

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Saturday, 5th July
The 1st Wichenford Blues Festival
The Mason’s Arms,
Wichenford,
Martley,
Worcestershire WR6 6RA

www.wichenfordbluesfest.co.uk

Phone Oliver: 01886 812888

Featuring nine hours of nationally acclaimed blues music, excellent food, beer and stalls.
Just £10 for the whole day.
Bargain!

The Big Blues Tribe
Memphis in the Meantime
Alma Latina
Cracker & the Woodpeckers
Mumbo-Jumbo
Chris Gibbons
The Blue Toones
Dave Reeves
David Bristow

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Saturday, 12th July
Northill Blues Festival
The Crown at Northill
Bedfordshire

Northill Blues Festival Home Page

www.thecrown-northill.com

1.00 pm      John Crampton
2.20 pm     The Paul Garner Band
3.50 pm     Gwyn Ashton
5.25 pm     Cherry Lee Mewis
6.50 pm     Moondogs
8.45 pm     3AM

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Wednesday, 16th to Sunday, 20th July
The Larmer Tree Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal,
Near Salisbury

www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
Phone: 023 8071 1820

Check out the weather forecast here:

Wednesday 16th
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Eric Bibb
Willie and The Bandits

Thursday 17th
The Levellers
Bellowhead

Friday 18th-Sunday 20th
Kate Rusby
Julie Fowlis
LaXula

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Friday, 18th to Saturday
Abertillery Blues Gŵyl Festival
Abertillery Park, Ebbw Vale,
Blaenau Gwent, Wales

www.blaenaugwentvenues.com
Phone: 01495 355800

Robert Cray Band
Dr Feelgood
Ian Parker
Connie Lush
Jon Cleary
Storm Warning
Blue Traffic
Hard Travelers
Tyler Brown Band
Samuel James

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Friday, 18th to Sunday, 20th July
Upton Blues Festival
Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire

Contact:
Bridge End Cottage
East Waterside
Upton upon Severn
WR8 0PB

E-mail: info@uptonbluesfestival.org.uk
Phone: 01684 594897

www.uptonbluesfestival.org.uk

Let's hope the weather is better than last year!
Check out the forecast here:

Updated:
2007 Photos and Reviews
(with photos of the floods)

This is a FREE festival

Big Blues Tribe
Big Boy Bloater
The Blues Band
Bluez Project
Connie Lush and Blues Shouter
Derek and The Checkmates
Eddie Martin
Fabulous Boogie Boys
Groovyhead
Ian Seigal Band
IDMC Gospel Service
Jack The Biscuit
Med Snookes & The Good Scratch
Michael Roach Band
Mike Sanchez & The Portions
Notorious Brothers
Official Receivers
Perry Foster
Pure Instinct
Quill
Red-Eyed Fly
Roy Mette Band
Sam Hare & Friends
Sam Payne
Sarah Warren Band
Slide Boy Roy
Slowburner
Sophie Garner and the New Breed
T bones
The Nightflies
Voodoo
Will Killeen

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Thursday, 17th to Sunday, 20th July
The 2008 Cambridge Rock Festival
(incorporating the Rockinbeerfest)
Wood Green Animal Centre, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire

www.rockinbeerfest.co.uk
Phone: 0845 299 0845
Tickets on sale now:
Early bird ticket for the full 4 day festival (before 1st March) is £69,
than £79 before 1st July,
thereafter £89
Day tickets, camping and caravan space available.

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Friday, 25th to Sunday, 27th July
10th Maryport Blues Festival
Maryport, Cumbria

Tickets on sale 2nd May

www.maryportblues.co.uk
Phone: 01900 602122

or buy tickets online at
http://www.ticketline.co.uk/
or phone 0871 424 4444

Check out....
2007 Reviews and photos

Trail Bands:
Blues Positive
Broken Toy
Dave Acari
Dr Brown & the Groovecats
Feed Me
Fran & Mike
Green Mac
Guy Tortora (US)
Head for the Hills
Howard Smith & The Razors
Krissy Matthews
The John O’Leary Band
Little Stevie & the Business
Mingos Locker
Nine Lives
No Mean Feat
Robin Bibi Band
Robin Hoare Band
Ruffcut
Skinwalker
Skunk
Solway Deltas
Starvin Syd
Sean Webster
South Quay
The Cats
The Sam Kelly Blues Band
Trafficker
Vertigo
Wait & Blues
WT Feaster Band (US)

Coming soon..
2008 Photos and Reviews

Friday Evening, 25th July

7.00-7.30	The Evidence (UK)
7.45-9.00	Little Jenny & the Blue Beans (Scandinavia)
9.30-10.45	Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory (US)
11.00-12.00	Chuck Berry (US)

Saturday Afternoon, 26th July

2.00-3.00	Lisa Mills & Ian Jennings (US/UK)
3.15-4.30	Derrin Nauendorf & Jeff Lang (Aus)
4.45-6.00	Earl Thomas (US)

Saturday Evening, 26th July

7.00-8.00	Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen (US)
8.30-10.00	Beth Rowley (UK)
10.30-12.00	Jimmie Vaughan (US)

Sunday Afternoon, 27th July

2.00-3.00	Ian Parker Band (UK)
3.15-4.15	Chris Farlowe (UK)
4.30-6.00	Ian Siegal Band (UK)

Sunday Evening, 28th July

7.30-8.30	Sherman Robertson Band (US)
9.00-10.30	Jools Holland & the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra featuring Marc Almond, Ruby Turner & Louise Marshall (UK)

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Saturday, 26th to Sunday, 3rd August
Gloucester International Rhythm & Blues Festival
Gloucester

www.gloucesterblues.co.uk
Phone: 01452 412828

Mike Sanchez and The Portions
Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
The Big Blues Tribe
Oliver Darling and The Dirty Robbers
Perry Foster
Will Killeen
Moles & Skylarks
Little Jenny & The Blue Beans
Tom McNair

See festival website for full list

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August 2008

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Friday, 1st - Monday, 4th August
Blues Weekend
Littlecote House Hotel,
Hungerford,
Berkshire
RG17 0SU

www.boogaloopromotions.com
www.warnerbreaks.co.uk
Phone: 0870 601 6012

Chris Farlowe with the Norman Beaker Band
The Stumble
Ocean's Seven
Rollo Markee & The Tailshakers (Rollo will also be leading the late night jam sessions)
Pete G is MC for the weekend.

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Saturday, 2nd - Sunday, 3rd August
Bfestival 2008
Bower House Inn,
Eskdale,
Cumbria

www.bfest.co.uk

Phone: 01946 723244

All in aid of First Responders & Mountain Rescue

Solway Delta Blues Band
Judith Jones Band
Courtland Bresner
The Dirty Soul Band
and many more.....

Thursday, 7th to Sunday, 10th August
Wickham Festival
Fareham
Hampshire

Contact:
Box Office: 01329 231942 or
023 80711818

The Festival Office, 51 Russell Street, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 3JD.

www.wickhamfestival.co.uk

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Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August
Bentworth 2008
The Star Inn, Bentworth, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5RB

Phone 01420 561224

Contact Matt on 01420 561224

email matt@star-inn.com

Tickets
Weekend Tickets £30
Saturday Ticket £25
Sunday Ticket £20
Friday Ticket £5
Discount for group bookings of 10 or more

Overnight camping £5.00 Fri, Sat and Sun

Breakfast will be available at the pub £5

Pre book your tickets now by credit card 01420 561224
Don't forget to mention earlyblues.com

By Cheque (payable to "The Star Inn") to
Blues 2008 The Star Inn
Bentworth,
Alton,
Hampshire
GU34 5RB

Friday
The Robin Bibi Band web
Jules Benjamin web

Saturday
Funky Dory web
Trafficker web
Cryin' Out Loud web
Pete Harris Blues Band
Sarah Warren Band web
Dave Rapahel
Primo Blues web
Five Field Holler web
The Jon Walsh Band web

Sunday
The Spike Drivers web
Mickey Flynn
Danny Kyle web
Nigel Bagge web
Denise Marie web
Claude Bourbon web
Rowland Chadwick
Michael Burke web

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August Bank Holiday
Friday, 22nd to Monday, 25th August
The 19th Great British R&B Festival
Colne, Lancashire

Full details:
www.bluesfestival.co.uk
Ticket hotline: 01282 661234

COMING SOON: Photos from 2008..
The Great British R&B Festival 2008

Check out: Photos from 2007...
The Great British R&B Festival 2007

British Stage:

Pete Kuddy will be the MC on the
British Stage for the weekend.

Friday 22nd August

8.30pm Robin BiBi Band

10.00pm Karac

11.30pm Little Stevie & the Business

Saturday 23rd August

2.00pm Lights Out By Nine

3.30pm Cullin Blues

5.00pm Scott Whitley Blues Experience

7.30pm Bill Daison Band feat. George Glover

9.00pm Revelator Band

10.30pm Adrian Ingram's Blues Station

12.00pm The Paul Rose Band

Sunday 24th August
'The Blues Matters Stage'

2.00pm Lazy Poker

3.30pm Cutler/Waterworth

5.00pm The Mick Rutherford Band

7.00pm The Mustangs

9.15pm Roadhouse

11.15pm The Brew

12.30pm Jam Session

Monday 25th August

2.00pm Krissy Mathews Band

3.30pm The Steve French Band

5.00pm Stumble

7.00pm Gugun & Blues Shelter

8.30pm Slack Alice

10.00pm Larry Miller Band

Acoustic Stage:

King Rollo will be the MC on the
Acoustic Stage for the weekend.

Friday 22nd August

8.00pm King Rollo

9.15pm Singapore Slim & the Junkhouse Dog

10.30pm The Last Gasp Spasm Band
(Part 1)

12.00pm The Last Gasp Spasm Band
(Part 2)

Saturday 23rd August

2.00pm Kent Duchaine

3.15pm Lee Bates & Billy Newton

4.30pm Paul Rose (Acoustic)

6.00pm Open Mic Session

7.30pm Giles Hedley

8.30pm Kent Duchaine

9.30pm Giles Hedley

10.30.pm Hokum Hotshots

Sunday 24th August

2.00pm Graham Robinson

3.15pm Mud in your Ear

4.30pm Tom Doughty

6.00pm Opend Mic Session

7.30pm Tom Doughty

8.30pm Emily Druce

9.30pm Pie

10.30pm Gary Boyles Bruze

Monday 25th August

2.00pm Diamond Doc Charnley

3.15pm Jet Martin

4.30pm Andy Stone (Winchesters)

6.00pm Open Mic Session

7.30pm Bowden & Williamson

8.45pm Billy Martin Jnr

10.00pm King Rollo

International Stage:

Chris Powers will be the MC on the International Stage for the weekend.
Friday 22nd August
7.00pm	Supercharge
8.30pm	Dr Feelgood
10.15pm	Nine Below Zero
12.00am	Eddie and the Hotrods

Saturday 23rd August
2.00pm	Linda Gail Lewis with Blues Band
3.30pm	Ian Parker Band
5.00pm	Clause Ingstrom and Skyhigh (Sweden)
7.30pm	The Zombies
9.15pm	Billy Boy Arnold
11.00pm	The Yardbirds

Sunday 24th August
2.00pm	King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys
3.30pm	Kyla Brox
5.00pm	Nuno Mindelis (the Beast from Brazil)
6.45pm	Arden Youth Choir
7.30pm	Taste
9.15pm	Ruby Turner
11.00pm	Walter Trout

Monday 25th August
2.00pm	Danny Bryant's RedEye Band
3.30pm	Albert Lee and Hogan's Heroes
5.00pm	Maggie Bell & Blues Quintet & Zoot Money
7.30pm	Steve Cropper
9.15pm	Andy Fairweather Low
11.00pm	Wilko Johnson Band
Also Check out: The Return of Max's Acoustic Blues at Jim's Cafe

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Sunday, 24th August
The Barnard Castle Rhythm & Blues Festival 2008

Barnard Castle

County Durham

DL12 8NG

www.barneybigbash.com

Phone: 01833 637234

Steve Cropper with The Animals

John O'Leary Band
Big Gilson And Blues Dynamite
Green Mac
Blues DeLuxe
Sam Sullivan Band
Yeadon Wesley Blues Experience
Black Cat Bone
and more tba.....

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Friday, 29th to Sunday, 31st August
The Rhythm Festival
Twinwood Arena, Clapham,
Near Bedford

www.rhythmfestival.net
Phone: Email only

Steve Cropper with The Animals,
Jah Wobble's Special Event,
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams (USA),
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band,
Wilko Johnson and his band,
Mike Sanchez,
+ more...

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Friday, 29th to Sunday, 31st August
5th Shetland Blues Festival
Venues and programme still to be confirmed.

www.shetlandblues.info

Click here for the Press Release

Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes
Steve Phillips
Lyndon Anderson