Acoustic Blues Weekend
of workshops, jams and performance.
Friday 28th to Sunday 1st March 2020

The programme will offer classes starting on Friday from 1pm to 5pm followed by a staff concert at 8pm. On Saturday, classes will run from 10am to 5pm followed by an evening jam session from 8pm to midnight for ‘participants only’. On Sunday, classes will run from 10am to 3pm.  The classes will cater for all levels of ability and we recommend you bring along a portable recorder for future reference. The tutors for the ‘Acoustic Blues Weekend’ are John Miller (country blues guitar), Adam Franklin (bottleneck slide guitar) and Will Wilde (harmonica).
 

The UK Blues Federation proudly present
the '2020 FORM UK Blues Awards'

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak the Awards Event will now be a virtual event still to be held on Sunday 17th May 2020 and you are ALL INVITED

The event will be compared by Paul Jones with other prestigious guests - Full details will be published soon.

STAY SAFE

2020 FORM UKBlues Awards Presentation event

Sunday 17^th May 2020 from 18.00 BST on the UKBlues Federation’s YouTube channel 

https://www.facebook.com/UKBlues/

EUROPAfest is an international music festival held each spring in May, in Bucharest and Sibiu ( European Capital of Culture 2007 ), Romania. The festival is considered a country brand being the only one in Europe which presents four music genres in a single event: jazz, blues, pop and classical music, bringing together over 300 musicians from around the globe, 45-50 countries.

During festival, numerous events take place, including concerts, competitions, workshops, master-classes, jam sessions, cafe festival and gala concert.

The festival’s aim is to offer a distinct event in Europe, an enriching experience for the audience. In 2016 EUROPAfest celebrated 23 years of music excellence. Starting 2005 the international festival EUROPAfest is organized under the High Patronage of Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Margarita and Prince Radu.

major concert halls, jazz clubs, coffee shops, outdoor

Bucharest, Sibiu
Romania

http://www.jmevents.ro, http://www.europafest.ro

Situated in the town of Crisser, Switzerland, located on the outskirts of Lausanne, a few steps from the shores of Lake Geneva, between Geneva and Montreux.

Voici les premiers noms de cette future édition :

• Cedric Burnside

• Delgrès

• The Como Mamas

• The Goon Mat & Lord Bernado

• Dr. David Evans

• Iretta & Johnie B. Sanders Blues

• Floyd Beaumont & the Arkadelphians

http://www.blues-rules.com/

Dearest Roosters, 
 
We need to make an important announcement concerning Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Red Rooster.

After much deliberation and with the safety of our audience being of the utmost importance, Red Rooster 2020 has been postponed and will now take place 4-6 September at Euston Hall. This has not been an easy decision, but we hope that in light of the current situation we are all facing together, you can understand this is the right way forward. 
 
Our headliners Richard Hawley and Asleep at The Wheel have confirmed they are available for the new dates and we're working with agents and management to move the rest of the bill as well. A further announcement will follow when this is in place. 
 
All tickets will of be valid for the change of dates, and anyone that is unable to make the new dates, please email info@redrooster.org.uk. For those that haven’t bought tickets yet, please buy here: www.redrooster.org.uk/tickets.

We greatly appreciate your support in these tough and unprecedented times - but rest assured, the show and the music will go on.

EUSTON HALL, SUFFOLK

Dereham Blues Festival, Norfolk 

8th - 12th July 2020

CANCELLED

http://www.derehambluesfestival.org.uk/

Set in the beautiful Worcestershire riverside town of Upton upon Severn (where the flood defenses are robust!), this is a festival where every band is free to see, with no external funding, government or local authority support and with no major sponsorship, they are able to be as independent, flexible and unique a festival as ever.

Edinburgh Jazz & Blue Festival will mark the dates of the 43rd Festival by presenting a four-day online festival.

Starting on Thursday 23rd July, the festival includes a mix of new sets made under lockdown conditions, solo home videos, a selection of great content from our video archive, a host of talks, and late-night DJ sets.

The programme features a host of Scottish luminaries including Martin Kershaw’s five star Octet, paying homage to the writer David Foster Wallace, and Graham Costello’s STRATA Expanded. Rising star, pianist Fergus McCreadie plays two concerts - one with winner of the Young Scottish Traditional musician of the year fiddler Charlie Stewart and one with recent winner of the Parliamentary Jazz Awards for Best Newcomer: singer Luca Manning.

There are newly recorded live sets from Tom Bancroft’s Playtime team, Seonaid Aitken’s, popular quartet Rose Room celebrate their 10th anniversary, Harry Weir’s explosive Trio AKU! play a mix of hard hitting heavy rhythmical originals and covers of music by Shabaka Hutchings, Fela Kuti and Young Fathers among others.

The festival reaches out to children with Jessie Bates and Haftor Medbøe presenting a duo set covering a day in the life of a toddler through songs about getting ready and dressed, going out and about, bath time and, finally, bed time.

The ever-popular Blues Afternoons feature with Sandy Tweeddale, Jed Potts, Liz Jones, Main Street Blues, and a new birthday set from Nicole Smit.

The festival will also broadcast videos from a host of singers including Lorna Reid, Georgia Cecile and Katie Whittaker reprising her smash-hit show, celebrating Etta James.

Collaborations have been key to the festival’s success and this year is no exception as BBC Radio Scotland’s Jazz Nights joins the festival on Sunday. Host Seonaid Aitken celebrates with a special mixtape featuring artists who have played the Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival, including EJF archive concert performances by Dave Milligan, Haftor Medboe & Jakob Karlzon. Plus special home DJ sets from Ali Affleck and Rebecca Vasmant for the festival after party on Jazz Nights. Norrie Thomson from Edinburgh’s Jazz Archive charts the development of jazz in Edinburgh in the early years. The festival also investigates jazz, electronics and new technologies at a conference presented with Wide Days, bringing together a panel from Scotland, Italy as well as TEFOS (The Edinburgh Festival of Sound).

Keeping its international connections, the festival will feature musicians from USA - Joplin Parnell from New Orleans, plays with Alison Affleck and Nashville bluesman Stacy Mitchhart records a special solo set just for the festival. Haftor Medbøe is joined by Norwegian trumpeter Gunnar Halle and Danish bassist Eva Malling. T.U.N. (Torino Unlimited Noise) presents a double header the Scotland’s Stu Brown. From Belgium, ESINAM’s Jazz Bar performance from last February is reprised, whilst from Holland, Tin Men and the Telephone make their Festival debut with their award winning interactive live concert.

To celebrate this summer’s event, the festival has launched a new supporters scheme welcoming donations and patrons from customers who want to support our work.

The full programme will be live from noon on Thursday 16th July at www.edinburghjazz.co.uk and live on social media Twitter | Facebook| Instagram

Blues Week 2020
Monday 3rd August to Saturday 8th August 2020
Hartpury College
Gloucester GL19 3BE
United Kingdom

Latest Update: 13/03/20

Previous Udate:

Confirmed Sunday artists include:

Kyla Brox, Mike Farris & His Band, Peter Donegan, Lightnin’ Willie & The Poor Boys, The Achievers, The Cinelli Brothers, Robin Bibi Band, The Stumble, Mojo Preachers , Redfish, Henry’s Funeral Shoe… with more announcements to follow.

More news from the festival:
Facebook: /thegreatbritishrandbfestival
Instagram: @greatbritishrnbfestivalcolne
Twitter:  @RandBFestival
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynO3pUv-zyghzS-8NYuwcA 
 

Stockport Blues Society and Spinning Top (Stockport) Ltd present the town's first blues festival over the weekend of 5th & 6th Sept.

Held at both The Garrick Theatre and The Spinning Top live music bar. One venue below the other!

Doors both days 1pm
Music both days starts 2pm
Saturday finish 11pm
Sunday finish 9.30pm

Full details and line ups to be confirmed
Approx 18 live acts over 2 days on two stages.

Venues are located 2 mins. walk from X2 hotels / railway station / bus station and local amenities.

Tickets available here: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/494834

The Spinning Top
20 Wellington Road South
Stockport SK4 1AA

http://www.thespinningtop.co.uk/
 

JULY 4 2020

In all these years AmenoBlues has tried to keep the Festival alive, offering a high quality billboard and bringing internationally-known artists at a price accessible to everyone to a small village, peripheral to the major cultural circuits.

Despite the efforts put in place, the niche music genre and the few resources available, unfortunately, do not allow us to maintain that economic balance that would have allowed us to continue with serenity.

We therefore wish to share a special evening of greeting with our loyal public, which will be the last occasion to enjoy the atmosphere of the square in Ameno. The event will take place on Saturday 4th July and that evening we will try to bring some of the musicians who have characterized the magnificent evenings of past editions to the stage, in a sort of small The Last Waltz.

Amenoblues will continue to organize concerts at the Tornielli Museum, always guaranteeing a high level of musical proposals.

We thank all the fans who have followed us with affection in recent years, we invite you to follow the website and the facebook page to find out the next events.

MARGATE RHYTHM & ROCK 2020/2021: Latest news

PRESS RELEASE (embargoed until June 11th, 2020)

Margate Winter Gardens and Really Live Music regret to announce that the Margate Rhythm & Rock 2020 due to take place in September has been postponed due to the Coronavirus. However, the organisers and venue are pleased to say that the show must go on and the Margate Rhythm & Rock weekender has been rescheduled to take place from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th September 2021.

Please note, all tickets for the original September 2020 date remain valid and will be automatically transferred to the new dates. Ticket-buyers who bought through Really Live Music (who have not yet been sent tickets) will receive them early in 2021.

We apologise for any inconvenience; this truly is a challenging time. All venues, show promoters, and event organisers are working tirelessly to make the safety and health of fans, artists, and staff the main priority.

Once again, please accept our apologies. If anyone does need to contact the Margate Winter Gardens box office please do so using this email address boxoffice@yourleisure.uk.com [End]

After nine years, the time has come to put the Big Green Cardigan into the wardrobe and leave it there. The festival has never covered its cost and as much as we love it, financially we cannot carry on.  It’s been a marvellous  adventure making friends and discovering  some great acts together but now it is time to move on to new things. We would like to thank everyone who has helped and supported The Big Green Cardigan since 2011 and hope you go away with some dashingly good memories.
 So long, and thanks for all the fish 
 

Mick & Dave
The Big Green Cardigan

Join the 4th European Blues Cruise !

Welcome aboard to experience beautiful holidays and blues passion, with best American Artists: Rip Lee Pryor, Carl Weathersby, Wayne Baker Brooks, Nora Jean Bruso, Liz Mandeville, Toronzo Cannon and the Italian Grammy Nominee Fabrizio Poggi with Enrico Polverari.

Choose your departure ! From Nice and Genoa Sept 10 to 14, 2018 or from Marseilles : Sept 11 to 15, 2018

Click here for Press Release

Info and booking : www.europeanbluescruise.com

The Edinburgh Blues ‘N’ Rock Festival returns this year on Saturday 22 September at The Corn Exchange. This year the festival will be promoted and programmed by the Edinburgh Blues Club who have shaped a fantastic contemporary lineup for 2018. The event features headliners Ten Years After and Dana Fuchs, plus The Rising Souls, Mitch Laddie Band, The Jensen Interceptors and Charlotte Marshall & The 45s. 
Tickets are available for £30 at 
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/edinburgh-blues-n-rock-festival-edinburgh-corn-exchange-tickets/8006115

2020 - TBA

Saturday 24th November 2018

Ageas Bowl

Southampton

Get the blues at the Ageas Bowl

On the evening of Saturday 24th November, Blues @ the Bowl sees three fantastic acts take to the stage at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl for the venue’s first ever blues night.

Hailing from Bristol, 2017 European Blues Awards nominee Elles Bailey is known for her 'smoky vocals' seamlessly weaving rootsy blues, country and soulful rock with a contemporary edge.

Crossfire, featuring Marcus Praestgaard-Stevens is a four-piece consisting of vocalist Alice Armstrong, drummer Stuart James, Martin Potter on bass, and 14-year old guitar prodigy Marcus. 

The Dan Sowerby Band plays original songs written by frontman Dan, as well as classic blues covers. Matt Paull on double bass and Ben Coley on drums complete the trio.

Blues themed food will be available, including for one night only, a special Blues Ale brewed by Downton Brewery near Salisbury.

Tickets are £15 and Blues @ the Bowl takes place in the Rod Bransgrove Pavilion at Hampshire County Cricket’s Ageas Bowl on Botley Road, Southampton. Doors open at 6pm with the first act from 6:30pm. Free parking is available.

Call 02380 472002 (option 2) to reserve tickets.

Details of the event can be found at 
www.ageasbowl.com/ageas-bowl-live/blues-at-the-bowl/

Edinburgh Jazz & Blue Festival present an online weekend celebration of Scottish jazz and blues.

This December, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival presents a weekend featuring some of the best musicians on the Scottish jazz and blues scene. Taking place from third to the sixth of December, the Scottish Jazz & Blues Weekend brings four exclusive gigs online.

This the festival’s first foray into pay-per-view with each concert costing £10. Every session fuses high quality artistic programming with top notch production values, recorded by a team of expert videographers and sound engineers, following social distancing measures at all times.

Starting on Thursday at 8pm, is a double bill featuring some giants of the Scottish blues scene – Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters perform ‘Live at the Car Cave’ with new music recorded in lockdown, and heavyweight blues rock star Alan Nimmo, the powerhouse singer and guitarist behind King King joins Gerry Jablonski and the Electric Band for the first time!

On Friday at 8pm, some of the best musicians coming out of Scotland's vibrant jazz scene present an exciting double bill. Known for their unique brand of jazz fusion, Mezcla’s set includes music from their debut album ‘Shoot the Moon’ - longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award - as well as some new tracks written in lockdown. Led by saxophonist Harry Weir, Blue Boar Brass are a brand-new brass band with a twist - a dynamic quintet playing with huge drive and attack.

On Saturday night at 8pm, sees a double bill from two bands who excel at fusing modern jazz and folk. David Milligan recently released his new album ‘Momento’ to huge acclaim, and he performs it live for the first time, exclusively for EJBF. His trio will be followed by Stephen Henderson’s Modern Vikings. Drummer Henderson leads an all-star line up of Konrad Wiszniewski, Fergus McCreadie, David Bowden and Graeme Stephen in an exciting set inspired by Scottish and Scandinavian folk music.

Rounding off the winter weekend on Sunday at 6pm are two fantastic Scottish musicians paying homage to two of the greatest jazz legends of the 20th Century. Colin Steele & Brian Kellock perform the music of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington in a special intimate performance recorded just for EJBF at Edinburgh’s EP54.

Tickets on sale at https://edinburghjazzfestival.com/

Fans of vocal jazz should look out for a further announcement in the coming weeks…

Chair of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Councillor Jason Rust says: “Since our online festival in July, the EJBF team have been working hard incredibly hard to get back to what we do best – presenting professional gigs with the outstanding musicians that our audiences love. I’m delighted that we’ve been able to work with a team of exceptional videographers and sound engineers to bring you four incredible gigs, all recorded just for EJBF audiences, and I hope you enjoy watching along with us.”

For further information please contact: Fiona Alexander, Producer fiona@adjazz.co.uk | 0131 467 5200

Paula Duncan, Marketing & Audience Development Manager: paula@adjazz.co.uk