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UK & European Blues Festivals 2010

Here is the new UK and European Blues Festivals list for 2010. This is the first year I've attempted to include European Blues Festivals, with thanks from our friends across the Channel.

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 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 a big list!

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January 2010

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Friday 29th to Sunday 31st Jan 2010
Butlins Rock & Blues Festival
Butlins Resort
Skegness
Lincolnshire
PE25 1NJ

Phone: 0870 162 1805

www.butlinsonline.co.uk

Check out the 2009 photos
Check out the 2008 photos

Blues Stage:
Mick Taylor Band
Andy Fairweather Low
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Maggie Bell
Dave Kelly
The Blues Band
The Animals
Chantell McGregor
Oli Brown Band
Stan Webb & Chicken Shack
Jay Tamkin Band
The Yardbirds
Nine Below Zero
Snake Davis & Jin Diamond
from The Alarm - Dave Sharp
and more ....

Rock Stage:
Nazareth
The Deborah Bonham Band
Oliver-Dawson Saxon, featuring Saxon founder members: Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash
John Coghlan's Quo
Tygers of Pan Tang
Praying Mantis
Carvin Jones
from the Lynyrd Skynyrd 'family' - Skinny Molly
former Whitesnake guitar supremo - Micky Moody Band
and more....

Friday 22nd to Monday 25th Jan 2010
Lakeside Blues Bonanza
Hayling Island, Hampshire

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

Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges
King King featuring Alan Nimmo
Spikedrivers
Son Henry Band
Swamp Cats
Elephant Shelf
Ben Poole and his band
Late night jams lead by Five Field Holler
Tony Farinha will be MC & DJ

February 2010

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TBA
Broadstairs Blues Bash
Broadstairs Pavilion

March 2010

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TBA
The 9th Swanage Blues Festival

"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.swanageblues.org

40 Gigs in 15 Indoor Venues

Admission free to all venues

Friday 5th to Monday 8th March 2010
Blues Weekend at Mill Rythe
Hayling Islad, Hants

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

Dr Feelgood
Hamilton Loomis
The City Shakers featuring Big Boy Bloater
Giles Headley & The Aviators
Rollo Markee & The Tailshakers
Split Whiskers
Earl Jackson will be MC & DJ

TBA
23rd Banbury Blues & Roots Festival
The Mill Arts Centre,
Banbury,
Oxford

The Mill - 01295 279002
Crazy Cactus – 01280 705301

April 2010

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Easter Bank Holiday:
TBA
22nd Burnley National Blues Festival
Burnley Mechanics,
Burnley,
Lancashire

www.burnleymechanics.co.uk
Phone: 01282 664400

Check out the 2009 Festival Photos

Check out the 2008 Festival Photos

Check out the 2007 Festival photos

PRESS ROOM
(formerly OLIVER'S BAR):

Sponsored by:

TBA
14th Nantwich Jazz, Blues & Music Festival
Nantwich Civic Hall & The Crown Hotel
Nantwich

www.nantwichjazz.com

Fri 30th April to Mon 3rd May 2010
Alvaston Hall Blues Weekend
Nantwich, Cheshire

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

Larry Garner & The Norman Beaker Band
West Weston's Bluesonics
The Big Blues Tribe
The Sarah Warren Band
Blue Touch
Chris Powers will be MC & DJ

May 2010

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TBA
5th 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

TBA
Rhondda Rock'n Blues Festival
Venues across the Rhondda Valleys

Phone: 01443 608308

More details at:
www.myspace.com/rhondda_festivals

TBA
12th Big Wheel Blues Festival
Laxey Pavilion Ballroom,
Laxey Glen Gardens,
Isle of Man

www.bigwheelblues.com

Ticket only event:
Available via the above website

TBA
The West Yorkshire Blues Trail

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

Venues:
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
The Owl, Rodley
O'Donaghues, Wakefield
The Hop, Wakefield

TBA
The Yellow's on the Broom 11th International Music & Arts Festival
The Big Shed
Sillyflatt Farm
Inverbervie
Angus DD10 0PF
Scotland

Tel: 01569 750756
Email: yellows@ifb.co.uk

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

TBA
The 12th International
Guinness Blues on the Bay Festival
Warrenpoint, Nothern Ireland

www.bluesonthebay.com

Full details click here

Friday 21st to Monday 24th May 2010
Blues Weekend in Torquay
Derwent Hotel, Torquay

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

Buddy Whittington
The Producers
Earl Jackson Blues Band
Hokie Joint
Robin Bibi & his band
Big Pete & The Backbones
Earl Jackson will be MC

TBA
Ashburton Blues Festival
Devon

www.ashburtonbluesfestival.com

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

TBA
The Guinness Castebar Blues Festival

www.castlebarblues.com
Phone: 00 353 9490 23111

Awaiting details

June 2010

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TBA
Wallingford Blues & Beer Festival
Regal Centre
Wallingford
Oxfordshire

www.bluesandbeer.co.uk

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.

Awaiting details

Dates: TBA
Borough Blues Summer Festival
New Panteg Rugby Club,
New Inn,
Pontypool,
South Wales

www.boroughblues.com

Awaiting details

Dates: TBA
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

Awaiting details

TBA
Linton Music Festival 2010
Alma Inn, Linton, Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire. HR9 7RY

www.lintonfestival.org

Click here for 2009 Photos & Reviews
Click here for 2008 Photos & Reviews
Click here for 2007 Photos & Reviews

TBA
The 21st 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

TBA
BluesWater Festival 2010
The 4th Morecambe Blues Festival
The Platform
Morecambe
Lancashire

The UK's Nearly Newest Blues Festival

More details here

Outside 12 noon to 5pm Free
Evening 7pm to midnight £14

Info and Tickets 01524 424 303
(Steve Middlesbrough)

www.kalimba.co.uk

2007 Photos and Reviews

TBA
Dundee Blues Bonanza 16
Dundee, Scotland

www.dundeebluesbonanza.co.uk
Phone: 01382 305160

During the 2008 event, the Dundee Blues Bonanza decided to use its presence to try to provide assistance for a worthwhile charity. They will do this again in 2009, and will endeavour to raise awareness and also funds for both The Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT).

www.teenagecancertrust.org

www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org

Awaiting details

www.hookerblues.co.uk

July 2010

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Saturday, 3rd July 2010
Blues at The Fold
The Fold, New House Farm,
Bransford,
Worcestershire WR6 5JB

www.bluesatthefold.co.uk

www.thefold.org.uk

Phone Oliver: 01886 812888

Featuring nine hours of nationally acclaimed blues music, all in the great setting of The Fold at Bransford on the Malvern road out of Worcester with is fantastic award winning ecoCafe, local beers (Teme Valley and Malvern Hills), ciders and perrys (Barbourne) and wines (Tiltridge), and some of the best local food available.
Just £10 for the whole day
(£3 for under 12's).
Bargain!

Doors open at 1pm, bands on from 2pm till 11pm. Bands and audience both undercover so its weatherproof! Camping available at £5.

Dates: TBA
Northill Blues Festival
The Crown at Northill
Bedfordshire

Northill Blues Festival Home Page

www.thecrown-northill.com

Awaiting details

TBA
The Larmer Tree Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal,
Near Salisbury

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

Fri 16th to Sun 18th July 2010
Dundee Blues Bonanza 16
Dundee, Scotland

www.dundeebluesbonanza.co.uk
Phone: 01382 305160

TBA
Abertillery Blues Gŵyl Festival
Abertillery Park, Ebbw Vale,
Blaenau Gwent, Wales

www.abertillerybluesfestival.co.uk
Box Office: 01495 355800

Also fringe in pubs around Abertillery on Thursday 16th and Sunday 19th

On site camping available - see their website for details

TBA
Upton Blues Festival
Upton upon Severn,
Worcestershire

FREE festival with no sponsors!
What a fantastic achievement by the new committee!

The festival needs support!
Become a patron.
Send a £10 cheque to:
Louise Orr
32 Old Street
Upton upon Severn
Worcestershire
WR8 0HW

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

www.uptonbluesfestival.org.uk

NEW FOR 2009:
- a new main stage position,
- new camping & parking facilities too.

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

TBA
11th Maryport Blues Festival
Maryport, Cumbria

www.maryportblues.co.uk
Phone: 01900 602122

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

Check out....
2008 Reviews and photos
2007 Reviews and photos

Trail Bands:

Coming soon...

John Mayall
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Jethro Tull
Ruby Turner
The Blues Band

More details:

www.gloucesterblues.co.uk

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TBA
The 2010 Cambridge Rock Festival
(incorporating the Rockinbeerfest)
Haggis Farm Polo Club,
Cambridge Road, Barton,
Cambridge CB3 7AT

www.rockinbeerfest.co.uk
Phone: 0845 299 0845

See www.rockinbeerfest.co.uk for details

Check out more details at: www.smokieblues.com
www.oxfordhotelsandinns.com

TBA
Blues Dragon Festival 2009
Cardiff

www.bluesdragonfestivalcardiff.webs.com

TBA
9th Bentworth Blues Weekend 2010
The Star Inn,
Bentworth,
Alton,
Hampshire,
GU34 5RB

Phone 01420 561224

email matt@star-inn.com

Tickets
Weekend Tickets £25
Saturday Ticket £20
Sunday Ticket £20
Friday Ticket £5
£5 off weekend and day tickets until July 31st

Camping £5
Breakfast £5
Bar & BBQ all day

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

TBA
Rhythm Festival 2010
Twinwood Arena
Twinwood Road
Clapham
Bedfordshire
MK41 6AB

www.rhythmfestival.net

TBA
Jinney Ring Blues Festival
Hanbury
Bromsgrove
B60 4BU

www.jinneyringcraft.co.uk

Tickets £12.50 for the whole day, £5 for under 12’s

Camping onsite available

Tickets available from their website or by phone on 01527-821272

Lots to see and do – great food and lots of local beer

Kids ‘make and instrument’ workshop – then bring it on stage to play with one of our bands!!

Massive marquee – so the event is weatherproof!

TBA
10th Southsea Folk & Roots Festival

Venues: South Parade Pier and local pubs in Southsea/Portsmouth, Hampshire
features Evening Concerts and
Free Entry Daytime Music

Festival Office:
105 Landguard Road
Southsea
Hampshire
PO4 9DR

Tickets: Available on the door or in advance on line:
Website: www.southseafolkfestival.co.uk
email: spiderpromos@aol.com
Enquiries Tel: 07708 095735

ATBA
21st Great British R&B Festival
Colne, Lancashire

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

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

British Stage:

Friday, 28th August
Radio Lancashire Night

8.00pm	'Build-up!
8.20pm	The Carbs
9.20pm	Blues Blasters
10.20pm	Mark Thornley Band Click here for Interview
11.20pm	Fuschi 3
+ Lucy Zirins playing impromptu sessions throughout the night Click for Biography

Saturday, 29th August

2.00pm	Debbie Giles Band
3.30pm	Paul Rose Band
5.00pm	Tommy Allen's Traffiker
6.30pm	Chantelle McGregor
8.00pm	Mitch Laddie Trio Click for Interview
9.30pm	Sean Webster Band
10.45pm	'Younguns Jam Session with Tommy, Chantelle, Mitch & Sean
11.45pm	Deep Soul

Sunday, 30th August
Blues Matters Day

2.00pm	24 Pesos
3.30pm	Keith Thompson Band
5.00pm	TBA
7.00pm	Mick Rutherford Band
9.00pm	Roadhouse Click for Interview
11.00pm	Mustangs
12.30pm	Jam Session

Monday, 31st August

2.00pm	Karac
3.30pm	Electric Revelators
5.00pm	The Winchesters
7.00pm	Slack Alice & Friends
8.30pm	The Revolutionaires
10..00pm	Frank White Band

Acoustic Stage:

Friday, 28th August

8.00pm	Ian Alverson Blue Birds
9.15pm	Graham Robinson
10.15pm	Dave Sharp
11.30pm	Last Gasp Spasm Band

Saturday, 29th August

2.00pm	Tommy Allen & John Hewitt
3.15pm	Tom Doughty
4.30pm	Gary Fletcher Click for Interview
6.00pm	Dave Kelly
7.30pm	Tom Doughty
8.30pm	Lee Bates & Billy Newton Click for Interview
9.30pm	Dave Speight
10.30pm	The Cats

Sunday, 30th August

2.00pm	Del Bromham
3.15pm	Lucy Zirins Click for Biography
4.00pm	Chris Dunn
4.45pm	John Jorgenson
6.00pm	Roy Mette
7.30pm	Paul Lamb & John Dickinson
8.30pm	Dave Acari
9.30pm	Emily Druce & Steve Jones
10.30pm	The Hokum Hotshots

Monday, 31st August

2.00pm	Jet Martin
3.15pm	The Ginjammers
4.30pm	John Williamson & Mike Bowden
6.00pm	Tom Hingley

International Stage:

Friday, 28th August
7.00pm	Connie Lush & Blues Shouter
8.30pm	Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory Click for Biography
10.15pm	Wilko Johnson Band
Midnight	King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys

Saturday, 29th August
2.00pm	Zoot Money & Big Roll Band
3.30pm	Deborah Bonham Band Click for Biography
5.00pm	Chicken Shack featuring Stan Webb
7.30pm	Louisiana Red & Michael Messer Band Click for Biographies Click for Louisiana Red Interview Click for Michael Messer Interview
9.15pm	The Blues Band featuring Paul Jones Click for Gary Fletcher Interview
11.00pm	Coco Montoya Click for Biography

Sunday, 30th August
2.00pm	Miller Anderson Band
3.30pm	Paul Lamb & the Kingsnakes
5.00pm	Joanne Shaw Taylor Click for Biography
7.30pm	John Jorgenson Quartet Click for Biography
9.15pm	Eric Bibb Click for Biography
11.00pm	Jan Akkerman Click for Biography

Monday, 31st August
2.00pm	The Animals & Spencer Davis
3.30pm	The Alan Price Set Click for Biography
5.00pm	Stephen Dale Petit Click for Stephen Dale Petit Interview
7.30pm	Harper Click for Biography
9.15pm	Mick Taylor Band Click for Mick Taylor Interview
11.00pm	The Stumble

Cream Instrument Cable Stage

Monday, 31st August

7.45pm	The Charlie White Project
9.15pm	Billy Martin Junior
10.15pm	The Robin Hoare Band & Special Guests Click for Robin Hoare Interview
Also Check out: Max's Acoustic Blues at Jim's Cafe

TBA
Bladnoch Folk and Blues Festival
Bladnoch Distillery
Unit 3, Bladnoch Bridge Estate
Wigtown
Dumfries & Galloway
Scotland DG8 9AB

www.bladnochfestival.co.uk

TBA
The Barnard Castle Rhythm & Blues Festival 2009

Barnard Castle

County Durham

DL12 8NG

www.barneybigbash.com

Phone: 01833 637234
or 07766078963

Tickets £15 per day, early bird weekend pass £30

TBA
6th Shetland Blues Festival
Britain's most northerly Blues Festival

www.shetlandblues.info

King King
Gwyn Ashton’s Two-Man Blues Army
Kevin Brown
Bex Marshall
The King Bees
The Offenders
The Leonard Jones Potential

September 2010

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TBA
Newark Blues Festival
Newark on Trent
Nottinghamshire

Centre-piece gig will be 'Blues in The Castle', in the grounds of Newark Castle
on Saturday, 12th Sept from 4pm - 10pm

Tickets available in July for the castle gig, priced £10. Other venues mostly free.

www.newarkblues.co.uk

Oli Brown Band
King King featuring Alan Nimmo

More details soon.

TBA
Blues at the Fort
Fort Purbrook
Portsdown Hill
Portsmouth

The next Blues at The Fort will be May 2010.

Phone: 023 9247 2700

www.bluesatthefort.com

Also check out:

TBA
MoorBlues Music Festival 2010
The Moor Suite,
Heaton Moor Road
Stockport

Tickets £15 + postage

Doors open 1.00pm
Artists until 11.00pm
Bar open until 12.00pm

www.moorblues.co.uk

Chantel McGregor
Norman Beaker
George Borowski and Fabulous Wonderfuls
Tony Auton Band

more to come....

TBA
Orkney Blues Weekend 2010

www.orkneybluesfestival.co.uk

Awaiting details

TBA
Ramsbottom Rhythm & Blues Festival
Ramsbottom Cricket Club
Acre Bottom
Ramsbottom
Lancashire
BL0 0BS

Facebook Link

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Dates: TBA
Callander Jazz & Blues Festival
Callandar, Scotland

www.callandarjazz.com

Awaiting details

TBA
The Appleby Beer & Blues Festival 2010
Public Hall
Boroughgate
Appleby in Westmorland
CA16 6XE

www.applebybeerandblues.co.uk

Alan Hewitt Promotions
Phone: 01768 351317

Check out some 2008 photos:
Hokum Hotshots
Graham Robinson
The Last Gasp Spasm Band

Monday, 3rd August 2009:
Message form the organisers:
"Following the withdrawal of two main sponsors the organisers have decided, with great regret, that they have to cancel this year's event. See you in 2010"

TBAr
4th Swanage Blues & Roots Festival

www.bluesroots.org

Organised by Steve Darrington, musician, writer, and broadcaster
Email Steve at s.darrington@btopenworld.com

Awaiting details

TBA
13th Beer R&B Festival
Beer, Devon

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

Giles Hedley & The Aviators
The Big Blue
Nigel Bagge & Eddie Armer
Nigel Bagge Band
The Robin Bibi Band
Vince Lee & The Big Combo
Tim Royce
Plus A Guitar Workshop run by Robin Bibi

Friday 8 to Monday 11 October 2010
Blues Weekend
Norton Grange,
Yarmouth,
IOW,
Hampshire

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

Half the rooms are already booked!!

Connie Lush & Blues Shouter
Jerimiah Marques & The Blue Aces
Earl Green & The Right Time
Sean Webster Band
Cryin' Out Loud
Stompin' Dave
Tim Aves running the jams and Bob Hokum as MC.

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TBA
Boogaloo Weekend
Cricket St Thomas,
Chard,
Somerset

www.boogaloopromotions.com

Connie Lush & Blues Shouter,
King Earl Boogie Band,
The Spikedrivers,
Rollo Markee & The Tailshakers,
Giles Hedley and the Sean Webster Band,
The Rik Martin Band.
Tim Aves is MC
Rollo Markee is running the jam sessions.

TBA
Tenby Blues Festival
Tenby, Pembrokeshire

www.tenbyblues.co.uk

Contact:
Tenby Events,
De Valence,
Upper Frog Street,
Tenby,
Pembrokeshire SA70 7JD
Phone/Fax: 01834 843568
Email: info@tenbyblues.co.uk

Awaiting details

Dates: TBA
4th Annual Crawley Blues Festival
The Hawth Foyer, Crawley

Box Office: 01293 553 636

www.hawth.co.uk

Awaiting details

Take a look at the 2008 Festival Photos here.
Take a look at the 2007 Festival Photos here.
Also published on the Carlisle Blues Fest website: www.carlislebluesfestival.com

December 2010

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None as yet!!

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