Check out the brilliant line up of the 2010 Carlisle Blues Festival.  The best line up of any Festival in the UK this year.  Michael Burks alone is worth the admission price and there are some amazing other artists on there  Trust me!  You won’t be disappointed. Swallow Hotel Carlisle 12-14 Nov 2010 www.carlislebluesfestival.com

The Calva Bar, University of Cumbria, Fusehill St, Carlisle Saturday 26th June    GEOFF ACHISON AND THE UK SOULDIGGERS An Australian guitarist who is equally adept on acoustic and electric guitar. He is on a world tour taking in the USA and UK. He plays Roots / Blues / Rock with a unique soul edge bringing [...]

Billy Walton The Brickyard, Carlisle 22 May 2010 Rock / Blues guitarist Billy Walton from the Garden state of New Jersey in the US of A plays Carlisle’s Brickyard on Saturday the 22nd of May. Walton has played with a host of big names since he started playing when only 15. He has toured extensively [...]

Powerhouse Blues drummer, Dave Raeburn, brings his newly formed ‘Urban Blues Collective’ to Carlisle’s Club 35, Lowther Street on Saturday 24th April.  Its only the second outing for this experimental band led by Raeburn who has played with some of Britians most famous Blues musicians including the Nimmo’s, Sean Webster and King King. The band [...]

Two dates in the region for Matt Schofield 03/05/10     Carlisle – The Brickyard 04/05/10     Manchester – Band on the Wall

Message from promoter Chris Denton…. Now then its The Producers supported by Feed Me next saturday 27th at The Brickyard. Because of Carlisle being at Wembley the next day we need as much support as possible – this was booked over 6 months ago and must go ahead. The Producers did of course win the [...]

Band:                            The Producers plus support from ‘Feed me’ Venue:                          The Brickyard Date:                            Saturday 27th March Time:                            Doors open 8.00 – support start 8.30 Cost:                            £10 in advance £12 on the door Award winning Blues band ‘The Producers’ return to play in Carlisle on the 27th March following a top [...]

Saturday 13th March The Stumble Hallmark Hotel Ballroom, Court Square, Carlisle A night of scintillating Rhythm & Blues from one of Britains` top blues bands “WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OTHER WORTHY CONTENDERS, THERE IS NOW NO BETTER BLUES BAND IN THE UK” Blues in Britain April 2008 8pm.  Tickets £12.00 Tel. 01228 531951 www.thestumble.com [...]

First Detroit born master musician Marcus Malone returns to Carlisle at the end of February to play at Club 35 for the Carlisle Blues Club. Marcus whose singing and stage presence is as slick and smooth as his guitar playing returns almost a year to the day after he caused a near riot with his [...]

Marcus Malone Sat Feb 27th Club 35, Carlisle Detroit born Blues star Marcus Malone roars into Carlisle at the end of February to play at Club 35. The guitarist and songwriter, who now resides in London, performs regularly throughout the UK and Europe and will play the Lowther street venue for the Carlisle Blues on [...]

Here’s an update from Chris Denton in Carlisle. Happy New Year!  Now that the new decade is here we can look forward to some great music for this year. Many of the gigs are at Club 35 but there will be quite a number at the Brickyard due to non availability of the room in [...]

They changed the face of British Blues in the 90′s and its great to see them back again. For you those of you who havent visited the Brickyard before please note it’ll be standing only and the bands will start as described.

So high was the quality achieved by the first two Carlisle Blues Festivals, it was always going to be a considerable challenge for the organisers to maintain the standard. It is very much to their credit, therefore, that, if anything, they managed to reach an even higher peak. Given the presence of an abundance of [...]

Paul Rose Club 35, Carlisle 07 Nov 2009 Guitar virtuoso Paul Rose will be playing a gig at Carlisle’s Club 35 at the start of November  to celebrate the anniversary of Blues gigs at the city centre venue. North eastern born ‘stratmeister’ Rose will be playing his scorching electric set with his band on Saturday [...]

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