This years Colne Festival features an all Northwest lineup for the Friday night on the British stage.  This event is being sponsored by BBC Radio Lancashire and for those of us not able to go will be broadcast live on the station. 8.00pm  -  Forty4 9.00pm  -  Tipitina 10.00pm  -  Junkhouse Dog Blues Band 11.00pm  [...]

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 BIG BLUES FESTIVAL   3 – 6 September 2010 Pontin’s Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park, Prestatyn, North Wales, Denbighshire LL19 7LA There is a NEW weekend Festival at Pontins Prestatyn with a great line-up at a fantastic value-for-money price! Line-Up Sherman Robertson (USA) Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges (USA) Aynsley Lister The Stumble Nicky Moore’s Blues Corporation Little [...]

Just one week to go before this year’s Worthenbury Festival. Here is the official flyer for the always excellent Festival on 03 July. Set in the beautiful North Wales/Cheshire borders just a few miles SE of Wrexham. Less than an hour from Manchester and Liverpool. Great music, camping, real ales, good food and an unbeatable [...]

Three northwest bands have been confirmed for the British Stage at the Colne Festival over the Aug Bank Hol period. Forty 4 – Friday 9pm Atlanta Roots -Friday midnight Tommy Allen Band – Sunday 9.30pm Friday shows to be broadcasted live by BBC Radio Lancashire.

Warrington Rhythm & Blues Festival Saturday 29 May from 3pm £20 Get ready for the finest in Rhythm and Blues entertainment with Pyramid and Parr Hall’s second annual Rhythm and Blues Festival this May bank holiday!  Kindly sponsored by Dawson’s Music and Farida Guitars. With two stages, two bars serving real ales and a stunning [...]

Warrington Blues Festival 29 May 2010 The 2010 Warrington Festival have confirmed the main stage line up.  Watch this space over the next couple of days for the details or hop on over to the Festival website to check out the details. As last year there will also be an acoustic stage Acoustic Stage Line [...]

The lineup has been released for The 21st Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival  in Colne. Fri 27 Aug to Mon 30 Aug 2010 The International Stage Friday 27 August 2010 7.00pm    The Hamsters 8.45pm    Dr Feelgood 10.30pm    Nine Below Zero 12.00 midnight    Eddie & The Hot Rods Saturday 28 August 2010 2.00pm    Chicago Acoustic [...]

My tickets arrived last week for The Linton Festival, so I thought that I would take the opportunity to feature a couple of festivals that will take place out of the region but could still be of interest to bluesinthenorthwest.com readers. Please be sure support the summer festivals in our region at Warrington, Worthenbury and [...]

Maryport Blues Festival 23-25 July 2010 The Maryport committee continue to confirm headliners and festival trail acts. See the website for full details. http://www.maryportblues.com/

Here is the official flyer for this year’s excellent Worthenbury Festival on 03 July. Incredible value for just £20. Download the flyer in full size from here.

Two day blues festival at The Box, Crewe on Sat 08 and Sun 09 May 2010 Details are still sketchy but according to the website, the Stumble are appearing on the Sat night http://www.theboxcrewe.co.uk/gigs.php

Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival Sat 03 July 2010 Here is advance notice of this year’s Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival.  The date to add to your diary is Sat 03 July 2010 and the location is the beautiful Welsh rural village of Worthenbury between Bangor on Dee and Malpas. Further publicity will follow, however [...]

Legendary Grammy Award winning blues guitarist Robert Cray to play Maryport Maryport Blues Festival is proud to announce that the Robert Cray Band will headline the main marquee stage on Sunday 25th July.

Boogaloo Blues Promotions Blues Weekend Alvaston Hall, Nantwich 30 April to 03 May 2010 There is a fantastic line up of international and national talent appearing at the forthcoming weekender in Cheshire. Set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, Alvaston Hall is the picturesque setting for a storming weekend of blues and R&B. Superb [...]