The Date: 16 May to 20 May, 2007.
The Place: Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia.
The Activity: Dancing in the streets, the parks, the malls and all over.
The Event: The Think Mobile
Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival
Leading Australian Blues artists and international guests, over 70 different acts representing all styles of the Blues.What's more, it's all completely FREE!!
This is claimed to be the largest free music festival in Australia and you really don't need much of an excuse to visit this beautiful Gold Coast town.
Applications from Blues artists are now being accepted for the 2008 Festival, simply email topnotch-productionsATbigpond.com with the following information:
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Artist Name
Type Of Act (Solo, Duo, Trio, Band)
Contact Name
Telephone Number
Fax Number
Mobile
Postal Address
Suburb State: Postcode:
Email Address
Website Address
A 300dpi jpeg photo
Biography in word or publisher format
And they also ask for a demo CD, which needs to be sent to:
Top Notch Productions, PO Box 248, Palm Beach, Queensland, 4221 Australia.
Incidentally, the Blues on Broadbeach website uses a terrific soundtrack of Blues artists who are performing at the festival. Absolute magic, Blues magic.
Swear I heard a didgeridoo in there!
Labels: 2007, 2008, Australia, Blues, Blues on Broadbeach, Broadbeach Music Festival, Festival
Now in its seventh year and recognised as one of the UKs best Blues festivals, the 2007
Swanage Blues Festival will have the Dorset coastal resort rocking on Friday 2, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March. There is an open invitation to party; admission to all the venues is free.
Swanage is a lovely seaside town in Dorset on England's south coast. It sits in a picturesque bay, just along the coast from the National Trust's Studland Bay and enjoys wonderful views and walks. There are excellent pubs, restaurants and reasonably priced accommodation.
Bands and Musicians performing at the festival include the Incredible Blues Puppies, the Barcodes, Robin Bibi, the Mustangs, Pete Harris, Hugh Budden, Teej Osbourne, Slim Lightfoot & The Backbones, the Jon Walsh Blues Band and the incredible Saiichi Sugiyama.
But wait, there's more! There's Storm Warning, the Hightown Crows, a one-man blues explosion, John Crampton, Sonny Black who was voted Blues in Britain magazine guitarist of the year in 2002, Hollow Bone, Nigel Bagge & Eddie Armer, Pete Smith with Chris Williams, Pete Harris & Jim Tigwell and the man that organises it all for the love of the Blues, Steve Darrington.
Labels: Blues, England, Festival, Swanage, Swanage Blues Festival
