
Suwalki is arranging the first blues festival in the City history. The event will take place 18-19 July 2008. The Suwalki blues is under the honorary auspices of President of Suwałki Mr Józef Gajewski and Notodden City Mayor Ms Lise Wiik.
The event is going to host the blues performers and artists from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Italy, England, France, Germany, the USA and Poland. The two big scenes and two small ones on location in the centre of the city, the club and acoustic concerts as well as the night jam session are going to be there for you. Moreover, organizers are going to offer the workshops and meetings with the European blues environment and the presentations of music press and equipment. You will find all these at SUWAŁKI BLUES FESTIVAL 2008.
The organizers of the festival are: The Town Hall of Suwałki and The Regional Centre of Culture and Art in Suwałki.
The festival sets out to gather the performers of the highest quality. The partners of the project are the ones of the biggest blues festivals in Europe:
Notodden Blues Festival (Notodden, Norway) – www.bluesfest.no
Pistoia Blues Festival (Pistoia, Italy) – www.pistoiablues.com
Åmål Blues Festival (Åmål, Sweden) - www.bluesfest.net
The festival already has its homepage where you can follow news and information about the coming event:http://rokis.suwalki.pl/SBF/SBF_eng_news.htm
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