2010:
Saturday Jan 9th Jam session At Poppari Bar. Opening Act: Harp T. & The BlueSliders
Saturday Feb 20th jam session at Poppari Bar, opening act: Big Papa Taavila Group
Wed March 24th jam session at Poppari Bar, opening act: Mr. Slideman
Sat April 24th JAMES HARMAN (USA) at Poppari Bar
Sat May 15th Springtime Blues Event at Poppari Bar, LAZY LESTER (USA) & the Swamp Blues Band (Fin)
Thu June 10th at Poppari Bar Howlin' Wolf 100 years birthday party: Rattlesnake Daddies, Midnight Moaners, Swamp Boogie, Boogie Chillen, Tiger Men
Sat August 21th On Lake Päijänne, S/S Suomi Steamboat Blues Cruise: Jukes, Blues DeLuxe, Rattlesnake Daddies, Tyly Kohtalo. Tickets (25€) ON SALE at Nikolainkulma Ticket Office.
October 7th - 10th 30th Blues Live! festival
Saturday Oct 9th (Freetime) 7pm- Main Concert's Main Stage: Sherman Robertson Band (USA/UK), Bo Weavil (FRA), Dave Arcari (SCO), BALLS (Fin). Second Stage: Blues DeLuxe. Main Concert tickets 25€
Saturday Oct 9th 4pm (Memphis): Rattlesnake Daddies (free admission)
Thursday Oct 7th 9pm (Poppari Bar): Barnshakers (10€)
Friday Oct 8th 9pm (Freetime):Judge Bone & Doc Hill, Eero Raittinen & Willie and The Wolves, Tortilla Flat (18€)
Sunday October 10th "Bluesmaraton" (jamsession) at Old Brick's Inn from 5pm---
We will publish more information at the end of summer. We wish you a pleasant Blues Festival season!
Blues Live! Festival (Jyväskylä,Finland) is an annual (first week of october) indoor festival. The first Blues Live! festival took place back in 1981, check out our history (Historia) page. There are also some club dates during the year. Our regular club venue is the famous "Poppari Bar" (former Jazz Bar), located in Jyväskylä city center. In May every year we organize our "Springtime Blues" club happening. The annual (every august) S/S Suomi Steamboat Blues Cruise on Lake Päijänne is a very popular event.
Blues Live! Association membership fee for the year 2010 is 10€ and you can pay it to our account SAMPO 800018-70052363. Members have lower entrance fees for concerts
Contact information:
Blues Live!
president Hessu Heinonen
Keskustie 17 B 26
40100 Jyväskylä
tel: +358-44-580 1369 (cell,sms)
Blues Live! e-mail: blueslive@hotmail.com
Our former artist line-ups