Thanks to our organizers, the Suwałki Blues Festival was an amazing success. We hope to build a reputation as the largest and most well-known blues gathering in Poland. We always invite some of the greatest and most talented artists.


  • „…the best blues event in Poland…”,
    Wiesław A. Chmielewski, Twój Blues, autumn 2008.

  • The biggest two-day blues festival in northern-eastern Poland.

  • About 120 of the best European and Polish blues performers, past performers include: Jeremy Spencer & Trond Ytterbo Band, Khalif Wailin’ Walter & His Blues Band, Knut Reiersrud Band, Nina van Horn & Her Band, Keith Thompson’s Strangebrew feat Patsy Gamble, Dżem, Sławek Wierzcholski & Nocna Zmiana Bluesa, Boogie Boys.

  • 31 concerts on four stages, club concerts, acoustic concerts, night jam sessions – all in in the town centre.

  • 14 000 participants coming from all over Poland, including: Warsaw, Poznań, Katowice and Białystok.

  • A number of accompanying events: instrument workshops, lectures about the history of blues, music equipment exhibitions, meetings with musicians and presentations of music records.

  • The partners of the Suwałki Blues Festival: Notodden Blues Festival (Norway), Pistoia Blues Festival (Italy), Amal Blues Festival (Sweden) – the biggest blues festivals in Europe.

  • An excellent holiday package-live blues music performed by highly talented artists together with an escape into the beautiful Suwałki-Augustów Lake District.