Suwałki Blues Festival 2008


18th June 2008


Accompanying concerts
Grande-Synthe Passage Way (the stage next to MDK – the Youth Club)

03:00 p.m. – 03:25 p.m. – Fret Blues Band (Suwałki, PL)
03:40 p.m. – 04:20 p.m. – Blues Forever (Suwałki, PL)
04:30 p.m. – 05:00 p.m. – Age Blues Band (Mariampol, LT)

Chłodna Street (the stage next to ROKiS – the Regional Culture and Art Centre)

04:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.Gaz Blues Grupa (Sejny, PL)


Main concerts
the stage in 3 May Constitution Park

05:00 p.m. – 06:00 p.m. – Chip Jordan (USA) & VooDoo Soup (Suwałki, PL)
07:00 p.m. – 08:00 p.m. – Spoonful Of Blues (Notodden, NO)
09:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Khalif Wailin' Walter & His Blues Band (USA)

the stage next to the Town Hall

06:00 p.m. – 06:30 p.m. – the opening of the Festival
06:00 p.m. – 07:00 p.m. – Boogie Boys (PL)
08:00 p.m. – 09:00 p.m. – Studebaker John & The Hawks (USA/PL)
10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.Dżem (PL)


Club concerts
Ogród Letni Rozmarino, Kościuszki Street 75

11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Tortilla (Torun, PL)
01:30 a.m. – 02:30 a.m. Blueszcz Blues Band (Warszawa, PL)
02:30 a.m. – Jam session

Na Starówce Restaurant, Chłodna Street 2

11:30 p.m. – 01:30 a.m. Kasa Chorych (Białystok, PL)
01:30 a.m. – 02:30 a.m. – Compromise Blue (Tallin, EST)
02:30 a.m. – Jam session

 

19th July 2008


Accompanying events
ROKiS – the Regional Culture and Art Centre, Noniewicza Street 71

10:00 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. – instrumental workshops (a harmonica for beginners), Robert Lenert (PL)
12:00 a.m. – 01:00 p.m. – a lecture “Blues as the reflection of the history of American society” – Khalif Wailin' Walter (USA)


Accompanying concerts
Chłodna Street (the stage next to ROKiS – the Regional Culture and Art. Centre)

01:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. – Knut Bendik Breistein (NOR)
01:45 p.m. – 02:15 p.m.Gaz Blues Grupa (Sejny, PL)
02:20 p.m. – 03:00 p.m. – Age Blues Band (Mariampol, LT)


Main concerts
the stage in 3 May Constitution Park

03:00 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. – OK (Vilnius, LT)
05:00 p.m. – 06:00 p.m. – Keith Thompson's Strangebrew feat Patsy Gamble (GB/PL)
07:00 p.m. – 08:00 p.m. – Nina van Horn (USA/FR)
09:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Knut Reiersrud Band (Oslo, NOR)


the stage next to the Town Hall

04:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.Virgis Jutas & Aleksandr Belkin with Blues Makes (Vilnius, LT)
06:00 p.m. – 07:00 p.m. – Compromise Blue (Tallin, EST)
08:00 p.m. – 09:00 p.m.Sławek Wierzcholski i Nocna Zmiana Bluesa (PL)
10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. – Jeremy Spencer (GB) & Trond Ytterbo Band (NOR)


Club concerts
Ogród Letni Rozmarino, ul. Kościuszki 75

11:30 p.m. – 01:30 a.m.Bracia i Siostry (Białystok, PL)
01:30 a.m. – 02:30 a.m.Mahoń Blues Café (Mrągowo, PL)
02:30 p.m. – Jam session

The evening ”Suwalski blues” (”The Suwałki Blues”)
Na Starówce Restaurant, Chłodna Street 2

11:30 p.m. – 02:30 a.m. – Blues Forever (Suwałki, PL) Shiver Blues Band (Suwałki, PL) and the guests
02:30 p.m. – Jam session