Swanage Blues & Roots festival 2009

The third Swanage Blues & Roots festival will be held from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th October 2009.

This free festival features over 40 different gigs with blues and roots musicians at at fifteen venues around the picturesque seaside town of Swanage, on the South West coast.

The acts confirmed so far include Back Porch Band, Blue Touch, C Sharp Blues, Chicago 9, Chris Collins & Blues Etc, Coalhouse Walker Blues Band, Confused Blues, Dave Raphael Band, Dirk Diggler's Blues Revue, Ernie's Rhythm Section, Fabulous Fezheads, Hannah and the Moonshine Band, Hugh Budden, Jim Tigwell & Martin Froud's Open Mic, John Crampton, Kent Duchaine, Motel 6, Pete Harris, Robin Bibi Band, Sonny Black, Steve Darrington, The Jawbreakers, The Jives, The Mustangs, The Riotous Brothers, The Riverside Blues Band, and Will Killeen.

The festival offers a full programme every afternoon and evening and will play host to 40 gigs in 15 indoor venues. Swanage offers plenty of places to stay and is on the Jurassic coast.

The venues participating are expected to once again include White Horse, Purbeck Hotel, Ship Inn, White Swan (The Square), Anchor, Red Lion, Moonlight Bistr, Black Swan, Royal Oak, The Barking Frog, Grand Hotel, and The Crow's Nest.

For more information, see the Swanage Blues & Roots festival website.

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