Name: Upton Blues Festival 2015
Start: 2015-07-17
End: 2015-07-19
Location: various venues

Upton Blues Festival 2015

Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2015
various venues, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HQ, England MAP
FREE + camping

Daily capacity: 4,000

Last updated: Tue 14th Jul 2015

The Upton Blues Festival is an annual celebration of Blues Music that takes place in the town of Upton Upon Severn in Worcestershire with 3 official stages throughout the town and other separate pub locations.

The 2015 Upton Blues festival will be held over the 3 day festival weekend Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July.

Line-up

Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges, Curtis Eller’s American Circus, Stevie Nimmo, The Mustangs, Northsyde, Chris Hall’s Louisiana Swamp Band, Brooks Williams, Simon ‘Honeyboy’ Hickling Band, Lol Goodman Band, The Barcodes, Sould Out 2 Funk, King Size Slim, Jamie Williams Roots Collective, Babajack, Stomp & Holler, Daniel Meade & the Flying Mules, Jack Blackman, Hereford Soul Choir, and Thomas Ford.

The organisers try to bring a mix of all styles of blues music, along with a range of well-known artists through to new and upcoming bands with the action switching between the main Riverside, Sports Field and Hobson's Acoustic stage areas and with a variety of bands spanning the musical spectrum - from Rhythm and Blues to Soul, from Rock n' Roll to Bluegrass.

More info

The festival also caters for music workshops, where the different styles, instruments and voices are open for discussion and demonstration.

There's also music in venues mainly based in the pubs in the town, as well as open-air venues.

Attendees are welcome to camp and make the most of a weekend of music from blues rock to bluegrass, country blues to New Orleans, acoustic to soul and gospel.

The festival which is self funded through a combination of camping, festival merchandising and local business sponsorship and advertising attracts 1000's of people into the shops & pubs of Upton over the festival weekend, promoting both the town and local area whilst providing a weekend of free entertainment.

Camping

The camping is very important to the festival as, without the revenue it generates there would be no festival. Prices for camping have not yet been announced.

Registered Charity

The Upton Blues Festival is now a Registered Charity which recognises the not-for-profit nature of the event, its volunteer committee and brings a number of other benefits.

For more information click here.