To celebrate the rebirth of bluesinthenorthwest.com after an unfortunate incident with the hosting company why not celebrate with some bloody fantastic live blues music. Tomorrow – Fri 03 Feb Big Pete and band will be appearing at Jonny’s Blues Club at Garston British Legion. http://www.johnnysbluesclub.co.uk/ Saturday – 04 Feb is Theatre of Blues – [...]

The Burnley International Rock and Blues Festival 4-6th May 2012 Line up to be announced shortly After 23 amazing years of music the Burnley Blues Festival is having a makeover, turning into the Burnley International Rock and Blues Festival. Since its launch in 1988 the event has hosted some of the greatest performers in the [...]

The Easter weekend in Nantwich is always a big weekend as musicians and tourists from around the world descend on the small town to enjoy the Jazz, Blues and Music Festival or “The Nantwich Jazz”. The whole town becomes a musical epicentre with thousands of visitors enjoying over a hundred pub gigs and events, outdoor [...]

Eric’s Liverpool King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys Friday 23rd March £13.50 advance King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys are more than just the world’s greatest swing band, they are an institution!  The band have been on the road for two decades playing every European country as well as the USA and Russia and recording [...]

Bowness Bay Blues – 30th March to 1st April 2012 Windermere Rotary Club, the team who brought you the Windermere Air Show, have had another good idea… This time they are bringing the best of British blues to the most beautiful part of the Lake District, with all the profits going to charity. The concept [...]

Over the last 10 years, Ian Parker has established himself throughout Europe and even the US as one of the leading roots songwriters and performers of his generation. With four albums and two live DVDs released through Ruf Records, Parker has amassed a very respectable back catalogue, and an expansive following to match. In 2009, [...]

Band: Crow Dog Venue: The Fletcher Christian (Free entry) 55 Main St Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK CA13 0YJ Date: Saturday 3rd March from 9:00pm A forge of classic & contemporary blistering blues to take you on a journey far across the Atlantic and back in time by dusk! Guitarist Paul Mackay, Bassist Kev Farish, & Drummer [...]

Rip-Roaring Success Upton Village Hall 17th February, 2012 28 Heath Road, Upton, Chester, CH2 1HX on Friday. Supported by Cheshire Rural Touring Arts 7.30 pm, bar open 7 pm, tickets £10 (including authentic Texan casserole) Available from Bache Post Office or Geoff Newton on 01244 380068 ‘Smoking hot Western Swing’ . . . . ‘Come [...]

Thursday 9th – Kent Duchaine. £8/£7 advance One of Alexander’s all-time favourites, Kent Duchaine with the ever faithful Leadbessie, a beat up 1934 National Steel Guitar that wows and astounds audiences when the equally beat up case she travels in is opened and her extra heavy strings are furiously played. Described as “one of the [...]

Connie Lush and Blueshouter at the Golden Lion Hotel Maryport on Saturday Feb 4th, Starts 7.30pm Tickets £7.50 from The Golden Lion 01900819715 and the Fruit Bowl 01900817243

Friday, February 3, 8pm PRESTON REED Tickets: £10 / £8 concession / £8 members Venue: Studio Theatre Preston Reed is a New York visionary credited with reinventing the acoustic guitar. He fuses chord-based grooves, soaring melodic runs and polyrhythmic percussion with his breathtaking two-handed style. Unlike many instrumentalists, the power and depth of Reed’s original [...]

I have just added five gigs to the gig guide for The Swarm from North Yorkshire Jan 27th     Stonewell Tavern, Lancaster March 1st    John O’ Gaunt, Lancaster March 9th   Dalton Rooms, Lancaster, One Voice March 31st   Golden Lion, Lancaster April 12th    John O’Gaunt, Lancaster When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer.mp3 by The Swarm

Big Pete Blues Band at Garston Royal British Legion Friday 3rd February 2012 (doors: 8pm, show starts at 8.45pm) Singer/harmonica player Pieter ‘Big Pete’ van der Pluijm’s rise to prominence started when, at the age of 23, he was hand-picked to fill the giant shoes of the late Lester Butler, the legendary leader of The [...]

Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club at Worthenbury Village Hall “the village hall that rocks” as featured in The Guardian June 5th 2010 “one of Britain’s finest blues venues” Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2, Dec 6th 2010 For tickets and info please ring 01948 770215  OR MAIL pete@hookerblues.co.uk www.hookerblues.co.uk Unless stated, entry is [...]

Only one blues gig in January at the Met in Bury. Friday, January 27, 8pm THE HEXMEN Tickets: £8 Venue: Studio Theatre Blues band The Hexmen are a product of the post-punk creative maelstrom of Liverpool in the early 1980s.  The band’s life blood is certainly blues based, but the energy in their live shows [...]

This morning I have added dozens of new gigs to thebluesinthenorthwest.com gig calendar. So much to see, so many great acts, events, festivals and superb music. http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/calendar/