7th EUROPEAN BLUES CHALLENGE + EBU GENERAL ASSEMBLY
+ Blues Behind The Scenes Awards
+ BLUES EXPO + BLUES MARKET
Horsens, Denmark, 7 – 8 April 2017
The town of Horsens and the local blues association, Blueskartellet,
will host the most distinguished blues event of 2017 in Europe, the
European Blues Challenge, originally established by the European Blues
Union in 2011. Horsens has become the cultural power centre in Denmark
during the past 15 years with blues having been a relevant part of it.
Horsens has many years of experience in organizing big events and
international concerts making the organizers more than capable to
create a successful, relaxing and friendly blues atmosphere.
The main EBC event will be held at Forum Horsens.
The Blues Market and the General Assembly will take place in a unique
historical setting at the former prison, FÆNGSLET.
The 21 participating bands (in random order):
The Blues Infusion (Austria)
The Blue Bones (Belgium)
Rolin Humes (Croatia)
The Cornfeds (Denmark)
Rene Paul Blues Band (Estonia)
Honey B. Family (Finland)
Gaëlle Buswel (France)
Chris Kramer & Beatbox 'n' Blues (Germany)
Borsodi Blues Collective (Hungary)
Bayou Moonshiners (Italy)
Kid Colling (Luxembourg)
Detonics (Netherlands)
Daniel Eriksen (Norway)
Hot Tamales Trio (Poland)
Messias and the Hot Tones (Portugal)
Southernman Robbie (Romania)
Slovak Blues Project (Slovakia)
Los Mambo Jambo (Spain)
Headline Blues Band (Sweden)
Pascal Geiser Band (Switzerland)
Kaz Hawkins Band (England)