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Thank you...
For being part of another successful Orkney Blues Festival.
We have seen a great number of truly superb artists perform across our venues, entertaining hundreds of visitors and locals.
We have a huge amount of images and videos to be processed and uploaded - so dont forget the OrkneyBlues.co.uk website! They will be posted here soon!
Images from Blues Weekend 2011
See some of our first images from The Standing Stones Hotel as Lucy Zirins and The Binsness Bluesboys kick-started the Orkney Blues weekend.
Videos, and media from other venues coming soon!
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Stromness Hotel Grand Finale
Sunday 25th September from 7.30pm
The Orkney Blues Festival rounds off the weekend with a Grand Finale event, held at The Stromness Hotel. This event proves to be the most popular, featuring all-headlining acts for an entire night of spectacular music.
Why not enjoy a meal at the Stromness Hotel before the event kicks off at 7.30pm! For more info...
Chantel McGregor Voted Best Young Artist 2011
Sunday 11th September | Posted by OrkneyBlues
Chantel McGregor has been awarded Best Young Artist 2011 at the British Blues Awards!
Votes were submitted on the British Blues Awards website, with the awards presentation held at Newark Blues Festival.
We are very much looking forward to hosting Chantel McGregor at The Orkney Blues Festival, where she will be performing at three venues over the weekend - a fantastic opportunity for any blues fan.
Local Artists Confirmed for Festival
Tuesday 30th August | Posted by OrkneyBlues
View our artist pages to find out more about the local artists who are confirmed to support our headlining acts for Orkney Blues Festival 2011. We have a wide variety of musicians, young and old, ready to showcase Orkney at the festival.
Blues weekend brings five acts
Thursday 7th July | Published by The Orcadian
Leah Seator from The Orcadian, Orkney's primary newspaper, reviews the main headlining artists coming to Orkney Blues Festival in 2011. View the whole artice here at www.orkneyblues.co.uk
Rhythm Zoo 2011 Tour
Along with Orkney Blues Festival, Rhythm Zoo will be visiting various blues festivals around the UK.
Check out their dates now, along with bio, images and videos.
Tall Ships Blues BBQ
July 22, 2011 | Posted by OrkneyBlues
Once again, our Blues BBQ night has proved to be a success, marking the opening of Stromness Shopping Week 2011 - and bidding farewell to the Tall Ships which visited Stromness as part of the Cruise in Company from Greenock to Lerwick.
The event took place on Monday 18th July and featured local artists; The D-Chords, The Fastliners, Slow Ride, Sticky Lizard and others who took part in the open jam session.
Committee member, Walter Gorman said " Many Thanks to the D-Chords, The Fastliners, Slowride, Sticky Lizard and everyone else who performed last night. Thanks to Colin Drever for manning the sound desk too. "
Over £600 was raised from generous donations, the raffle and the BBQ.
WIN a Stagg Electric Guitar!
You could be in with the chance to win a Stagg Electric Guitar by entering the Orkney Blues Festival Summer Raffle! The guitar was kindly donated by Orkney Music.
Tickets cost just £1 and are available at retail outlets in Stromness, throughout the Tall Ships events and will be drawn at the Blues BBQ night at The Royal Hotel on Monday 18th July, with music and food from 7pm onwards.
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
Blues BBQ and Live Music at The Royal Hotel
July 17, 2011 | Posted by OrkneyBlues
After the storming success of our last BBQ event, we will be holding a Blues BBQ and Bands night at the Royal Hotel as part of the Tall Ships festivities, taking place in Stromness on Monday 18th July.
Tall Ships will be visiting Stromness as part of their Cruise in Company' from Greenock to Lerwick, the host port for this year's Tall Ships Race.
Our BBQ will be burning from 7pm onwards, with live music throughout the evening..Click Here for More Info...
More Artists announced for
this year's Festival!
July 1, 2011 | Posted by OrkneyBlues
The Paddy Maguire Band
Chantel McGregor
Blues BBQ
Saturday 11th June
June 17, 2011 | Posted by OrkneyBlues
Our latest Blues BBQ and Bands at the Royal Hotel went down a treat. It was a successful night, with several bands providing excellent music for the hungry crowd. Member of the Orkney Blues Committee, Walter Gorman said " A very big thank you to everyone who came along to the Blues Barbecue. We made around £700.00 all of which helps us to run the Blues [Festival] in September. And a special thanks to all the bands who gave their time free. If you folks don't rock then they never sang doo wop in Harlem :) "
Check out The Fastliners, who played a fantastic set throughout the evening.
Welcome to Orkney Blues
June 7, 2011 | Posted by OrkneyBlues
Orkney Blues has already kicked-off 2011 with their 'Choose the Blues' night, and coming this weekend - the Blues BBQ at the Royal Hotel - now they have launched a brand new website promising to provide up-to-date information on the festival activities and to showcase local artists, businesses and other places of interest in Orkney.
Check out the site now, and find out what will be happening at this year's festival!
View our Artists pages
May 22, 2011 | Posted by OrkneyBlues
We have updated our artist pages for videos, music, upcoming events and more...
Check our their history, latest images and catch them live at gigs coming soon.
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
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