Guinness Belfast City Blues Festival a boost to bars and live music
The 13th Guinness Belfast City Blues Festival is back later this month, taking place over three days in 14 venues with 29 acts and almost 40 gigs.
The three-day festival from June 24 to 26 provides a yearly platform for established and up and coming blues artists to showcase their talent and skills to live audiences in bars across Belfast.
Festival director Seamus O’Neill said: “The Guinness Belfast City Blues Festival 2022 is dedicated to the late Belfast Blues Legend Rab McCullough; and is also a tribute to Gregory “Murph The Blues Brother” McGeown and James “Jamesy” Carson, two major volunteers and attendees of the festival in past years.
“Following the 2021 launch of the Guinness Blues Café, a testament to the local talent, the festival has over 50 gigs to follow along the blues trail; including performances from The Rev Doc & The Flying Squad, The Red Hot Roosters, The Sabrejets, Crow Black Chicken, The Pat McManus Band, Sam Davidson’s Taste, and The Willie Byrne Band.”
The trail will be hitting a variety of local venues, such as Kelly’s Cellars, Black Box, Ramada by Wyndham, Granny Annies, The Deer’s Head, The Ulster Sports Club, The Dirty Onion, St Georges Market, 2 Taps Restaurant, Whites Garden, The John Hewitt, Common Market, 39 Gordon Street and FLAXX… Social Village.
‘Pay homage’
Séamus O’Neill said: “In 2020 we brought you The Belfast City Blues Festival online and we are so proud to come back this year bigger and better with a fully LIVE line up.
“As we ease out of what has been a challenging few years for our people and for the music industry, the Belfast City Blues Festival team want to pay homage to the artists which play an integral part in making the festival happen.”
The 2022 festival is in support of The People’s Kitchen, a Belfast based charity that is host to an incredibly active food bank, provides food delivery to those in need, and also supplies clothes and advice to the homeless and families in need.
Sponsors include Guinness, Sunday World, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast 89FM, Magee Mortgage Solutions, Kolormaster, Baird Sound System Ltd, Linen Quarter BID, West Gourmet Sandwich Bar, Nutts Corner Accident Repair and The People’s Kitchen.
For more information, festival listings and tickets log onto belfastcitybluesfest.com or connect with the Belfast City Blues Festival on social media.
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