Experience the Best of Blues Music at Latvia’s Only Blues Festival

“A wonderful place and atmosphere, good music and dancing, delicious grilled food and refreshing drinks go hand in hand here,” Latvian Blues Band musician and festival organizer Jānis Bukovskis promises a great day. Being happy about the financial support of the Ropaž municipality and the fact that there are more and more new faces among the audience every year, he boasts that artists from Africa, the USA and all over Europe have visited the festival in previous summers. “The courtyard of the Ropaži Culture and Education Center on the banks of the Great Jugla, surrounded by old oak trees, turns into a blues Mecca, and at this only blues festival in Latvia, I feel as if I were in New Orleans or Memphis, on the banks of the Mississippi River,” says Jānis Bukovskis. He invites you to bring seating so that everyone can sit where they like while listening to the musicians’ performance.

Entrance to the festival from 16.00 and it will continue until one in the morning. at will perform at 17.00 Rahu The Fool, at 18.00 – Wild Flame, at 20.30 – Latvian Blues Band, at 22.30 – Chris Grey & BlueSpand. “Every year I try to show a wide variety. The audience really likes the bluegrass band Rahu The Foolwho call themselves gypsy storytellers. Wild Flame oriented towards a touch of Chicago blues, and their lead singer is the extremely expressive vocalist Adeama Walkowiak. Prepared a special program Latvian Blues Band with the big brass section. Our headline artists this year are the Danish Blues and Funk Association Chris Grey & BlueSpand – are among the best-known and most sought-after masters in Europe. What this trio can do on stage sometimes seems like six people. Their sound, craftsmanship and attractiveness are simply phenomenal,” reveals Jānis Bukovskis.

Tickets are sold Aula.lv, and their price in advance is 25 euros, while on the day of the festival – 30 euros. Children under the age of 16 accompanied by their parents are free of charge.

Actual information – www.rbbluesfestival.com