Portobello Blues Festival – darn good music for darn good people
The Portobello Blues Festival unites local and national talent to provide a high quality musical experience in a family-friendly environment at an affordable price. The Festival is a three-day programme of concerts, family activities and workshops held in the various Portobello venues which will be staged 6-8 March 2015 for the first time. Confirmed in the line-up are: King Leo, Tahu & the Takahes, Strait Shooters, One Good Eye JT, Matt Langley, Stig Eldred ‘The Piano Man’, and the Suzanne Ellison trio.
The Portobello Blues Festival is being created to provide a cultural programme based on blues music - entertainment, interaction and learning - which different members of the community will enjoy and be proud of. It will cater to a wide cross-section of the Dunedin and outlying communities: children, youth, young and older adults, and more mature residents.
The festival is unique to Dunedin because over and above providing a rich music programme of pure entertainment, it will also provide workshops for children and open mic sessions for teens and young adults, led by professional musicians and/or teachers who will share their knowledge of the blues. Blues is a style of music already embraced by most people in the community and can be classified as ‘easy listening’ for a large majority of the population, young and old alike.
Proceeds will go to the Yellow Penguin Trust and the Peninsula First Response team.
For more info visit www.portobellobluesfestival.co.nz and visit and like our facebook page.
