Rawa Blues Festival

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Rawa Blues Festival
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Irek Dudek Rawa Blues 2010
Genre Blues,
Location(s) Katowice in Poland
Years active1981–present
Website Official website

Rawa Blues Festival (pronounced rava) is the world's largest indoor blues festival. The festival was named after the Rawa River, which flows through the city of Katowice in Poland. The first edition was held in April 1981.

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Among the highlights of past festivals were: Luther Allison, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Carey Bell, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, C. J. Chenier, Nora Jean Bruso, Rory Block, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, as well as many Polish blues musicians such as Tadeusz Nalepa, Slawek Wierzcholski, Dżem and many others.

Jerzy George Kossek founded the Rawa Blues Poetry Café at the festival in 2007. [1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Keeping the Blues Alive znów trafia do Polski! - Kwartalnik TWÓJ BLUES". Twojblues.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-01.


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