This year's festival will last from 6 to 15 August. Blues nad Bobrem primarily comprises the Wojtek Seweryn Music Workshops and the Tadeusz Nalepa Blues Band Review. The organizers have prepared several surprises for workshop participants, including two new classes: sound engineering and photography. Classes will be led by:
- vocals: Krystyna Prońko, Jacek Siciarek, Aleksandra Sozańska-Kut, Roman Puchowski (consultations)
- electric guitar: Jacek Królik, Artur Lesicki, Leszek Cichoński, Jacek Jaguś, Katarzyna Maliszewska, Krzysztof „Puma” Piasecki, Jerzy Styczyński (consultations)
- acoustic guitar: Roman Puchowski
- harmonica: Bartosz Łęczycki, Sławek Wierzcholski (consultations)
- keyboards: Paweł Serafiński
- bass guitar: Wojciech Pilichowski (consultations), Tomasz Grabowy
- drums: Zbigniew Lewandowski
- photography: Grzegorz Matoryn, Grzegorz Sidorowicz, Andrzej Pytliński
- sound engineering: Jacek Mastykarz
The workshop organizers have already received more than 100 applications! Recruitment for the bass guitar and drums classes has ended. There are still a few places available in the other classes. It is worth signing up!
This year, there will be no final concert. Instead, the organizers are offering blues fans the concerts “Workshop Participants for the City’s Residents” and performances by artists such as:
- the Styczyński, Miarka, Nitribitt trio
- Romek Puchowski & Keith Dunn
- Festival Orchestra.
Performances will take place daily from 12 to 14 August (at 7:30 p.m.) on the stage in the Market Square.
A regular feature of the festival is the blues-accompanied mass, which attracts crowds of worshippers to the church in the Kwiatowe housing estate every year. This year, the service will take place on 9 August at 8:00 p.m. It will be followed by a concert by Spirituals Singers Band.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, 15 August, young blues groups will perform on the stage in the Market Square. For two years, the Review has borne the name of Tadeusz Nalepa—each competing band will present the audience with one song from the repertoire of the father of Polish blues. The evening's star will be Sławek Wierzcholski i Nocna Zmiana Bluesa.
The festival club will be Piwnica Paryska, where jam sessions will take place from 6 to 14 August. More information can be found on the BnB website.
(KR/ii information)