The Copenhagen Blues Festival

Visit Copenhagen between September and October each year and you will surely witness the weeklong fun and merry festival called the Copenhagen Blues Festival. The festival that started in 2001 has the aim to widen the knowledge of blues and related genre of music all over Copenhagen region as well as to promote their interest in the said genre. Each year, the organization behind the Copenhagen Blues Festival is in cooperation with 18-20 venues all over the city. They are trying to present about 60 blues concerts from different performers from Scandinavia, Denmark, and even international blues artists.

This year, the festival is happening from September 30 to October 4, 2009. This year’s five days festival has the theme of CHICAGO BLUES. The five-day event is full of nothing but blues concerts from known local and international blues artists including Eddy Clearwater, Thorbjorn Risager Band and a whole lot more. In addition, the festival will also be holding 10 short, free afternoon blues concerts at the main stage, which is at the Festplads.

There will also be a Gospel concert during the festival week and for this year’s concert, the Ladies Sing the Blues will be transforming into Ladies Sing the Gospel and will be presenting and performing at the Christian’s Church. This Sunday event is perfect for families to hang out and have some fun with their kids and partner. Another Sunday event includes the Blues sermon at the Grundtvigs Church, which features Troels Jensen, H.P. Lange og Jarno Varsted, and Blues brunch at Pilegardens at 11 am.

Aside from the great performances that entertain audiences from all over the world, the festival also has their blues awards that are already have been awarded to numerous recipients. This year’s festival will feature Duck and Cover at Bartof, Poorboy Poul and Thorbjorn Risager at Roedovre, and the Roots Jam at Mojo as closing performances of the Blues Copenhagen Festival 2009.