Prudential Bluesfest London 2015 Full Lineup Announcement
Following the success of last year’s BluesFest, which saw in excess of 30,000 music fans descend on The Royal Albert Hall for an acclaimed, six-day celebration of blues, jazz, roots and soul, Live Nation have announced a three year deal that will see the festival return in November at a new London home – The O2 in North Greenwich.
Adopting a similar format to that used for this year’s event, the festival will incorporate a range of daytime activity alongside concerts in the Arena, indigo at The O2 and Brooklyn Bowl each evening.
Running across three days from Friday 6th – Sunday 8th November 2015, this will be the first time the world’s number one music and entertainment venue has hosted a blues festival and coincides with the fifth anniversary of BluesFest, which has gone from strength to strength since launching in 2011 with concerts at a range of small London venues including the 100 Club, Union Chapel and The Jazz Cafe.
In addition, this year’s Prudential BluesFest will present one of London’s biggest’s free music festivals when it takes over The O2 on November 7th and 8th. Running concurrently with its ticketed evening shows will be a series of free daytime performances, showcasing some of the most exciting names from the worlds of blues, soul and R&B.
The full Prudential Bluesfest London lineup is below along with links to articles about several of the artists that we have previously written and published on Just Listen To This:
Friday 6th November 2015
- Prudential Proudly Presents The ABC of Blues & Soul: Lisa Stansfield, Imelda May and Mica Paris (Accompanied By Full Orchestra and Singers)
Venue: Indigo at The O2
Doors: 18:30pm
Saturday 7th November 2015
Free Daytime Artists (Between 12.00-18:00pm) –
- Bernie Marsden (Interview with Bernie Marsden: https://justlistentothis.co.uk/interviews/bernie-marsden/)
- Big Joe Louis
- Laurence Jones (One of our interviews with Laurence Jones: https://justlistentothis.co.uk/interviews/laurence-jones-2/ )
- Big Boy Bloater
- The Boom Band
- The Bluejays
- The Excitements
- Mudcats Blues Trio
- Lauren Housley
- Catfish
- Paddy Milner
- VerseChorusVerse (20 Questions with VerseChorusVerse: https://justlistentothis.co.uk/20-questions/versechorusverse-20-questions/)
- The Cold Heart Revue
Evening Shows
- Dave Matthews Band
Venue: O2 Arena
Doors: 18:30pm
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
Venue: Indigo at The O2
Doors: 19:00pm
- Jo Harman
Venue: Brooklyn Bowl
Doors: TBC
Sunday 8th November 2015
Free Daytime Artists (Between 12.00-18:00pm) –
- Georgie Fame
- Marcus Bonfanti (Review of Marcus Bonfanti at Bluesfest 2013: https://justlistentothis.co.uk/live-reviews/bluesfest-2013-daytime-stroller-day-2-wednesday-30th-october/ )
- The Blues Band
- Lauren Housley
- Dr Feelgood
- Ian Siegal Band
- Jeremy Sassoon’s Ray Charles Project
- Leftennant
- Chris Farlowe
- Darrel Higham
- Danny Toeman
- Lisa Marini
- Matt Woosey
- Half Deaf Clatch
- Mollie Marriott
Evening Shows
- Sir Tom Jones & Sir Van Morrison
Venue: O2 Arena
Doors: 18:00pm
- Jamie Cullum and His Big Band
Venue: Indigo at The O2
Doors: 18:30pm
- Matt Schofield (Here is a review of Matt Schofield at The Jazz Cafe in 2015: https://justlistentothis.co.uk/live-reviews/matt-schofield-march-2015-jazz-cafe-london-united-kingdom/ )
Venue: Brooklyn Bowl
Doors: 19:00pm
Glenn Sargeant
For more information about Prudential Bluesfest London and tickets to all of the evening shows visit: http://www.prudentialbluesfest.co.uk/
(Thanks to Pete Sargeant and Joe Baxter for help with this announcement)
