ABOUT
The European Blues Challenge (EBC) is a competition produced by the European Blues Union for bands from over 20 countries that are members of the EBU. Held annually since 2011, each year the EBC attracts more & more musicians and fans from all around Europe and the world, creating a friendly platform for aspiring European blues bands to present themselves in front of a broad, international audience. The winners of the competition are awarded by being booked to perform at Europe’s most prestigious festivals like Santa Maria Blues Festival (Azores), BB Blues Festival (Portugal), Lucerne Blues Festival (Switzerland), Blues in Hell (Norway) and others (TBC soon).
The European Blues Union (EBU) is a non-profit organization established in 2010 by a group of European Blues professionals and enthusiasts encompassing festival and tour promoters, clubs, agents, Blues magazines, journalists, photographers, researchers, independent record companies and distributors, radio deejays, and Blues musicians.
Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny
Park Śląski
Szyb Prezydent
Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny
Amelung
Huta Kościuszko
Huta Kościuszko
Gruba Bluesa
Gruba Bluesa
Poczta Główna
Pomnik Gerarda Cieślika
Teatr Rozrywki
Park Śląski
Teatr Rozrywki
Sztygarka
Legendia Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko
Legendia Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko
Sztygarka
Chorzów is located in the heart of the Silesian Metropolitan Area in the south of Poland. Once an industrial town (home to now defunct two steel works, four coal mines and various other plants), Chorzów has over the last 30 years undergone a major transformation, and is now known for its cultural events.
Being home to Poland’s only blues magazine, „Twój Blues” Quarterly, and three annual blues festivals („Bluestracje” / April; “Front Porch Blues” / July; „Blues Alive” / November), Chorzów has also throughout years hosted numerous shows, including, but not limited to Shemekia Copeland, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, as well as U2, Metallica, the Rolling Stones. Chorzów’s other attractions include a blues museum (Gruba Bluesa) and the „Prezydent” mining shaft and viewing platform — both a part of the „Sztygarka” complex, located in the post-industrial area of a now defunct coal mine; a beautiful and extensive park („Park Śląski” / „Wojewódzki Park Kultury i Wypoczynku w Chorzowie” encompassing a Zoo, „Legendia” amusement park, a planetarium, and other attractions).
LOCATIONS
SZTYGARKA: Szyb Prezydent
SZTYGARKA: Tlenownia
GALERIA SZTUKI MUZYCZNEJ I OBRAZU
SZTYGARKA: the Green Room
SZTYGARKA: the Balcony Room
MDK BATORY
PROGRAMME
May 26th 2021 – Polish Blues Showcase
May 27th 2021 – EBC 1st Semi Finals
May 28th 2021 – EBC 2nd Semi Finals
May 29th 2021 – EBC Finals
May 30th 2021 – TBA
EBC 2021 PARTICIPANTS
- AUSTRIA - MARIUS DOBRA BLUES BAND
- BELGIUM - STEVEN TROCH BAND
- CROATIA - JEREMIAH'S
- CZECHIA - WBAND
- DENMARK - JAKE GREEN BAND
- ESTONIA - KAISA LING THING
- FINLAND - LUMBERJACKS
- FRANCE - JESSIE LEE AND THE ALCHEMISTS
- GERMANY - THE BLUESANOVAS
- GREECE - LAZYTRAINS
- HUNGARY - RIPOFF RASKOLNIKOV
- IRELAND - CRAZYCROW
- ITALY - BETTA BLUES SOCIETY
- LUXEMBOURG - Ramblin' South
- NETHERLANDS - Dave Warmerdam Band
- NORWAY - RELOADED NORWAY
- POLAND - SOSNOWSKI
- PORTUGAL - PETER STOM & THE BLUES SOCIETY
- ROMANIA - OTHELLO TRIO
- SLOVAKIA - HER MEMORIES BAND
- SPAIN - MINGO SANDA & BAREZ BROS
- SWEDEN - ORE ISLAND PENITENTIARY BAND
- SWITZERLAND - JUSTINA LEE BROWN BAND
- UK - THE ACHIEVERS
TICKETS
coming soon
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CONTACT
Delta Agencja Koncertowo-Wydawnicza
ul. Klonowa 8
41-506 Chorzów
Poland
phone.: +48 503 055 750
e-mail: ebc2021poland@gmail.com
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