The Swanage Blues Festival, Swanage, Dorset 2012
The Swanage Blues Festival 2 - 4 March 2011
The Swanage Blues Festival
Location: Swanage, Dorset
Date: 2 - 4 March 2011
The Venues
Starting from the pier end of the High Street, the first venue is the East Bar (1 High St) and Se7en next door (also 1 High St), then the White Horse (11), Ship, Swanage (23a), White Swan (The Square), Anchor Inn (30), Tawny’s Wine Bar (52), Red Lion (63), Black Swan (159) and a little further on The Legion (150). That concludes the High Street.
The Mowlem Theatre (not a venue) is in the centre of Swanage. Nestling beside the stream you will see Brook Tea Rooms (15 The Parade). Walk along Institute Road to the High Street and the High Street venues above.
From the Mowlem Theatre, you will see Funworld Café on the corner of Station Road. From there walk up Station Road to Country Foods Kitchen (8 Station Rd)
From the Mowlem, walk along Shore Road with the bay on your right and Sea Breeze restaurant (7 Shore Rd) is on your left; at Ocean Bay restaurant (not a venue) bear left up the hill to the Crow’s Nest (11 Ulwell Rd). From the Crow’s Nest, cross over into Burlington Rd for the Grand Hotel.
Venues outside of Swanage include the Ship Inn, Langton Matravers High Street; and Kingston Country Courtyard, which is accessible via Langton Matravers or from the Corfe Castle road nearer to Corfe Castle than Swanage.
Complete program
Friday 2 March 2012
2.00pm Red Lion Open Mic with Martin Froud & Johnny Sharp
5.00pm Bar Se7en Robin Bibi Band
6.00pm Tawny’s Wine Bar Pete Harris & Hugh Budden
6.00pm Sea Breeze Kevin Brown
8.15pm Tawny’s Wine Bar Pete Harris & Hugh Budden
8.15pm Sea Breeze Kevin Brown
8.30pm East Bar Jay Tamkin Band
8.30pm Grand Hotel John Crampton
8.45pm Black Swan Will Killeen
9.00pm Bar Se7en Blind Lemon Gliders
9.00pm White Swan Back Porch
9.00pm Red Lion Tommy Allen & Johnny Hewitt
9.00pm The Legion The Jawbreakers
9.00pm Crow’s Nest Paint It Blue
9.00pm Ship, Langton Jason Manners & 3 Buck Shirt
9.30pm Ship, Swanage Pearl Handled Revolver
9.45pm White Horse The Mustangs
9.45pm Anchor Inn Riverside Blues Band
Saturday 3 March 2012
11.00am Railway Station Assorted Buskers
11.30am Funworld Café Meet and Greet - Music by Lewis Cohen
12.30pm Bar Se7en Tommy Allen & Johnny Hewitt
1.00pm The Legion STARS OF SWANAGE BLUES till 8pm
1.00pm The Legion Pete Harris & Hugh Budden
2.00pm East Bar Fabulous Fezheads
2.00pm White Horse Jam Session with Robin Bibi Band
2.00pm Red Lion Open Mic with Martin Froud & Johnny Sharp
3.00pm Bar Se7en Paint It Blue
3.00pm White Swan Jason Manners & 3 Buck Shirt
3.00pm The Legion Kevin Brown
3.00pm Grand Hotel Milton-Farrow Skiffle & Blues Band
3.30pm Ship, Swanage The Blues Machine
5.00pm The Legion Tommy Allen & Johnny Hewitt
5.30pm Bar Se7en John Crampton
6.00pm Tawny’s Wine Bar Kevin Brown
6.00pm Sea Breeze Lewis Cohen
7.00pm The Legion Tim Harrison
7.30pm Brook Tea Rooms T B A
7.30pm Bar Se7en David Raphael Band
7.30pm Country Foods Steamer
8.15pm Sea Breeze Lewis Cohen
8.15pm Tawny’s Wine Bar Kevin Brown
8.30pm Grand Hotel The Jawbreakers
8.30pm East Bar The Guv’nors
8.45pm Black Swan Will Killeen
9.00pm White Swan Coalhouse Walker Blues Band
9.00pm Red Lion Fabulous Fezheads
9.00pm Crow’s Nest Back Porch
9.00pm The Legion Blue Touch
9.45pm Anchor C Sharp Blues
9.45pm White Horse Robin Bibi Band
10.00pm Ship, Swanage Motel 6
Sznday 4 March 2012
11.00am Railway Station Assorted Buskers
11.30am Funworld Café Meet and Greet - Music by Kevin Brown
12.00pm Bar Se7en Coalhouse Walker Blues Band
12.30pm Sea Breeze
Tommy Allen & Johnny Hewitt
1.00pm Red Lion Open Mic with Martin Froud & Johnny Sharp
1.00pm Kingston CC Howling At The Moon Duo (lunch)
1.30pm Black Swan Will Killeen
2.30pm Bar Se7en Robert Hokum Blues Band
3.00pm White Horse Jam Session with Robin Bibi Band
3.00pm White Swan Blue Touch
3.00pm Anchor David Raphael Band
3.00pm Grand Hotel Kris Dollimore
3.30pm The Legion Clare Free
4.00pm Ship, Swanage The Jawbreakers
5.00pm Bar Se7en Back Porch
5.30pm The Legion Milton-Farrow Skiffle & Blues Band
6.30pm East Bar The Blues Machine
8.30pm Grand Hotel FESTIVAL FINALE
Pete Harris Blues Band with Hugh Budden, Ray Drury and Steve Darrington
10.00pm Anchor The Tin Cats
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