Rawa Blues Festival (pronounced ''rava'') is the world's largest indoor blues festival. The festival was named after the
Rawa River, which flows through the city of
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...
in Poland. The first edition was held in April 1981.
Among the highlights of past festivals were:
Luther Allison,
Junior Wells,
Koko Taylor,
Carey Bell,
John Cephas and
Phil Wiggins,
C. J. Chenier,
Nora Jean Bruso,
Rory Block,
Little Charlie & the Nightcats, as well as many Polish blues musicians such as
Tadeusz Nalepa, Slawek Wierzcholski,
Dżem and many others.
Jerzy George Kossek founded the Rawa Blues Poetry Café at the festival in 2007.
See also
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List of blues festivals
Blues festivals are music festivals which focus on blues music. Blues is a genreKunzler's dictionary of Jazz provides two separate entries: blues, an originally African-American genre (p.128), and the blues form, a widespread musical form (p.131) ...
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List of folk festivals
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods.
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Music festivals established in 1981
Culture in Katowice
Culture of Silesia
Blues festivals
Music festivals in Poland
Folk festivals in Poland
1981 establishments in Poland
Tourist attractions in Silesian Voivodeship
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