Past Performers

11th 2009 John Mayall (UK), Jethro Tull (UK), Eric Burdon (UK), Ruby Turner (UK), The Blues Band (UK), Rab McCullough (UK), King King (UK,) Ryan Shaw (US),Deborah Bonham (UK), Sean Webster Band & Friends (UK), Dani Wilde (UK), The W.T.Feaster Band (US), Laura & the Tears (UK), Nine Lives (UK)

10th 2008 Chuck Berry (US) , Jimmie Vaughan (US), Jools Holland and the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra featuring Marc Almond, Ruby Turner & Louise Marshall (UK),  Alvin Youngblood Hart (US), Beth Rowley (UK), Earl Thomas (US),  Sherman Robertson (US),  Jon Cleary (US), Ian Siegal (UK), Chris Farlowe and the Norman Beaker Band (UK),, Derrin Nauendorf & Jeff Lang(Australia), Ian Parker (UK), Lisa Mills Ian Jennings (US/UK), Little Jenny and the Blue Beans (Scandinavia), The Evidence (UK).

9th 2007 Van Morrison, Gary Moore, Eric Bibb (US), C.J.Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band (US), Holmes Brothers (US), Sharrie Williams & the Wiseguys (US), Harper (Australia), James Hunter (UK), Out of the Blues (UK), James Hunter Band (UK), Never the Bride (UK), Family Style (Italy), Mike Harrsion Band (UK), Blues n’ Trouble (UK), South Quay (UK).

8th 2006 Legends of Delta Blues: David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Robert Lockwood Jr. and Homesick James (US).  Tony Joe White (US), Eric Sardinas (US), Geno Washington and The Purple Aces (US), Hamilton Loomis (US), Kitto (Australia), Paul Jones and Dave Kelly (UK), Chris Farlowe (UK) and Kyla Brox (UK), Matt Schofield (UK), Ian Siegal (UK), Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes (UK, Two Timers (UK)

7th 2005 Legends of Chicago Blues James Cotton, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Bob Margolin and Mookie Brill (US), The Animals (UK), Studebaker John and the Hawks (US), Dave Weld (US), The Yardbirds (UK), Lightnin’ Willie and the Poorboys (US), Climax Blues Band (UK), Tony McPhee and Joanna Deacon (UK), Diana Braithwaite (Canada), Paul Lamb & the Kingsnakes (UK), Mike Sanchez Rhythm & Blues Revue (UK), Sean Webster (UK)  

6th 2004 Buddy Guy (US),Connie Lush (UK), Sherman Robertson (US), Spikedrivers (UK), Dave Ellis (UK), Danny Bryant (UK), Gwyn Ashton Band (Australia), JC and Angelina (UK), Steve Freund (US), Savoy Brown’s Kim Simmonds Unplugged (UK), Lights Out by Nine (UK), Jon Amor (UK), Egypt (UK), Big Joe Turner (US)

5th 2003 Dionne Warwick (US) Marcus Malone (US), Ben Andrews (US), Sean Chambers (US), Danny Bryant (UK), Aynlsey Lister (UK), Sonny Black (UK), Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes (UK), The Groundhogs (UK), Pete Leigh & the Union featuring Zoot Money (UK), Amor (UK), Band of Friends (UK)

4th 2002 Elkie Brooks (UK) , The Splinter Group featuring Peter Green (UK), Blues Band featuring Paul Jones (UK) , Otis Grand (US) , Bernie Marsden with his band Radio Land (UK), Dave Finnegan (from the Commitments) and the Arrivals (UK), The Hamsters (UK), Ian Parker and Friends (UK), Steve Gibbons (UK) , King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys (UK), Nine Below Zero UK),  Olly Alcock Band (UK), Slack Alice (UK)

3rd 2001 Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra (UK) Sue Foley (US) , Joe Turner and the Memphis Blues Caravan (US) , Michael Messer Band (UK), Larry Johnson (US)

2nd 2000 Lonnie Donegan (UK), Bernie Marsden’s Green and Blues All Stars (UK), Bruce Katz Band (US), The Nimmo Brothers (UK), John Jackson (US)

1st 1999 Robbin Ford (US), Dana Gillespie (UK), Angela Brown (UK),