August Blues Festival
Music festival held in Haapsalu, Estonia
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August Blues Festival (Estonian: Augustibluus) is a blues music festival held in Haapsalu, Estonia since 1994.[1][2]
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| Genre | Blues |
| Locations | Haapsalu, Estonia |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Website | augustibluus |
The festival takes place mainly inside the walls of Haapsalu Castle.[3] It is the biggest blues festival in the Baltic states.[4]
Besides Estonian blues musicians, there have been guests from United States and elsewhere.[1] Andy Fairweather Low, Nik West, Candye Kane, Earl Thomas, Omar Kent Dykes, Gene Taylor, Lucky Peterson, Lance Lopez, Coco Montoya, Kirk Fletcher, Jimmy Zavala, Eric Gales, Artur Menezes,[5] and Duke Robillard have all performed at the festival.[citation needed]
