HISTORY
Set in the Georgian harbour town of Maryport with a wide-ranging programme including not only a selection of the best of contemporary British and US blues acts but some of the legendary names of early British blues.
The Main Stage is a marquee set by an impressive marina located in part of the old harbour and in the evening the venue has a backdrop of glorious sunsets and sweeping views.
The trail venues are local pubs and clubs in the town which is set on a hillside overlooking the harbour.
Maryport Blues Festival 1999 - Line Up
Robbin Ford (US), Dana Gillespie (UK), Angela Brown (UK)
Maryport Blues Festival 2000 - Line Up
Lonnie Donegan (UK), Bernie Marsden’s Green and Blues All Stars (UK), Bruce Katz Band (US), The Nimmo Brothers (UK), John Jackson (US)
Maryport Blues Festival 2001 - Line Up
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)
Maryport Blues Festival 2002 - Line Up
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)
Maryport Blues Festival 2003 - Line Up
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)
Maryport Blues Festival 2004 - Line Up
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)
Maryport Blues Festival 2005 - Line Up
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)
Maryport Blues Festival 2006 - Line Up
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)
Maryport Blues Festival 2007 - Line Up
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).
Maryport Blues Festival 2008 - Line Up
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).
Maryport Blues Festival 2009 - Line Up
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)
Maryport Blues Festival 2010 - Line Up
Feed Me (UK), Gregg Wright Band, The Hoax, Paul Carrack, Steve Rodgers Band, Marcus Bonfanti Band, Paddy Milner and the Big Sounds, Bex Marshall, Mica Paris, Booker T (US), Rory Ellis Duo, Hokie Joint, Holmes Brothers, Canned Heat (US), The Robert Cray Band (US)
Maryport Blues Festival 2011 - Line Up
Balmoral Road, Henrik Freischlader, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Louis Walker (featuring Todd Sharpville), The Revolutionaires, The Hitman Blues Band, Sandi Thom, Simon McBride, Philip Sayce, Jonny Lang, The Wildcards, Dana Fuchs, Ian Siegal, Trampled Under Foot , Dennis Locorriere, Mike Sanchez and his Band and many more...