Americans appear (live and filmed) at the Rawa Blues Festival

The idea of the Rawa Blues Festival was introduced in 1980 by Irek Dudek, great Polish musician and blues promoter. The first festival was organized in the Katowice Theater and gathered some twenty bluesmen from all over Poland and 500 fans. Fourteen years ago Festival moved into Polish biggest and most famous concert arena "Spodek" and became one of the biggest blues festivals in Central Europe. In the past years thousands of blues fans have enjoyed live performances of Polish, American and European blues musicians. Among the highlights of past festivals were: Luther Allison, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Carey Bell, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, C. J. Chenier, Rory Block, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Guitar Shorty, James Blood Ulmer and many others.

The Embassy has been supporting the festival by co-sponsoring American artists and featuring rare archival footage and new performances filmed by Wim Wanders, Richard Pearce, Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood and many others.
For detailed program of the festival click here