Upton Blues Festival
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The Upton Blues Festival is an annual blues
festival
, centred on Upton-on-Severn in Worcestershire
. Formed in 2001, the festival aims to support Blues music in Upton, and support the local community.
Formed in 2001, seven local people each put £10 each to create a basic fund. Now one of the largest festivals in Worcestershire and the middle River Severn
area. Alongside the music, the committee arranges art classes and displays. Every Sunday, the festival embraces the local churches with a Gospel choir service, and a Sunday lunch held at the vicarage.
The festival was heavily affected by the 2007 United Kingdom floods
. The revived festival in 2008 had an estimated 20,000 people over the three days. The main Under the Bridge venue has seating for approximately 500.
The festival is supported by many local businesses, with the main sponsor being Worcester Bosch Group
. In 2009 however, WBG pulled out, leaving the event in a funding "crisis". The Evesham Journal have confirmed that the 2009 festival will definitely be held on the weekend of July 17th-19th. Festival organiser Louise Orr revealed however that £3,000 needed to be raised to ensure they could put on a good show for the crowds expected over the three days.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
, centred on Upton-on-Severn in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
. Formed in 2001, the festival aims to support Blues music in Upton, and support the local community.
Formed in 2001, seven local people each put £10 each to create a basic fund. Now one of the largest festivals in Worcestershire and the middle River Severn
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...
area. Alongside the music, the committee arranges art classes and displays. Every Sunday, the festival embraces the local churches with a Gospel choir service, and a Sunday lunch held at the vicarage.
The festival was heavily affected by the 2007 United Kingdom floods
2007 United Kingdom floods
The 2007 United Kingdom floods were a series of destructive floods that occurred in various areas across the country during the summer of 2007. The most severe floods occurred across Northern Ireland on 12 June; East Yorkshire and The Midlands on 15 June; Yorkshire, The Midlands, Gloucestershire,...
. The revived festival in 2008 had an estimated 20,000 people over the three days. The main Under the Bridge venue has seating for approximately 500.
The festival is supported by many local businesses, with the main sponsor being Worcester Bosch Group
Worcester Bosch Group
Worcester, Bosch Group is a United Kingdom based domestic heating and hot water products manufacturer....
. In 2009 however, WBG pulled out, leaving the event in a funding "crisis". The Evesham Journal have confirmed that the 2009 festival will definitely be held on the weekend of July 17th-19th. Festival organiser Louise Orr revealed however that £3,000 needed to be raised to ensure they could put on a good show for the crowds expected over the three days.