Curaçao BlueSeas Festival 2026 lineup announced
Back to List For the eighth time, Pietermaai will host the Curaçao BlueSeas Festival, taking place on Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th. This free street festival showcases international blues talent across various stages in the historic neighborhood. The festival opens on Thursday evening, April 2nd, at Kura Hulanda Village with a concert by […]
Toby Lee
Toby Lee Friday 3 April Toby Lee is a British guitar prodigy who taught himself to play when he was 8 years old. At age 10, he recorded a ‘Get well soon’ jam for B.B. King. The video went viral and Lee was invited to play at King’s Blues Club in Memphis. Now still only […]
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado Thursday 2 April Danish roots-rockers Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado have been playing up a storm for over twenty years. Formed in 2003, the band has blazed a trail across Scandinavia, Europe, Canada, the US and Asia, captivating crowds with their sound that fuses soul, Chicago blues, boogie […]
Samantha Fish
Samantha Fish Saturday 4 April Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, singer and guitarist Samantha Fish was frequenting the city’s famous blues club, Knuckleheads Saloon, before she was old enough to step on stage. She comes from a musical household (her older sister Amanda is also a known musician) and was drawn to blues music […]
Quinn Sullivan Band
Quinn Sullivan Band Friday 3 April Singer, songwriter and guitarist Quinn Sullivan grew up in a musical household listening to classic rock, jazz and blues. He received his first guitar at the tender age of three and quickly demonstrated exceptional talent. With appearances on television shows such as The Tonight Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show […]
Kirk Fletcher
Kirk Fletcher Saturday 4 April Los Angeles-born and Nashville-based singer and guitarist Kirk Fletcher built a foundation for the blues in the church where his father was a pastor and he started playing guitar. Through fortunate encounters with blues musicians he built a strong network and eventually wound up touring as a guitarist in Kim […]
Joanna Connor & The Wrecking Crew
Joanna Connor & The Wrecking Crew Saturday 4 April Her favourite album as a child was by Taj Mahal, and she saw Buddy Guy perform at the mere age of 10. So you could say that the blues found her instead of the other way around, agrees singer and guitar virtuoso Joanna Connor. Playing professionally […]
Jackie Venson
Jackie Venson Friday 3 April Singer-songwriter and guitarist Jackie Venson was born in Austin, Texas. Her father was a professional musician, her mother a doctor who encouraged her to play the piano from age 8. She eventually graduated from Berklee College of Music, where she also picked up the guitar. Venson now has five studio […]
J and the Causeways
J and the Causeways Saturday 4 April Formed at the legendary Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans, J & The Causeways is a soul/R&B ensemble fronted by lead singer and keyboardist Jordan Anderson. He was first exposed to the power of music via his grandmother, a piano teacher in his small rural Louisiana hometown, and […]
Cedric Burnside
Cedric Burnside Friday 3 April As the grandson of blues icon R. L. Burnside and the son of blues drummer Calvin Jackson, Cedric Burnside was literally brought up with the genre. By age 13, he was touring with his grandfather’s band as a drummer. Since then, he has expanded his skills to include playing guitar […]
