The Dundee Blues Bonanza

The Dundee Blues Bonanza (DBB) is a free blues music festival held over 3 days, which is unique to

the City of Dundee.  It takes place in over 30 city centre venues, all within easy walking distance of e

ach other. Pioneered and successfully developed over the last 17 years by a voluntary committee,

the DBB has been nurtured from modest beginnings to its present level, which includes a very healthy

International element.
 
Along with our own massive UK complement, many International acts and fans keep coming back to

enjoy the friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere around the city during the Bonanza weekend.
 
Dundee is now called the Blues Capital of Scotland, and some have claimed it is the biggest free music

festival in Europe.  It has been estimated that approximately 12,000 people descend on the City of Discovery

to partake in what the Lord Provost has called “The Bonanza Buzz”
 
This event does a great deal to enhance Dundee’s reputation and standing around the Globe, and has established it firmly on the International Music Scene. The report from the Daily Telegraph below gives an insight into what the Bonanza is all about.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 16th January 2004
"You would have been hard pushed to find somebody to predict this 10 years ago, but Dundee’s Blues Bonanza is now approaching the end of its first decade as Britain’s biggest free blues/roots festival! The now-famous extravaganza of live blues, boogie, rock and roots music is seemingly set in stone in the city’s summer calendar, taking place this year over the weekend of Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July.
It wasn’t always the case, having been launched by local blues fans worried about the demise of the Dundee

Jazz Festival, featuring only nine bands in six venues in one afternoon.
Thanks to a combination of sheer perseverance and hard work, copious amounts of goodwill and an outstandingly -fine feel good factor, the festival has gone from strength to strength, and now attracts around 10,000 music fans to more than 120 live performances in 30 city centre venues."