The idea of being able to have a blues festival here Pordenone it might have seemed utopian to the many workers in the sector who for years considered our "land" not suitable for a genre of music more popular in nearby Veneto and in the regions of central Italy.
By accepting the great challenge theCult. Ass. Pordenone Young, the Municipal Administration of Pordenone they left with the first edition in 1991, working with great determination, managing year after year to achieve results above their expectations. In the meantime, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the Province of Pordenone , ServicesEvents Machine and all together thanks to the continuity and quality of the proposals, almost all of which are world-class and with unique dates in Italy, today we are here to celebrate twenty-one years of age.
Since 2010 it was decided to take a totally new path, looking at blues not only as a musical genre, but rather as a muse inspiring the most diverse forms of artistic expression.
Il Pordenone Blues Festival is the first event dedicated to this type of music in Friuli Venezia Giulia, and also this year in addition to music, the blues will meet theater, art, cinema, drawing, photography, literature, painting, "cultural and food" itineraries, an original way of proposing the blues in seven spectacular days. from 20 to 26 August.
The icing on the cake is also how gorgeous it is graphic design of the festival which again this year was born thanks to the union of Giovanni Del Fre, a well-known graphic designer from Pordenone, with the famous artist Julius Iurissevic, illustrator, urban artist, graphic designer Pordenone famous throughout the world for his polymorphic style and whose international clients include Elle, Marie Claire, Vogue, The Source, Burlington, Gap, Pepsi and is considered by Luerzer Archive to be one of the 200 best illustrators of the last four years worldwide.
Over 200 artists and professionals they will all participate united to create a memorable event with the blues as a reference element.
Musica it will still have a dominant role with concerts taking place around the city all week. As we have been doing for years now in addition to American artists we will give a lot of space to those who are part of theEurope, which has now become a true hotbed of amazing artists.
Throughout the week there will be over 130 commercial activities that will interpret the blues in their own way by setting up the ad hoc showcases for the occasion and there will also be a food and wine itinerary where you can taste, in 15 venues, including bars, taverns, restaurants in the city, excellent dishes and tasty appetizers accompanied by the official wines of the festival while listening to excellent blues music.
Also this year, thanks to the collaboration with the consortium "Pordenone " and with FVG Tourism, there will be the opportunity to appreciate the beauties of our province and taste typical local products thanks to the cultural, gastronomic and musical itineraries.
Furthermore, all visitors who stop to sleep in one of the associated hotels during the festival week will be able to enjoy discounted prices on overnight stays and 30% discounts on festival gadgets (info: 0434-549427 – info@pordenoneturismo.it).
We would like to recall the numbers of the last edition which were very interesting in a week of festival: over 11.000 Guests, many of whom come from Croatia, Slovenia and Austria, as well as from many regions of Italy, 204 hotel rooms book for the occasion, well 126 reviews in Italian and foreign newspapers and specialized magazines and on websites, there are several mentions in television programs and in dozens of radio programs with over 20 interviews done in the last two weeks before the festival. There are also countless sites that have talked about it over and over 2000 emails of requests for information and over 600 arrived to thank us for the great initiative.
There are great expectations for this year where the program has been significantly improved by increasing the number of events and alternative offers.
The XXI Pordenone Blues Festival is a historical event with a very specific focus that intends to present itself in an innovative and original way, looking at the tradition of the music it represents but with an eye on the present.
The idea of being able to have a blues festival here in Pordenone hours is no longer a utopia but a true reality.
