Dear All
There appears to be some confusion about this event. Don told us that that the festival is running from the 16-18 of September this year and that Peter Green would appear in the BBAS. I did some research.
Here are three sources of information:
1.
http://www.bluesmatters.com/modules....rticle&sid=945 says the following: "the 6th annual Orkney Islands Blues Festival takes place over the weekend of September 16-18th". They give a link to the "official WWW site" as
http://www.orkneybluesfestival.co.uk/ and a contact. Neither the WWW site is operational bar a front out of date page with no 2007 info. The contact they list does not answer E-mails.
Maybe this is where Don got the information. But I think this information is actually for last year when the 16/9 was a Saturday through to Monday 18/9 (For 2007 it would be 16/9 a Sunday through 18/9 a Tues). Unlikely.
2. If you go to
http://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/or...ents-2007.html you will find that the Orkney Blues Weekend is listed for the following weekend. 21 – 23 September 2007 That is a Friday through Sunday - which is likely. Based in Stromness - around the Ferry Inn - both visiting performers and locals provide an essential weekend for blues enthusiasts.
3.
http://www.stromnesshotel.com/events.html says that the Blues Weekend is on 21 - 24 Sept 2007.
So three different dates although (2) and (3) are broadly compatible.
I was interested because we are going to be Europe in September and thought it would be a nice thing to do. That was until we worked out how much it actually costs to fly or get ferries from Amsterdam to Orkney (and the time involved).
Anyway, to clarify for those who might want to go does anyone know better with regard to the actual details?
best wishes
bill