The EBC format will - for the first time - be a 3 - day event (Thu-Sat) with 22 bluesacts from Europe. There will be two semi-finals Thursday Friday and grand finale on Saturday with the top 4 ranked acts from each semi-final. That is 8 acts performing to raise the EBC trophy on the Saturday evening.
Thursday 4 April Time: 19:00 h
United Kingdom: Errol Linton Band
Luxembourg: The Bottlenecks
Sweden: The Blue Benders
Ireland: Ben Prevo
Switzerland: Dan Mudd feat. bearbeat
Bulgaria: DBD
Poland: Silesian Hammond Group
Portugal: Gringos Washboard Band
Denmark: The Manic Blues
Croatia: Charlie & Bell Blues Experience
Finland: Little Willie Mehto
Friday 5 April Time: 19:00 h
Norway: Odin Landbakk Trio
Germany: Blue Deal
Italy: Groove City & Daria Biancardi
Czeck Republic: O.J. Žlábek Band
Austria: Moritz Gamper
Greece: Tassos Skouras
The Netherlands: Robbert Duijf Band
Belgium: Thomas Frank Hopper Band
Spain: Kid Carlos Band
France: Little Mouse & The Hungry Cats
Romania: Marcian Petrescu BluesHarp Band
Saturday 6 April Time: 19:00 h
Grand finale with the four best classified of the two semi-finals.
Announcement of the Blues Behind the Scenes Awards.
Announcement of the EBC Winners + short performance by the winner.