ISTANBUL - Efes Pilsen 18th Blues Festival will be held in Istanbul on December 7th and 8th.
"18th Efes Pilsen Blues Festival" will continue its tour in Istanbul. The tour took start in northern Samsun province on November 2nd.
Renown Blues musicians like Bernard Allison, John Primer and Adolphus Bell, have given concerts in Trabzon, Erzurum, Antalya, Denizli, Konya, Kayseri, Mersin and Adana and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) within the scope of the festival.
The concerts will also be held in Bursa, Izmir, Canakkale, Kocaeli, Istanbul and Tekirdag.
This year`s festival is not just restricted with Turkey and Cyprus: The festival was also held in Russia on November 1st and will meet blues fans in Serbia on December 14th and 15th. Larry Garner, Larry Mccray, Sharrie Williams and Sox Gordon are among musicians to perform in concerts.
Until now, 228 concerts were held within the scope of the festival in 17 years. 71 bands and 201 musicians performed in these concerts. A total of 261,327 people watched the concerts.
The festival will tour a distance of 7,946 kilometers in its 18th year.