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BLUES BANDS FOR FESTIVALS
Programming a blues festival? Big D Bookings brings blues and blues rock acts from the UK, the USA and across Europe to festival stages. We have worked with 23 blues festivals in 14 countries, and every act on our roster can be booked directly through us.
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WHY FESTIVALS BOOK THROUGH BIG D
Owner Nico De Cock (Big D) is a founding member of the Belgian Blues Federation, a long-time member of the European Blues Union and frontman of The BluesBones, so he knows festivals from the stage as well as from the booking side. In 2026 Big D Bookings received the Behind the Scene award (Production) from the European Blues Union. You get one contact for the request, the availability, the fee and the practical details, from the first mail to the show.
FESTIVAL ACTS ON OUR ROSTER
Dom Martin: UK Blues Hall of Fame inductee, headliner at festivals in the UK.
Alice Armstrong: winner European Blues Challenge 2025.
Ryan McGarvey: played Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2010 and 2019.
Mississippi MacDonald: headlined the Glastonbury Lovefields Stage in 2024.
Eddy Smith & The 507: played the Isle of Wight Festival, Black Deer and Cambridge Folk.
Little Odetta: played Cognac Blues Passion.
Robbert Duijf Band: winner European Blues Challenge 2024.
Line-ups for every stage: solo acoustic or electric power trio (Dom Martin), the duo Big D & Captain Keys, trios such as Muddy What? and Jesse Garwood Band, and five-piece bands such as Black Cat Biscuit and Connolly Hayes.
FESTIVALS WE HAVE WORKED WITH
Big D Bookings has worked with 23 blues festivals in 14 countries, including:
BELGIUM
Blues Peer, Swing Wespelaar
NETHERLANDS
Ribs & Blues, Culemborg Blues
GERMANY
Freiburg Festival, Grolsch festival Schoppingen
FRANCE
Cahors Blues Festival, Fabourg Blues Festival, Bay Car Blues
REST OF EUROPE
Notodden Blues Festival and Blues In Hell (Norway), Scinawski Blues Festival and Otwock Blues Festival (Poland), Breozi Blues Festival and Blues in the Garden (Romania), Lucerne Blues Festival and Sierre Blues Festival (Switzerland), Blues Alive (Czech Republic), Randers city Blues Festival (Denmark), Monoghan Blues Festival (Ireland), Blues n Jazz Rayle (Luxembourg), Santa Maria Blues Festival (Portugal), Gotenborg Blues Festival (Sweden)
QUESTIONS FROM FESTIVALS
Which blues bands can I book for my festival?
Big D Bookings represents 18 blues and blues rock acts from the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, the USA, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France, including Dom Martin, Alice Armstrong, Ryan McGarvey and Mississippi MacDonald.
Which line-ups are available?
From solo acoustic to five-piece bands: Dom Martin plays solo acoustic or with his electric power trio, Big D & Captain Keys is a duo, Muddy What? and Jesse Garwood Band are trios, and Black Cat Biscuit and Connolly Hayes are five-piece bands.
Which festivals has Big D Bookings worked with?
23 blues festivals in 14 countries, including Blues Peer, Ribs & Blues, Cahors Blues Festival, Notodden Blues Festival and Lucerne Blues Festival.
How do I book a band for my festival?
Send a booking request with the band, the date and your festival through the contact page, or contact Nico De Cock by e-mail at decocknico@bigdbookings.com or by phone at +32 477 44 27 03.