Win free Blues Festival tickets with the 100 Day Competition

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN!

To celebrate the fact that there is only 100 days until the Hebden Bridge Blues Festival, we a giving away free tickets and t-shirts in a little competition.

FIRST PRIZE: A PAIR OF WEEKEND FESTIVAL TICKETS WORTH £110!
SECOND PRIZE: A PAIR OF DAY TICKETS WORTH £55!
THREE THIRD PRIZES: BLUES FESTIVAL T-SHIRTS!

To Win Our Fabulous 100 Day Competition all you have to do is go to the ticket page of the Hebden Bridge Blues Festival!

Mitch Laddie

The Man in The Hat

On the subject of new websites that I should be linking to, The Man in The Hat's blog about life round the campfire in the build up to the Hebden Bridge Blues Festival is a must.

Written with a very dry sense of humour and peppered with razor-sharp observations about life in general (some only tenuously connected with the Hebden Blues) it is always good for a wry chortle...

Upper Calder Valley Websites Wanted

In keeping with my "new chapter" theme, I thought I'd take a quick look at the long list of Upper Calder Valley websites I link to at the side of this blog.

To be fair, I've not relly vetted this list for a year or so but I was still shocked at the realisation that a third or so of them no longer exist.

I'm not sure whether this is any indication of the worsening economic conditions in the area or whether this is just "natural churn" as people give up some ideas and start other ones. Some, like the Hole in t'Wall pub, we know have ceased trading, but hopefully most authors of the now-defuct sites will have gone on to create new ones.

In any case, if you know of a site based in, or relevant to the Upper Calder Valley, that is to say anywhere between Luddenden and Walsden, just drop me a line to jason@jasonelliott.co.uk and I will (probably) add it to the list!

A new chapter

I'm beginning a bit of a new chapter in my life. We've just moved house, my business model has changed, and the Police have warned off a guy who was trolling and harassing me (as well as many of my friends) for the last couple of years, so it seems about time to resume my blog! Hell, you know what? I think I may even reactivate the comments section here...

BIg Blues Session at Bar Place

Photo by Tony Winfield  

We start the run in to the 2012 Hebden Bridge Blues Festival with this very special gig to whet the appetite, flex the blues muscles in your ears, and raise a few funds, with the irrepressable Paddy Maguire and a galaxy of other blues-musos.

More info about who is playing will be posted nearer the time but you can take our word for it that the talent will be immense!

A mere £5 will get you in and, while stocks last, will also get you a free Blues Festival T-shirt.

(For a bit more info about the venue, B@r Place, which also is a boutique hotel, check out this link www.barplace.co.uk)