Tusnad Gastro Blues Fest 2021

Tusnad Gastro Blues Fest 2021


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Băile Tușnad 535100, Romania

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#TGBF 2021
REDISCOVER | TASTE | TRY

The ACCENT GeoEcological Organization, in collaboration with Mayor’s Office of Băile Tușnad, invites you to the “Tusnad Gastro Blues Fest 2021“. The event is driven by the desire to promote both the blues, a musical genre appreciated by the elites, and the area as an ecotourism destination, together with the local gastronomy. With a first edition organized in exceptional conditions, the festival aroused a lively interest among both the knowledgeable public and the media. This, together with the enthusiastic support received from the local community, encourages us to move forward with the second edition of #TusnadGastroBluesFest, which will take place between 14 and 16 May 2021. Even if these times seem set to teach us that there are no certainties and the rules change from day to day, we refused to let the dream that means Tusnad Gastro Blues Fest die! Encouraged by the avalanche of positive reactions to the first edition, we are stubbornly set to offer you unique musical and culinary experiences,. Therefore, the artists, partners and the whole team join forces again for #TusnadGastroBluesFest to continue in 2021.

Set in a natural setting of a special beauty, Tusnad Gastro Blues Fest is an event that harmoniously blends live music and gastronomy in a unique concept, generating intense sensory experiences, while offering the ecotourism destination Baile Tusnad and its surroundings the belonging to a cultural community with which it resonates, without the need to travel long distances to benefit from it. During the 3 days of the festival, in addition to the blues concerts, the guests are invited to enjoy delicious dishes prepared by professional chefs, who will unleash their imagination, cooking whatever they want on the theme “Rediscovering the tastes of yesteryear”. At the same time, throughout the concerts, traditional Szekler dishes will be served, including paprika, goulash or Szekler cake (kürtőskalács) and langoustine. Daily, between 12:30 – 14:00 and 15:00 – 16:30, you are invited to a WINE TASTING presented by the sommelier Bentea Robert-Claudiu, combined with a GASTRONOMY session by tasting the dishes made and presented by the masters cooks. The festival will also host a PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, with images from the first edition, captureds by photographer Adrian Mociulschi. The evenings are dedicated to the blues, with important artists coming on stage every night, both from the country and from abroad (USA, UK, HU, SRB, DK). As we aim to support and promote young talents, we have also invited young newcommers who have a great potential to develop, based on the recommendations of already established artists.
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ARTISTS
The evenings are dedicated to the blues, with important artists coming on stage every night, both from the country and from abroad (USA, UK, HU, SRB, DK). As we aim to support and promote young talents, we have also invited young newcommers who have a great potential to develop, based on the recommendations of already established artists.

MUD MORGANFIELD is the headliner of the second edition. Larry “Mud” Morganfield is the first born of the famous American bluesman, MUDDY WATERS aka McKinley Morganfield. A second premiere for Romania is the presence in the festival of the British guitarist, MARCUS BONFANTI. The headliner of May 15, 2021 has a rich solo career, and since 2014 he has replaced Joe Gooch in the famous band TEN YEARS AFTER.

The third foreign premiere is JUMPING MATT & HIS COMBO from Hungary. Mátyás Pribojszki aka JUMPING MATT is one of the best harmonica players and a very good vocalist. “Matyas is an impressive virtuoso harmonica player and has an original style. He also has a very nice singing voice, and his band kicks the ass of many US bands! ” (Rick Estrin – USA). They will feature the experienced world class guitarist, A.G. WEINBERGER.

The second edition of the festival also comez with new Romanian surprises. We keep our promise to invite talented newcommers, and in 2021 the role belongs to WATZZY (Watzatka Robert) from Brașov, who comes with a new project that we are sure will live up to expectations! We also welcome the presence of the talented guitarist Roxana Stroe, the daughter of the late drummer, Corneliu Stroe (FOXY LADY BAND), together with the remarkable British musician GILES ROBSON. The duet BLUE MONDAY MINISTERS, comprised of Cătălin Tzetze Rădulescu and Andrei Rotariu, will take us to the archaic origin of acoustic blues. The new sensation of the Timisoara blues, AXiS (Silviu Dan Iliescu, Dejan Kotarčić and Ranko Varga), is the guest of the last day of the festival. Farkas László, Kiss Attila, Teodor Pop and Borbély Szilárd will take the stage as QUO VADIS, another famous Romanian group of the 90’s

THE GAMBLERS band from Sr. Mitrovica – Serbia, will perform a varied and unique style of soul with rhythm & blues infused with swing. We’ll also welcome remarkable bands from Bucharest , like BAICEA BLUES BAND (George Baicea, Cătălin Răsvan and Nicu Georoiu), OXIGEN (Bogy Nagy, Eugen Caminschi, Gelu Ionescu and their admirable rhythm section, Mugurel Deaconescu and Lucian „Clopo” Cioargă) and BLUESCORE (Raul K Höfer and the American ‘Liviu Pop), which have in their composition musicians with personality, usual guests of our blues scene, who will complete the bluesistic show at the foot of the Stone of the Falcons.