Peter Buhl

EBC 2020 Cancelled

European Blues Challenge 2020 er AFLYST!

“European Blues Challenge 2020 aflyses” meddelte de lokale arrangører Dutch Blues Foundation og Blues In Zaanstad fredag d. 17. april 2020

EBU CANCELLED. Unfortunately, this year the European Blues Challenge is no longer possible in the Netherlands.

Fredag d. 24. april 2020 blev det officielt meddelt fra European Blues Union

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the EBU has been working  closely with the local EBC organziers, BIZ and DBF, to find a solution for the EBC 2020. Unfortunately it is with regret that the event has to be cancelled.

Her er den officielle meddelelse fra Blues In Zaanstad og Dutch Blues Foundation:

Press release 

European Blues Challenge 2020 cancelled

“Were we not all looking forward to that exiting battle between the 25 top blues-acts of Europe which would have taken place in Zaandam April 17 and 18? Volunteers had slept extra and eaten healthy to be fit and do their utmost in offering a spectacular program. Even a cruiseship was berthed next to the venue to make the distance between overnight stay and performance as small as possible. Children would have been schooled in playing the blues and the centre of Zaandam was vibrating with blues-notes. The 10th edition of the European Blues Challenge, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Dutch Blues Foundation (DBF), was going to be a succes.

All that remains now is that bluesy feeling, unworn T-shirts and a useless scenario.

After careful deliberation the DBF and the Blues in Zaanstad Foundation (BiZ) have come to the conclusion that hosting the 10th edition of the European Blues Challenge in 2020 (EBC2020) has become an unrealistic dream. As such what was first declared postponed is now a cancelled event.

DBF and BiZ will propose to the European Blues Union (EBU) to host the event in the years to come. We trust that she will honor this request, but we do not know the outcome as yet.

Information will be conveyed as soon as decisions are taken and location and dates are confirmed.

We are saddend by the severe consequences of the pandemic and hope that we can all pull through with our health intact.

Be and stay safe

Tickets sold will be payed back. Please give us some time to make that possible”.

The whole EBU community warmly thank BIZ and DBF for the amazing work they have done and their continuous commitment to make EBC 2020 happen. More news will follow soon.

Link til meddelelserne:

Dutch Blues Foundation: “European Blues Challenge 2020 geannuleerd” (“EBC AFLYST”)

Blues in Zaanstad – Press release April 17: “European Blues Challenge 2020 cancelled” [link til Facebook opslag]

European Blues Union: “EBC 2020 CANCELLED”

European Blues Union: “the EBC 2020 has to be cancelled” [link til Facebook opslag]

Covid-19: EBC 2020 Postponed

European Blues Challenge 2020 er UDSAT!

Tirsdag d. 17. marts 2020 blev det officielt: “European Blues Challenge 2020 udsættes pga. COVID-19”

The Blues in Zaanstad Foundation, Dutch Blues Foundation og European Blues Union har d. 17. marts 2020 offentliggjort følgende meddelelse:

The European Blues Challenge 2020 and the Covid-19 virus: update March 17

We regret to announce, as endorsed by the EBU as well as the DBF, the postponement of the European Blues Challenge 2020,
due to the uncertainty regarding the status of the measures to be taken in the battle against Covid-19.
It is unwise to persevere in continuing the Challenge. Also several countries have informed the EBU that they will abstain from participating, either as precautionary measure or because of the restrictions imposed by their respective governments.

We emphasize that the Challenge is only postponed, not cancelled.
We hope that the developments in the Covid-19-situation will make it possible to convey to all an alternate date before the summer holidays. Tickets bought will remain valid and the value transferred to the new date.
We will keep you informed.

We deeply regret being forced to take this step, but the Covid-19-pandemic confronts us with an extraordinary situation with far reaching consequences.

Link til meddelelserne:

Blues in Zaanstad: “UPDATE Tuesday 17 – About the Covid-19 situation”

Dutch Blues Foundation: “EUROPEAN BLUES CHALLENGE POSTPONED!”

European Blues Union: “Covid-19: EBC 2020 Postponed”

Dannebrog vajer i Amsterdam under dagene med European Blues Challenge 2020

Ved dette års European Blues Challenge 2020 (EBC2020) er BluesDanmark officiel organisatorisk repræsentant for Danmark, mens Long Line Down er Danmarks repræsentant på den bluesmusiske front.

BluesDanmarks intention om at være samlingspunktet for en det danske bluesmiljø ved EBC2020 i Holland, nærmere bestemt d. 16. til 18. april 2020 i Amsterdam-forstaden Zaandam, realiseres bl.a. ved at vi har plads på Blues Market 2020, hvor alle interessenter fra det danske bluesmiljø kan være repræsenteret i form af promotion materiale (cd’er, visitkort, beskrivelser etc.) eller personligt fremmøde.

BluesDanmark opfordrer bands/musikere til at indsende promotion materiale…

Til dette opfordrer vi bands/musikere til at sende/aflevere promotion materiale til BluesDanmark. Det modtagne materiale vil vi tage med til Holland og på bedste vis lade promovere Dansk blues for omverdenen.

Materialet skal i praksis sendes eller afleveres til enten Thomas Olesen eller Lene Højbjerg Holm fra BluesDanmarks bestyrelse.
Thomas kan kontaktes på e-mail thomas.bsharp@gmail.com
Lene kan kontaktes på e-mail lene@markblomst.dk

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