Cahors Blues Festival w/ Greaseland All Stars

History of the Cahors Blues Festival
The Cahors Blues Festival, founded in 1982, is the oldest blues festival in France. Its founder, Gérard Tertre, who was president of the Hot Club de Cahors, died in 2003.
Known throughout Europe, this festival takes place every year in July and attracts several thousand people to each of its evening concerts on the grand stage. It has both introduced many little-known or unknown artists to the public and produced some of the most famous blues artists. Remaining faithful to the blues, it has highlighted many Delta blues artists and all blues music in general.
In 2006, Robert Mauriès joined the Festival and continued Gérard Tertre’s original vision. He became its President, succeeding Jean-Pierre Lemozit, with whom he worked closely for several years and who has also passed away. Tens of thousands of spectators now gather at the festival site to enjoy the free afternoon concerts, the evening concerts on the main stage, and the “Blues in the City” evening, where bands perform on the terraces of cafés and brasseries throughout the city of Cahors.
A popular, family-oriented and festive atmosphere that gives Cahors a true blues feel of the towns of the Mississippi Delta.