Harbour Blues 'n Roots Festival continues to evolve The Blues ‘n Roots Festival schedule is a busy one, with eight free afternoon performances leading into sets by the nightly headliners at Ship Point in Victoria. Mike Devlin Aug 23, 2024 4:30 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Rick Estrin and the Nightcats perform Saturday at the Harbour Blues ‘n Roots Festival. ALLIGATOR RECORDS Listen to this article 00:02:53 HARBOUR BLUES ‘N ROOTS FESTIVAL Where: Ship Point, Inner Harbour, Victoria When: Friday, Aug.
23–Sunday, Aug. 25 Tickets: $39 from rmts.bc.
ca (250-386-6121) or the Victoria Jazz Society Office (250-388-4423); festival pass for $99 When organizers of the former — and long-running — Vancouver Island Blues Bash changed the festival’s moniker in 2022, it was a move designed to give additional genres of music a presence on the bill. That decision paid immediate dividends. Audiences at the BC Smoke Shop Harbour Blues ‘n Roots Festival have seen everyone from Latin star Alex Cuba (in 2022) to Grammy Award-winning multi-hyphenate Fantastic Negrito (2023) in recent years, alongside traditional blues acts that were the foundation of Blues Bash for the better part of 30 years.
“We definitely wanted to stretch the scope of what was available to us both locally and internationally,” said Kristen Binley, communications co-ordinator and programming assistant for the Victoria Jazz Society, which produces t.