Phuket International Blues Rock Festival 2011

The Phuket International Blues Rock Festival will once again be center stage at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort and Spa February 24th – 27th, 2011. The Festival will kick off with a warm up show on the 24th with a 90 minute show at the Tai Pan night club in Patong and a 60 minute acoustic show at the Hilton Arcadia in the lobby. The Phuket International Blues Rock Festival will wrap up on the 27th with an afternoon show at the Phuket Rooftop Beach Club in Patong.

As always there will be an impressive line up of blues and rock acts from around the world and the proceeds from the 2011 Phuket International Blues Rock Festival will be going to local children’s education charities, namely the Rotary Club of Patong and the Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation.

Some of the bands performing at this years festival include:

Curtis Salgado (USA)    AkashA (Malaysia)

Mason Ruffner (USA)     Disraeli Gears (USA)

The New Machine plays Pink Floyd (UK)

The Prodigal Sons (Norway)

Phuket All-Star Blues Band with Andy Gonzales (USA)

Torgny Sandgren Blues Band (Sweden)

John Meyer’s Blues Express (Australia)

Robert ‘One-Man’ Johnson (USA)

Phuket International Blues Rock Festival 2011 Schedule:

Thursday February 24:

15:00: 60 min. acoustic in Hilton Arcadia hotel lobby

22:00: Festival Warm-Up Session @ Tai Pan night club, Patong  (90 min.)

Friday February 25: Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa

15:00: 45 min. acoustic in hotel lobby

17:00: Main Gates open – darts, other games, plenty of food and drink

18:00: Robert ‘One-Man’ Johnson (USA)

18:45: Phuket All-Star Blues Band (Thailand)

20:30: Disraeli Gears – CREAM Revival (USA)

21:45: Mason Ruffner (USA)

23:15: AkashA (Malaysia)

Saturday February 26: Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa

15:00: 45 min. acoustic in hotel lobby

17:00: Main Gates open – darts, other games, plenty of food and drink

17:30: Jim Paxton (USA) & Stuart Bush (Australia)

18:15: Torgny Sandgren Blues Band (Sweden)

19:15: John Meyer’s Blues Express (Australia)

20:15: The New Machine plays Pink Floyd (UK)

21:30: The Prodigal Sons (Norway)

23:00: Curtis Salgado (USA)

Sunday February 27:

17:00: Festival Wrap-Up afternoon show at Famous Phuket Rooftop Beach Club, Patong

There have been a couple of changes to the Phuket International Blues Rock Festival tickets this year, most notably that you will not be able to purchase tickets online. Ticket prices are basically the same as last years festival with a small increase of 200 baht added to the advance purchase of general admission tickets for the 2 day festival.

Phuket International Blues Rock Festival 2011 Ticket Prices:

General admission for two days:

THB 1,500 at the gate

THB 1,200 advance purchase

V.I.P. admission for two days:

THB 3,500 at the gate

THB 3,000 advance purchase

Tickets can be purchased in advance from the following venues:

SFX Cinema, Central Festival

The Aussie Pub, Kamala

Holiday Inn (Patong)

The Sandwich Shoppe (Patong)

The Sandwich Shoppe (Chalong)

The Sandwich Shoppe (Laguna)

The Phuket Gazette Offices

DaVinci Restaurant (Nai Harn)

Friendship Beach Resort (Rawai) – ask for Michael Massey

Kata Beach Resort (Kata)

The Boat House (Kata)

The Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort and Spa

More information on tickets can be found by calling the Phuket International Blues Rock Festival ticket hotline at:

TICKET HOTLINE:

Tel: 086-682 2639     Int Tel: +66 86682 2639

Or by sending an E-mail to: E-mail: phuketmusic(at)yahoo.com

For more information please visit the Phuket International Blues Rock Festival 2011 web site.

For more information on upcoming events and festivals in Thailand please check out the Thailand Events Calender.