Swanage Blues and Roots Festival is a nearly free celebration of blues, folk and roots music with many musicians coming back year on year. They take up positions in venues across the seaside town and as many as 50 events and 100 different performers attend each year.

In 2015 Swanage Blues and Roots Festival is back and whilst they have yet to announce their line-ups organisers are promising a packed out programmer with over 70 gigs and at least 35-40 individual acts on board.