The Swanage Blues Festival is a collection of different individual gigs taking place over a three-day period. The 2017 festival is the 27th edition and it is taking place from 2nd until 5th March. Venues around Swanage play host to different blues artists throughout the festival.

There will be 30+ acts confirmed for the festival and 60 different gigs across 15 indoor venues. There are also plenty of open mic sessions, dancers, street musicians and fun jamming sessions. Every kind of blues music will be represented from acoustic to electric and rural to urban.