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Artist launch Dark Season blues 2026

Four new names for Dark Season Blues 2026

Kid Andersen returns to Longyearbyen with a heavy blues history, J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters come in award-winning form, Ben Poole offers British blues rock, and our own JG Hansen gives us Svalbard stories from Longyearbyen and Svea.

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We are releasing more artists for this year's festivael

We unveil four new musical additions

Dark Season Blues 2026 adds Grammy-winning Mike Farris in full band format, guitar phenomenon Laura Chavez, raw delta and Mississippi blues from Big Creek Slim & Kent Erik Thorvaldsen and a Swedish rock’n’roll comeback with the Slaptones.

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Launch of three artists for this year's blues festival

New artist launch for Dark Season Blues 2026

Dark Season Blues 2026 releases three new names: Grammy-nominated Sugaray Rayford with powerful soul blues, Danish Mike Andersen in close solo format and Norwegian-British Krissy Matthews with explosive blues rock and international band.

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Artists for this year's festival are launched

Dark Season Blues launches new four artists

Dark Season Blues 2026 adds four strong new names to the program: southern stories from Grayson Capps, Swedish banjo punk from Baskery, Notodden blues from Spoonful of Blues and dark, poetic harmonica magic from Richard Gjems & The High Rollers.

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the first artists for dark season blues 2026 are now announced

Dark Season Blues launches first four artists

Dark Season Blues 2026 opens the artist program with four strong names ranging from new Norwegian blues stars and soulful power to Notodden groove, raw pub rock and Swedish electric blues from the deep forests of Värmland.

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AI - Polar bear at Dark Season Blues

Dark Season Blues 2026

If you love the blues and want an unforgettable cultural experience in one of the world’s most exotic settings, Dark Season Blues in Svalbard is a festival you won’t want to miss!

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The band Rotlaus, who will be playing during Solfestuka in Longyearbyen, pose together.

The big Solfest finale; ROTLAUS takes over Kulturhuset! ☀️

Join us for the epic conclusion of this year’s record-breaking Solfestuke! ☀️ On Saturday 14 March, Norway’s party favorites, Rotlaus, will take over Longyearbyen Kulturhus to celebrate the return of the light with genuine rural rock and sing-alongs. We invite you to both a free youth concert and the evening’s big party

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