The EBC 2025 format will – also for this edition – be a 3-day event (Thu-Sat). There will be two semi-finals, Thursday & Friday, respectively, followed by a grand finale on Saturday with the top 4 ranked acts from each semi-final.
That is, 8 acts performing to raise the EBC trophy on the Saturday evening.
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EUROPEAN BLUES CHALLENGE
Location: Croatian National Theatre Split – address: Trg Gaje Bulata 1
Thursday 3 April
Time: 19:00 h
- Croatia – Edi East Trance Blues
- Italy – Francesco Garolfi
- Spain – Tòfol Martínez Blues Band
- United Kingdom – Alice Armstrong
- Belgium – PD Martin
- Poland – Wild Flame
- Denmark – Pay Day
- Norway – Tommy Tito
- Finland – Jantso Jokelin
- Czech Republic – Steven’s
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Friday 4 April
Time: 19:00 h
- Sweden – Anton Hultquist Trio
- Hungary – Daniel Szebenyi
- Portugal – Mabelle Blues Band
- Greece – Eliana One Woman Band
- Bulgaria – Blues Traffic
- Netherlands – Five Dollars Shake
- Switzerland – Mark Slade & Rotosphere
- Germany – The See See Riders
- Romania – Bluesmen
- France – Charb-On
- Luxembourg – The Nightcallers
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Saturday 5 April
Time: 19:00 h
Grand finale with the four best classified of the two semi-finals.
Announcement of the Blues Behind the Scenes Awards.
Announcement of the EBC Winners + short performance by the winner.
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Croatian National Theater Split
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More information about EBC participant bands at https://europeanbluesunion.com/ebc-2025-bands/
THE BLUES MARKET
Thursday 3 April & Friday 4 April
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Location: Croatian National Theatre Split – address: Trg Gaje Bulata 1
THE EBU GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Saturday 5 April
Time: 11:00 AM
Registration: Between 10 and 11 AM
Location: Croatian Home Split – address: Tončićeva 1
EBU WORKSHOPS
Saturday 6 April
Time: 15:00 -17:30
Location:
LOCAL EBC PRE-EVENT
Wednesday 2 April
Location: Croatian Home Split – address: Tončićeva 1
Time: 20:00 – 22:00 (+ 30′)
Concert organized by Split Blues Forces.
BLUES IN THE SCHOOL
Presented by Prof. Darko Stanojkovski Grappone
Friday 4 April
Location: Croatian Home Split – address: Tončićeva 1
Time: 11:00 to 12:00
THE BLUES EXPO
Location: Same location as the Blues Market Our European Blues Expo Photo Exhibition will be in a form of a digital presentation with amazing photos from the previous EBCs to reminiscence the past 10 editions of the EBC.
COLLABORATION TO STRENGTHEN THE BLUES SCENE IN EUROPE
The 13th edition of the European Blues Challenge is being made possible thanks to the close collaboration between the EBU and all his Active Members!
- complete program of EBC 2025
- useful informations for the event
- restaurant informations