Efes Pilsen Blues Festival, who went last night?

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 17:55

What a wicked evening and a lot better for being outside this year. The atmosphere was superb and the three great acts got the crowd going. No trouble just hundreds of people of all nationalities enjoying themselves.

Cannot wait until next year.

I met some great people and caught up with ones that I met last year.

AJ

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 18:03

where was it at aj

Traveller0392


Joined: 21/03/2008
Posts: 186

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 18:14

Well marketed as usual .. or not as it may seem ..



Didn't go myself ... this year .. seen the last .. 3 or 4 .. but the acts were not up to much... not really Blues in the true sense... I use the Cajun experience as a good example... or was it Zydyco? .. something like that...



What interested me in your posting was, you mention it was outside.... bet that was good... the previous have been totally smoked out and that comes from a 5 a day man .. ok .. 10.. ish ...



ps. .. will be seeing Gary Moore on 1st Nov this year.. .. .. bloody fantastic..

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 18:17

It was at the Jasmine Court hotel.

AJ

cyprusairsoft



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Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 18:21

good setting been busy so missed it shame

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 21:16

Gutted i missed it, totally forgot, why wasnt it put on events ?

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 21:43

cyprusjoker

'why wasnt it put on events'

Perhaps Efes are not aware of Cyprus44.

AJ

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 21:53

i just thought someone would have put it on, obviously not efes, nevermind, ill see you at next years..

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 22:06

cyprusjoker

I will remind you a bit nearer the time as I did on the board a couple of times in the last 2/3 months.

AJ

cyprusjoker


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Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 22:10

ok, thanks aj..

stilluvithere



Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 765

Message Posted:
23/10/2009 09:03

I enjoyed the second band very much but as a show, for me, not as good by a long way as the other 4 I have seen. I agree the atmosphere was wonderful and all the better for not going home kippered

CJtill


Joined: 02/05/2008
Posts: 836

Message Posted:
23/10/2009 09:12

Yes it was much better outside and although the music of the last 2 bands was not what I would call true blues the atmosphere was great and a brilliant show as ever.

Hundreds of people there with no trouble at all. I personally prefer the zydeco style but I have never missed this event for 8 years and always enjoy it.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
23/10/2009 10:32

The thing that makes me laugh is that all of the acts appear to be primed about where they are (or are not as the case may be) with their opening rhetoric of 'Hello Cyprus'. They obviously are told not to mention the TRNC and I know that some TC friends of mine at the last festival tried passing messages to the groups saying that this is the TRNC but they would have none of it. I think the closest that any act got to mentioning the TRNC was with the opening announcement of ' we are glad to be here on the Northern shores of Cyprus'.

Amusing.

AJ

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
23/10/2009 20:09

mess 3 - i'm seeing Garry Monger tomorrow incidentially...