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Five time Grammy-winner is coming til Notodden!
The five-time Grammy-winning blues and Americana artist KEB' MO' comes exclusively to Notodden for two unique solo acoustic concerts, and can be experienced on the festival's Folk & Blues Stage and in the fantastic arena Myrens Dam.
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The great voice of Sortland til NBF2025!
Sivert Høyem is one of Norway's biggest artists over the past twenty years, both as frontman in the legendary band Madrugada and for his successful solo career.
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Little Stevens Blues School - recipient of Keeping the Blues Alive Award!
What wonderful and joyful news: "Keeping the Blues Alive Award" to Little Stevens Blues School!
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Sue Foley and Southern Avenue to NBF2025!
Shortly after The Recording Academy announced this year's Grammy nominations, Notodden Blues Festival can announce that the now Grammy-nominated artist Sue Foley is ready for the festival at Notodden on the first weekend of August 2025.
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First artistrealease for NBF 2025!
Notodden Blues Festival 2024 was a fantastic success. The biggest in the festival's history. Now the first artists are released for what will be the 37th edition of the Notodden Blues Festival.
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This years aftermovie is ready!
The aftermovie after this year's festival is finally here!
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Listen to the official playlist from Notodden!
Get to know one of Europes biggest blues festivals!
Notodden Blues Festival, abbreviated NBF, is a blues festival that takes place at Notodden in Telemark county, and is one of Northern Europe's largest blues festivals.
The festival was organized for the first time in 1988 and then sold approx. 2,000 tickets with a turnover of approx. NOK 200,000. In 2011, 18,000 people bought tickets and it is estimated that approx. 31,400 people visited the festival's official events.
The festival received Telemark county's cultural award in 1998. Notodden Blues Festival was voted the world's best blues festival in 2010, and received the Keeping The Blues Alive Award from the American blues organization Blues Foundation as visible proof of that.
Notodden Blues Festival has a close collaboration with LO and many of LO's confederations, which have been main sponsors for several years. Among other things, the "LO family" is behind a large solidarity concert on the festival's closing day..
