Salobreña Blues is taking place this Saturday, the 14th, at the Auditorio Villa de Salobreña José Martín Recuerda.

The festival, Blues de Caña, has been organised by La Ruta del Vino, who chose the festival’s name to highlight the town’s sugar-industry past. Sugar cane was the main agricultural crop from the late 19th Century to the beginning of the 21st.

The promotor behind the festival, José Luis Palomares, says that Salobreña has a considerable Blues following amongst the population, which goes back quite some way.

He points out that this kind of music has strong ties with the sugar-cane agriculture, both in the USA, where it came from, and in the province of Granada and the Axarquía Malagueña.

The concert begins at 21.00h with a performances by the Iñaki Moreno Tríos, Andy Cortés Blues Band and Rambling J. Gates,.

The entrance price is ten euros and tickets can be obtained at the Casa de la Cultura and La Oficina de Turismo. Failing that, you can purchase one at the door for 15 euros, starting an hour before the concert begins.

(News/Noticias: Salobrena, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)