Mostar Blues & Rock Festival

Mostar Blues & Rock Festival 23 years of Blues tradition in Mostar. So, W.C. Senate, on Sept. 5, 2002, declared 2003 – YEAR OF THE BLUES (YOTB). Handy’s first encounter with blues music.

In 1903 on a lonely train station in Tutwiler, Miss., African-American composer William Christopher Handy (better known as W.C. Handy) met a man playing “the weirdest music I had ever heard.”
The music was the blues, an African-American art form that has become the most influential form of American root music. Handy is regarded as “The father of the Blues.”
In recognition and celebration of that

seminal encounter 100 years ago, the U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-Ariz.), Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) and Fred Thompson (R-Tenn) led this congressional effort, which was initiated by Seattle-based Experience Music Project and the Memphis-based Blues Foundation, to bring long overdue recognition to one of America’s most important music forms. 2003 also marks the 100th anniversary of African-American composer W.C. By organizing numerous festivals and concerts whole musical world is celebrating 100th anniversary of blues music existence, one of the oldest music forms in general. In 2003, probably in the best possible moment, Mostar is joining this celebration by initiating the first international blues festival in Bosnia-Herzegovina. After a decade and since its eleventh edition, the festival introduces the word rock within its name, thus responding to the evolution of music as well as endeavoring to present great rock names at the festival. As of initial enthusiasm, Mostar Blues & Rock Festival has grown into a respectable event that has found its way to maps of European festivals and is one of the most significant festivals in the region. Over the past eleven years, Mostar Blues & Rock Festival presented great names such as Ten Years After, Ana Popović, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Sugar Blue, Snowy White, Dr. Feelgood, Tito & Tarantula, Deborah Coleman, Danny Shephard, as well as regional artists: Majke, Partibrejkersi, Dado Topić & Telephone Blues Band, Josipa Lisac, Zdenka Kovačiček, Vlatko Stefanovski, Yu Grupa and others. Despite many obstacles, we believe that we have managed to bring this immortal musical form back to local music scene and include city of Mostar to the list of festival cities. Special thanks go to the U.S. Embassy in BiH, the City of Mostar, the Federal Ministry of Culture and the Pavarotti Music Center, who were with us since the beginning.

Magična fotografija Slavena Marinčića. I nebo je učestvovalo u scenografiji23. Mostar Blues & Rock Festivala ⚡️⚡️⚡️
01/08/2025

Magična fotografija Slavena Marinčića. I nebo je učestvovalo u scenografiji
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26/07/2025
26/07/2025

23rd MBRF, night II OPEN

And remember, free entry for ladies 🙂

26/07/2025

Woow,
Artur is checking and sounding great.
We got some rain protection too.
And do not forget, your skin is the best rain protection in summer times 🙂
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Welcome to 23. Mostar Blues @ Rock Festival

20:00 at OKC Abrašević

26/07/2025

Sinoć smo svim damama koje su posjetile MBRF poklonili ulaznice za drugu noć Festivala.
Večeras nastavljamo u istom duhu.

Večeras je ulaz za dame besplatan 🙂

- Julian Erič & Midnight Lightnin’ (SLO)
- Tonky Blues Band (ESP)
- Artur Menesez (USA/BRA)

Dobrodosli
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Drugi Način
25/07/2025

Drugi Način

OPEN for 23rd time !!!
25/07/2025

OPEN for 23rd time !!!

Playing for PeaceBringing the Love23rd Mostar Blues & Rock FrstivalWelcome @ OKC Abrašević
25/07/2025

Playing for Peace

Bringing the Love

23rd Mostar Blues & Rock Frstival

Welcome

@

OKC Abrašević

Thank you Ozzy!
22/07/2025

Thank you Ozzy!

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