PARTIeS
Friday – Come together
Live Blues and SlowBal vibes on our first joint evening in Cologne – the perfect start to a long, intense festival weekend.
DJane Ingrid and the wonderful Band Sonjas Swing Thing will provide the perfect sound on Friday. Whether SlowBal or blues – this band brings a captivating groove!
Saturday – Let it shine
Make Saturday unforgettable not only in terms of dance, but also in terms of style!
Be inspired by the glamour and flair of the legendary Savoy Ballroom in Harlem: Feather boas, braces, elegant dresses – whether discreet or extravagant, come as you feel.
The stage on Saturday evening belongs to our DJane team and the Belgian Triple Trouble Band. Their powerful Blues, raw Soul and plenty of grooves will set the dance floor alight.
Sunday – Juke Joint Party
To say goodbye, it gets intense again. A night full of good vibes, great people and the feeling of being in exactly the right place.
On Sunday, our DJ’s und Michael von Merwyk, one of the greats of Blues music, will provide full sounds, fabulous groove and passion. His sound goes straight from your ears to your legs and into your heart.
Bands/Musicians/DJ at a glance
Sonjas Swing Thing
Sonja Katharina Mross is a Jazz singer who is in love with traditional Jazz and Blues. She has performed in bars, clubs, concert halls and on the streets of Berlin, Montpellier, New York and Perugia, among other places; she studied Jazz and Pop singing. She has been dancing Lindy Hop, Balboa and Blues with great enthusiasm for several years. For the concerts of her band ‘Sonjas Swing Thing’, she chooses the songs that she herself loves to dance to. The arrangements are crisp and to the point, the groove is riving, embodying the joy of the musicians. At the ‘Dive into Blues’ festival, Sonja sings in a duo with the renowned Cologne guitarist Vitaliy Zolotov.
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Triple Trouble Blues Band
Trouble Triple Blues describe themselves as a ‘Brussels-born, bar-brewed Blues trio from the caves of Brussels’ and are one of our absolute favourite bands! We’ve already danced to their music on unforgettable evenings, like last December at Randy’s party at the Cubana club Cologne.
Sparks are flying– from the musicians to the dancers – and back again. It’s simply a great pleasure to experience these fabulous artists on stage: powerful Blues, Raw soul and plenty of grooves.
We are delighted that they will be coming all the way from Brussels just for us.
Michael van Merwyk
With Michael van Merwyk, we have brought one of the truly great blues musicians onto our stage. His goosebump-inducing voice and the sound of his guitar go deep, sometimes soft and tender, sometimes groovy and strong. Although cherished by international audiences, the down-to-earth 2 m man still loves to play in pubs, clubs and at parties – wherever there are people who love the Blues.
We are proud to welcome Michael on Sunday.
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DJane Ingrid
The blues poet: Our popular DJ Ingrid has flown in all the way from Münster. She already provides the perfect soundtrack at special Swingin´ Pool events such as Dive into Blues, Slow Parties, Summer Party and Blues Kitchen. We love he!. You may already know her from festivals in and around Münster – or you’ve been to the Vienna Sugar Blues.
Like many Blues people, she loved Swing and Blues music before she even discovered that you could dance to it. You can tell that she knows it now!
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