Edmonton Blues Festival Announces “Pause”

Edmonton Blues Festival producer Cam Hayden has announced that there will be no Festival in 2025.

 “We are facing a dilemma that many festivals are being confronted with. Since the pandemic (when the festival lost considerable financial resources) costs have escalated to the point where we cannot continue. Economic challenges have increased across all aspects of the festival – production costs have increased by 40 to 60 per cent. Combined with decreasing sponsorship and lagging ticket sales as blues fans deal with these same economic pressures we are in a position where raising ticket prices to the level required to make our festival sustainable would also make it unavailable to many Blues Hounds.”