The first Callander Jazz and Blues Festival was held in 2006 the town of Callander

Callander

Callander is a burgh in the region of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the former county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands....

 in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond, and includes several ranges of hills, the Trossachs being the most famous...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. Since then the festival has grown, with the 2008 event featuring nearly 50 bands and solo performers in a long weekend of live jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

, hand-picked from the local and international scenes. The event generally takes place at the end of September or beginning of October each year. The festival's tag line is "Jazz up The Trossachs".

2009: 2nd-4th October

Invited musicians for the 2009 Festival include:
Jazz
Fat Sams Band, Aidrian Drovers Slide Rule
Winstons's Pennine Jazz,
The Tim Barella Big Band,
Brass Impact,
The George Penman Jazzmen,
Havana Swing,
Swing Guitars,
Kit Carey's Jazz Band,
The Trossachs Big Band,
The Roger Cull Quartet,
Jazzmain,
The Maria Speight Quintet,
Jan Douglas and Primetime,
Moodswing,
The Scott Madden Trio,
The Jess Abrams Quartet,
The Bobby Wishart Quintet
McCallum/Harrison Duo,
The Thistle Saxophone Quartet ,
The Frank Curran Quartet,
McLaren High School Swing Band,
South Ayrshire Schools Jazz Band,
The Bert Craig Trio,
Quatro Mc Jazz,
The Rosie Blue Duo

Blues
The Lyndon Anderson Band,
Side Winder,
The Revolutionaires,
The Red Stripe Band,
The Blues Devils,
The Blues Juniors,
The Bob Hall Show,
B' and The Honey Boys,
Mojo Rising,
Main Street Blues,
The Cherry Lee Mewis Band,
The Sourmash Blues Band,
Safe House Blues,
The Rosie Blue Blues Band,
Gavin Mooney,
Al Hughes,
Minnie and The Victors

2008: 3rd-5th October

Big Band
Trossachs Big Band ( That Swing Sensation), McLaren High School

McLaren High School

McLaren High School is a state comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school in central Scotland. It was founded in 1892 by Donald McLaren and is situated in the town of Callander. The school has a catchment area of about and contains approximately 700 pupils...

Swing Band, Brass Impact, Andy Mears Jazz Orchestra, The Tim Barella Big Band
Trad
George Penman Jazzmen, Kit Carey’s Jazzband, Winston’s Pennine Jazz
Jazz: Duos to Sextets
Alison Burns Quartet, Birdland, Bobby Wishart Quintet, Claire Daly Trio, Dekal, Havana Swing, Jan Douglas & Prime Time, Liquid Jazz, Liz MacEwan & Jack Finlay Trio, Lorna Reid Quartet, Maria Speight Quintet, McCallum/Harrison Duo, Moodswing, Nick Gould’s Jazzmain, Roger Cull Quartet, The Clyde Rhythm Group, The Frank Curran Quartet, The Jess Abrams Quartet, The Thistle Saxophone Quartet
Blues
Al Hughes, Blue Dubh, Bluebelly, Blues Devils, Blues House, Daniel Smith & T-Bone Taylor, Deep Blue, Gavin Mooney, Georgia Crawl, Guy Tortora Band, Kent Duchaine, Lights Out by Nine, Main Street Blues, Papa Mojo, The Blues Collective, The Fabulous Corvettes, The Hitmen, Wing and a Prayer

External links

• Callander Jazz and Blues Festival