The long-awaited festival "Kaunas BLUES"
"GM Gyvai" presents the city's blues festival, which will be organized for the first time and will become an annual event.
We invite you to buy a ticket for 2 evening concerts in the Kaunas sports hall with 50% discount. discount featuring global blues artists from the US, Canada, France and Italy.
The discount code at bluzaskaun is valid until Friday, the 11th, at 12:00 p.m.
Whether you are a die-hard blues enthusiast or a newcomer who wants to discover this emotional genre - we have prepared a program for you, balanced for every music lover. Blues with elements of emotional soul and playful jazz, energetic blues-rock, exotic Afro-blues will be played on the stage of the Kaunas sports hall.
The history of the blues
Blues is a genre born from the rich cultural fabric of the African-American community in the southern United States, whose origins date back to the 19th century. the end The early blues, which emerged as an expression of survival, perseverance and human experience, was characterized by simple melodies, primitive vocals and a special guitar playing technique (English slide guitar). Rooted in African musical traditions, the genre was shaped by work songs, religious chants and folk tunes, and has evolved over the years to reflect changing social and cultural landscapes. 20th century In the beginning, the blues, with its performers, ordinary working people, rose in Mississippi and spread to the cities, incorporating new instruments and styles, and became popular in the 20th century. Chicago and New Orleans in the 1920s. The blues, which laid the foundation for various musical genres including jazz, rock and roll and R&B, has constantly evolved to tell stories of joy, pain, love and longing, leaving an indisputable and indelible mark on the world's musical heritage.
About GM Live
GM Gyvai, a non-profit organization, has been organizing music concerts and unforgettable experiences for their listeners for almost 20 years. Having started their activities precisely with blues music concerts in Kaunas, the organizers established themselves as the only ones in Lithuania regularly organizing world music concerts - more than 500 concerts in various cities and towns of the country, among which there are many free performances not only in public spaces, but and vulnerable groups of society, youth.
The goal of "GM Live" is to introduce listeners to diverse and unique music, to increase the accessibility of concerts to communities and thus expand people's horizons, and most importantly, to provide an opportunity to experience the joy and bliss that music brings.
The number of tickets for the "Blues in a Bag" offer is limited.
