National Jazz Festival, it was a showcase for British and US jazz and was held at Richmond Athletic Ground in the sedate London suburb of Richmond. The first festival took place on 26-27 August 1961, and the headline acts included Johnny Dankworth and Chris Barber. Inspiration for the event came from the Newport Jazz Festival, held in the US since 1954.[2]
In 1971, the festival finally found a permanent home when Pendleton moved base to Reading.

The Bath Festival of Blues was a music festival held at the Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England, on Saturday 28 June 1969. It featured a lineup of British blues bands, including Fleetwood Mac (the headliners), John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, The Nice, Chicken Shack, Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig and Principal Edwards Magic Theatre amongst others.

Arranging Puistoblues rests in the hands of the association Järvenpään Blues-Jazz Diggarit ry and some 500 volunteers. The association promotes interest in black rhythm music, among other things.
The early days were somewhat tough, but little by little the association got to arrange concerts. The spring of 1978 saw the birth of the idea that JDBD ry. should have a Blues festival of its very own.
Today, Puistoblues is one of the biggest blues events in Europe. Almost all of the big names in blues have visited Järvenpää. Simultaneously with Puistoblues, there are events for children and of street music.

Rawa Blues Festival takes place every year at the beginning of October, in the city of Katowice, Poland. Since it's very beginning in 1981, Rawa Blues became the biggest and with the time also the most recognizable blues event in Poland.
For the first 10 years it was organized as a nationwide all-day blues sessions in several venues. With time it evolved, becoming an international blues festival at the beginning of the 90s. Then, the organizers started to invite the world 's greatest blues artists.

The Liri Blues Festival, known as "Liri Blues" (started in 1988) in Isola del Liri. The festival is a free, annual event and usually occurs during the month of July. Concerts are held in the main square (Piazza Boncompagni), in the streets and jam sessions happen late at night.
Following its initial success in the first few years, the Liri Blues Festival was shared with neighbouring towns, in particular Ferentino and Veroli. However, since the early years of the 21st century, Isola del Liri is once again the central location for the festival. Boncompagni Square plays host to the main events just as it did for the very first gig in 1988.