Canal Street (Arendal, Norway)

Canal Street festival
Canal Street festival
Genre	Blues, Jazz, Rock og World Music
Website	http://www.canalstreet.no

Canal Street (Arendal Jazz og Bluesfestival) is an yearly jazz and blues festival in Arendal, first time presentd in 1996.

The festival is known for its use of unusual venues where interesting surroindings go hand in hand with musical experienses. Jazz at the Lighthouse at lille Torungen fyr, bathingblues & swimmingjazz i Merdø uthavn, bohemian jazz at Kolbjørnsvik and ”Føling på fyllinga” at the local waste dump Heftingsdalen is some of the examples.

Canal Street is one of few norwegian festivals that shows both jazz and blues as main genres. This gives good opportunities of showing two genres that historically is close connected, and all the mix you get by mixing the two genres and also rock and world music.

Programstrategy

Canal Street's strategy is to offer the best of the norwegian and internatinal jazz and blues scene and also related world music and rock. Both the new and unknown and the traditional expressions.

The Name

Once upon a time Arendal was a town of canals. By what was once called progress these canals were filled up and disappeared. One of the remainings from the canal aerea is the Canal Place, now one of the main venues of the festival.

Environmental Profile

Canal Street was sertified as a "Green arrangement" in 2006 as one of the first festivals in Norwayt. Canal Street has joined UNs Carbon Neutral Networkand is supporting this years Earth Hour 2009.