The sevent edition of Urban Blues Fest, the only festival dedicated to blues in Bucharest, will take place at The Pub Universit\u0103\u021bii between March 27 and 29, and will feature artists and bands new to Romania.<\/p>\n
The first day of the festival brings the Maastricht Jazz Collective to Bucharest for the first time. The band brings together talented professors and students from the Maastricht Conservatory, such as David Luca \u2013 piano (Romania), Selim Aydin (Turkey) \u2013 trombone (assistant professor), Paul Saumets (Estonia) \u2013 saxophone, Alex Chavez (United States) \u2013 double bass, and Mario Calzada Pena (Spain) \u2013 drums (professor in the Jazz department, specialized in Critical Listening).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A second major premiere of the festival is the headliner for Saturday, March 28, Marco Bartoccioni. The explosive Italian guitarist arrives in Romania for the first time and will be accompanied by Aurora Di Rocco (drums, vocals & electronica) and Marco Polizzi (bass guitar and synthesizers).<\/p>\n
Joe Rusi, the headliner for Sunday, March 29, 2026, is another premiere for Bucharest. Originally from Romania, he will launch a new album, Spaces,<\/em> on the occasion of the Urban Blues Festival.<\/p>\n \u201cThe man who reached no.1 in the Norwegian blues charts and no.4 in the Global Blues Chart is extremely happy to (re)visit the country, after tours and festivals across Scandinavia, Nepal, America, and Canada,\u201d the organizers said.<\/p>\n