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															Debate, discussion and argument - gear, bands and gigs - it's your call
															
														
														
													
													 
													 
													
													
													
													
														
															PROGRAMME
															                         
														
													
													 
													    
													
														
															What's on? Click to find out
															 
															All the bands, venues and times
														
													
													
													 
													 
													
													
													
														
															
																2004 FESTIVAL ARTISTES
															
															                         
														
													
													
													 
													    
													
														
															
															The who's who of Festival 2004; pictures, links, the lot 
														
														
													
													
													 
													 
													
														
														
															ARTISTES
														
													
													 
													
														
															Many of the Fest bands and musicians
															who have appeared over the years
															 Bio's, pic's and loads of info.
														
													
													
													 
													 
													
													
													
													
													
														
															
																2004 GIG REVIEWS
															
															                         
														
													
													
													 
													    
													
														
															
															Photo's and Gig Reviews of ALL the stages/venues of Festival 2004 
														
														
													
													
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																PREVIOUS FESTIVALS
															
															                         
														
													
													
													 
													    
													
														
															
															Vast archive of Photo's and Gig Reviews of Previous Festivals 
														
														
													
													
													
													
													
													
													 
													 
													  
													
														
															ACOUSTIC STAGE
															                         
														
													
													 
													
													
														
															The "Acoustic Stage" (in reality an eclectic mix of music from Delta Blues to
															flat out rock) at The Shore Hotel has it's own website which is now updated
															with new pictures and info..
														
													
													 
													 
													
														
															SPONSORS
														
													
													 
													
														
															 Without our sonsors
															 
															  there would be no 												 
															 
															 Fest - Who are these 
															 
															generous people?
														
													
													
													 
													 
													
													
														
															ISLE OF MAN BLUES CLUB
															                         
														
													
													 
													    
													
														
															The Manx Blues Club; where the Festival sprang from
															 
															venue, dates, history etc..
														
													
													 
													 
													
													
													
													
														
															   
															TICKETS
														
													
													 
													
														
															 The Festival is mostly FREE
															 
															but which stages require tickets?
															 
															Click here for all the info
														
													
													 
													 
													
														
															   
															ARTISTES
														
													
													 
													
														
															 Bio's, pic's and loads of info on most of the artistes that have ever appeared.
														
													
													 
													 
													
														
															VENUES
														
													
													 
													
														
															 Info & Location
														
													
													 
													 
													
													
													
														
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															MAP
														
													
													 
													
														
															 Where is it? Here!
															 
															Includes Photo's of Laxey
														
													
													 
													 
													
														
															TRAVEL
														
													
													 
													
														
															How to get to the Isle of Man
														
													
													 
													 
													
													
														
															
																Stage: MAIN STAGE GIG REPORT 2003
															
															                         
														
													
													 
													    
													
														
															Photo's and Report on the
															 
															Charterhouse International Blues Pavilion
															 
															Main Stage
														
													
													 
													 
													
													
													
													
														
															Stage: ACOUSTIC STAGE
														
													
													 
													
														
															 The Acoustic Stage has it's own web
															 
															                            site. You can check out: Previous
															 
															 
															                           fest.s, pictures and details.
														
													
													 
													 
													
													
														
															
																
																	
																		
																			
																				Domicilium: Internet Providers to the Festival                              
																			
																		
																	
																	
																		
																			 
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																				Bushy's Big Wheel Blues Festival 2003 is
																				
																				                   a fund raising event for the British Red
																				
																				                   Cross. Please give generously.
																			
																		
																	
																	
																		
																			 
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																Website Hits New High
															
														 
														 
														
															
															1st May 2005
															
														
														 
														 
														
														 
														
														
														 
														 
														
														
															
															This website, the offical Bushy's Big Wheel Blues Festival site, has hit a new
															high in April 2005 with a new hit count of 
															
																128,935,
															
															 for the month.
															 In 2003 and 2004 for the
															same period the hits recorded were 
															
																34,334
															
															 and 
															
																54,481
															
															 respectively. This growing level of interest over the last twelve months has
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															sustained month on month.
															 
															 
															From this steep upward curve it is not difficult to extrapolate that the
															Festival is of ever greater interest to more people than ever.
															 
															 
															 Now that the annual hit rate on the site is well over the million mark, and
															rising, it is clear that this sort of exponential rise cannot be
															sustained indefinitely but the challenge will be to build on that interest and
															keep the Festival on a	rising curve.
															
														
														
														
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