Ashburton Blues Festival

The Pretty Things, The Revolutionaries, Tiptina (May 27), Muddy Waters Jr, Eddie Martin, The Organ Grinders (May 28), Wilko Johnson, Congo Faith Healers, The Wildcards (May 29) The Ashburton Blues festival mainly takes place in the beautiful Victorian town hall, but spills out into a few surrounding venues. Blues man Muddy Waters' eldest son headlines night two with a set that's spookily uncanny to his father's talents. Plus, Dick Taylor's and Phil May's blues-R&B-toned '60s psych popsters TPT head up the first day, with driving R&B and more from Johnson, the former Dr Feelgood/Blockheads man.