I came back from Hell yesterday. I go to Hell rather often, that is, usually I just pass through, because Hell is such a small place. It is nothing there except for a few houses and a railway station. But once a year, about the first weekend in September, people from all over go to Hell, for the Blues in Hell festival. It is a big festival, with a lot of well known blues artists. For some reason many international musicians like the idea of playing here, to have been to Hell.
This year the The Original Blues Brothers was the big attractions. John Belushi is dead and Dan Aykroyd was not a blues brother in Hell. Of the original musicians there were only two left, Steve Cropper and Lou Marini, but with Bobby Harden and Johnny Rosch as lead singers, it was some party.
Since this festival is at a very small railway station everything is in tents. The biggest one, The Magic Mirror, is decorated in the style of art nouveau and provides a very special atmosphere.
Davina Sowers and her band, The Vagabonds were among the artists in another tent, The Acoustic Station. It was also a very good concert.
Kent DuChaine & Leadbessie.
Reidar Larsen, special guest with Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings.
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers. There are more pictures from Blues in Hell in my photo gallery.
This looks like such a wonderful Blues fest ! Even if you had to go to hell and back to enjoy it. Thanks for sharing Bente!
I don’t mind going to Hell for some blues, Emily. Thanks.
It does look like great fun. Who knew there really WAS a hell?
There really is a Hell, Gunta. Believe it or not, but it is almost next door to were I live..
Well, as long as you’re not living IN it…
Interesting. Apparently, quite number of die-hard old fan there.
Is that because the Hell doesn’t allow them die easily ?
I really love this audience, Yoshizen, the mixed one. In other places, pubs and clubs it seems all of them are 21.5 years..
Bet it was a great time!
Great time in Hell, as always, Anneli.
My bubby would have loved this. Sounds like fun!
You are so right, Ingrid. Thanks.
Glad you’re still alive after going to Hell
hahaha
Still alive. And kicking, 2 Rivers
After your summer of festival posts I think I will always identify Norway with music!
We have such a short season for this kind of events. But maybe you are right. There is music everywere in summer.
Now that’s a festival I really would have enjoyed Bente. Smashing photos..
Welcome to Hell, Chillbrook.
Wonderful photos, Bente. I can see that the location is truly unique. No wonder the festival draws such a large crowd. Love the tents & the interior decorations.
The location is unique, Victoria, and the music is the best for such a small place.
Incredible that such fun festivals are in such small settlements.
Yes, incredible, and fun. Thanks Allesistgut.
What a wonderful time your must have had,,and such an awesome venue! Thanks for sharing this! I loved it
Hell is wonderful, you are so right, Suzanne. Thanks.
Great shots – I’ve been in Hell, the norwegian Hell and wrote about it in a post on my blog (in danish) to “lure” more danes up there – I really enjoy really the festival – enjoyed “Eikerapen Roots Festival” too…
I have been searching for your Hell-post but couldn’t find it. Would have been interesting, Drakenoir.
I’ll try finding it, it was on my former blog on the now closed danish Tv2 Blog-sphere…
Looks like great fun. On a recent visit to Lofoten we inadvertently came across a Western festival in Leknes – all the locals were wearing cowboy hats.
I believe there is a deserted fishing village at the far south of Moskenes also called Hell (or maybe Helle).
You certainly live in a very beautiful place, Bente. We loved our time in the Arctic region of your country: http://wp.me/p1m2kU-ns.
I think there is only one Hell, Elveden, and that is 35 km north of the city of Trondheim…
Thanks for your comment. 
Bente, I found this link: http://www.lofoten-info.no/hell.htm. I saw a documentary about the Maelstrom and old Moskenes fishermen and this was the fishing village, now derelict, that they talked about. It was where many of them were born.
You might be right. But when I look at the map it is written Helle. At least I learned something..
Beautiful report from Hell !!!
Thanks, Geedebee.
You go to hell, but you’re back, be happy! I think it was not that bad in hell, the Blues Brothers !!!
Hell was not bad at all.
Thanks for your comment.
Fabulous! I don’t think I’d be able to resist a music festival in Hell.
Thats maybe one of the reason this small place get such big artists, FeyGirls. It is a great festival.
Great post!
Thanks, FrenchGarden.
We get the ‘Blues Brothers’ or tributes of them, playing near here. Always makes a great evening out. You’ve put a new meaning on the expression “Been to Hell and Back”. Now if Hell was really filled with music, maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad place to end up!
Hopefully I don’t end up in Hell, but I don’t mind going there once a year. Don’t mind at all, LensScaper. Enjoy your Blues Brother, it is great music.
Looks like a night to remember! Would have love to have been there.
It was great, absolutely. Thanks Joylene.
I’m glad you enjoyed your time in Hell, LOL! I did not know they played blues there, must be a happy place indeed.
Happy place indeed, Mcolmo. At least once in a while.
Good news from hell … Thanks for the atmospheric images and words.
We here also have such a restaurant with live music and a cooking show. Formerly it was the smallest brewery in Europe. With devilishly good beer …
Look here, if you want … http://www.kneipepur.de …
I have looked at your kneipe, and really wish it was a place like that around here. With devilishly good beer. Thanks Henning, enjoy your real beer.
Hello Bente, that’s a fantastic way to spend a weekend. Great series of photographs.
I’ve added the Blues in Hell Festival to the list of things I must do
Blues in Hell is a great thing to do, Finn. I recommend.
It seem you had a good time there! Right?
Jota.
Absolutely, a good time. Thanks Jota.
From your your great photo reportage, which I really enjoyed very much, I get the impression there were quite a few dieheart blues fans who felt in Heaven in Hell.
Heaven in Hell, thats a good expression, Cybermum. And you are so right. Thanks.
How cool, you do see some great bands and have great festivals, great shots,
cheers Callie
Thanks for your nice comment, Callie.
That looks like a hell of a great concert. Whoever knew that Hell could be so cool?
It is cool in Hell, every year in September. Thanks Adin.
Look heavenly!
I wonder what the population is!
I don’t know Roberta, but let me guess: 50
Your photos give a wonderful sense of atmosphere. Incidentally, I live in a place called Old and we have lots of problems when asked for our address. I can just imagine living in Hell!!
This gives a whole new meaning to ‘hell and back’
Cool pictures Bente.
A trip to Hell…how cool! We went to Hell in the Cayman Islands, mainly so we could send post-marked postcards from there, haha. But a blues festival sounds much better!
I love this innocent statement of yours: “For some reason many international musicians like the idea of playing here, to have been to Hell.” LOL….
Thanks for visiting my blog! Looks like you’ve got a lot of good adventures there in Norway, the land of my mother’s ancestors.
cool!!!!!!!