37th edition of Porretta Soul Festival previews
Here are some previews of the 37th edition of Porretta Soul Festival (July 24-27, 2025). In 2025, it will be 60 years since May 11, 1965, when Wilson Pickett flew to Memphis from New York and entered Stax for the first time for a session that produced “In The Midnight Hour,” which in a few […]
Vincent Carr special guest at Porretta Soul Festival 2025
Vincent Carr will be a special guest for a tribute to James Carr at the Porretta Soul Festival July 24-27, 2025. Vincent is the youngest son of James Carr. In the video Vincent Carr and his nephew Dozzy Daniel perform some classics accompanied by the fantastic Memphis Music Hall Of Fame Band, directed by Kurt […]
TPER service in collaboration with Porretta Soul Festival 2024
Do you want to attend the Porretta Soul Festival but don’t know how to get back to Bologna at the end of the show? You have the opportunity to use TPER, without worrying about driving and parking. Every night at the end of the concerts. You no longer have any excuses not to come to […]
PSF 2024. PSF 2024. Billy Vera, will be awarded the Sweet Soul Music Award 2024
During the 2024 edition of Porretta Soul Festival, Billy Vera will be awarded with the Sweet Soul Music Award 2024, for his contribution to the promotion and diffusion of soul and rhythm & blues music. The award will be presented to him during the Porretta Soul Festival, which will be held in Porretta Terme (on […]
Porretta Soul Festival 2024! Dates and House Band
The bond between the Porretta Soul Festival and the city of Memphis is consolidated. The Memphis Music Hall of Fame Band, directed by Kurt Clayton (2 Time Grammy Nominated, producer, songwriter arranger and Music Director), will be the house band of the 36th edition of the Porretta Soul Festival which will be held in Porretta […]
New TPER service in collaboration with Porretta Soul Festival 2023
Do you want to attend the Porretta Soul Festival but don’t know how to get back to Bologna at the end of the show? ✔ Friday 21/07, Saturday 22/07 and Sunday 23/07 there are night buses to Bologna departing from Porretta Terme at 1:00 in the morning. (Bus departure from Piazzale Porretta Terme Railway Station […]
MonoNeon will perform at PSF 2023 on July 20
MonoNeon will perform at PSF 2023 on July 20! Dywane Thomas, Jr., also known as MonoNeon, is an American bassist and experimental musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He is known for his presence on YouTube playing bass guitar and being one of the last people to work with Prince. Thomas is a Grammy Award-winning artist, for […]
Bobby Rush headeliner at Porretta Soul Festival 2023
Bobby Rush…2017 and 2021 GRAMMY winning blues legend, Blues Hall of Famer, 12x Blues Music Award winner, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and makes a cameo in the Netflix Original ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Starring Eddie Murphy. After decades of tearing up the chitlin’ circuit on a nightly basis with his sweaty, no-holds-barred funkfests, […]
The Blues Paddlers aka Davis & Samuel + Mighty Mo Rodgers Band Feat. Sax Gordon & Luca Giordano at PSF2023
The Blues Paddlers aka Davis & Samuel + Mighty Mo Rodgers Band Feat. Sax Gordon & Luca Giordano will perform at Porretta Soul Festival 2023. The Blues Paddlers aka Davis & Samuel. Cedric “Davis” Brownlee & Jan “Samuel” Harris have been singing and dancing since the age of 12. Both grew up in Memphis, Tennessee […]
Curtis Salgado will join the Porretta Soul Festival on July 22nd and 23rd 2023
Curtis Salgado will join the Porretta Soul Festival on July 22nd and 23rd 2023 The original Blues Brother. It was the inspiration for John Belushi. The soul-crushing voice and powerful harmonica play of award-winning soul, blues and R&B singer Curtis Salgado has devastated audiences around the world for over 30 years. Born in Everett, Washington, […]
