The biggest blues event in Europe took place, for the first time, in Portugal, by the hand of Trovas soltas and Associação Escravos da Cadeinha (the organizers of Santa Maria Blues).
Considered the “Eurovision” of the European Blues, the EBC is an event hold by European Blues Union, which attributed its organization to Portugal in 2019.
As the name suggests, more than a festival, it is a competition with 22 bands from several European countries.