Callander Jazz and Blues Festival is a popular music event taking place in Callander, a small town on the River Teith in the council area of Stirling. Part of the Trossachs National Park, the area boasts outstanding landscapes in the fall, which contributes to the musical program of the festival, spanning 50 gigs across a dozen venues. Historical venues include Abbotsford Lodge, Callander Hostel & McLaren Leisure Centre, where visitors can pay admission at the door.
Four days of live jazz, blues, soul, and boogie attract crowds from all over Scotland. Callander Jazz and Blues Festival is the largest music event in the area, featuring over 150 musicians during a long weekend of music and fall foliage in September.
Previous lineups of the festival included artists like Jive Aces, Gerry Jablonski Band, The Revolutionaires, Fergus McCreadie Trio, Chris Corcoran Trio, Jim Mullen & Tom Remon, Daniel Martinez Flamenco Co, Fat Sams Band, Brass Impact, The George Penman Jazzmen, Havana Swing, The Bert Craig Trio, Quatro Mc Jazz, The Rosie Blue Duo, The Lyndon Anderson Band, Side Winder, The Rosie Blue Blues Band, Gavin Mooney, Al Hughes, The Frank Curran Quartet, The Jess Abrams Quartet, The Thistle Saxophone Quartet, Al Hughes, Gavin Mooney, Georgia Crawl, and others.
