Jimiway Blues Festival

Founded in 1994, Jimiway Blues Festival is a non-profit association based in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland working on arts & culture.

Jimiway Blues Festival is an annual blues and blues-rock music festival held each October in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland, at the Ostrowskie Centrum Kultury. It is run by the Jimiway association, whose stated goal is to promote, initiate and support cultural activities related to blues and similar music genres. The festival presents 8-10 blues and blues-rock bands each year, with a jam session closing each day, and hosts artists from Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, the UK and the USA. The festival has been featured on Polish national television and radio and is named in honour of Jimi Hendrix. It has received recognition from the US Blues Foundation for keeping the blues alive, and the association is a member of the European Blues Union.