Hans is almost constantly on the go - a real roaddog and a modern day troubadour. He plays around 200 gigs a year and performs wherever he finds an audience that will lend an ear.
· Festivals (selected festivals Hans has performed at)
· Venues (a list of clubs, halls and stages Hans has played at)
· Musical Friends (musicians Hans has performed with)
FESTIVALSHans has performed at many festivals.
Here's a selection of some of them:
USA & CANADACalgary Folk Festival (ALTA)
National Slide Guitar Festival (NC)
Philadelphia Folk Festival (PA)
Mariposa Festival (ON)
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (LA)
Owen Sound Festival (ON)
New York Folk Festival (NY)
Kerrville Folk Festival (TX)
Bethlehem Musikfest (PA)
Tulsa Mayfest (OK)
Edmonton Folk Festival (ALTA)
Gatemouth Brown ‘s American Music Fest (R.I.)
Chicago Blues Festival (IL)
Canmore Folk Festival (ALTA)
Toronto Soul 'n Blues Festival (ON)
Santa Barbara Jazz Festival (CA)
Strawberry Festival (CA)
L.A. Sweet ‘n Hot Jazz Festival (CA)
Kaslo Jazz Etcetera (BC)
St.Louis Blues & Heritage Festival (MI)
Bridgetown Folk Festival (PA)
Winnipeg Folk Festival (MAN)
Turtle Dove Folk Festival, Unionville (PA)
King Biscuit Blues Festival, Helena (AR)
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival (OK)
Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival (BC)
with Sunnyland Slim & Honeyboy Edwards,
Toronto Soul 'n Blues Festival
with Sugar Ray Norcia,
Gatemouth Brown‘s American Music Fest
with Spider John Koerner, Barbara Dane
& Townes Van Zandt, Winnipeg Folk Festival
HT & Blue Groove at the
Santa Barbara Jazz Festival
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALANDFestival of Lights, New Plymouth (NZ)
Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival, (NZ)
East coast Blues & Roots Festival, Byron Bay NSW
Folk in the Foothills, NSW
Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba NSW
Tauranga Jazz Festival, Tauranga, NZ
Brunswick Music Festival, VIC
UK & IRELANDCrawley Folk Festival (UK)
Blues On The Farm, Chichester (UK)
International Guitar Festival, Bath (UK)
Celtic Connections, Glasgow (UK)
Cleethorpes Folk Festival (UK)
Cork Folk Festival (IRL)
Monaghan Jazz & Blues (IRL)
Ballisodare Folk Festival (IRL)
Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival (UK)
Edinburgh International Fringe (UK)
Jersey Folk 'n Blues Festival (Jersey)
Burnley Blues Festival (UK)
Marymass Festival, Irvine (UK)
Edinburgh Folk Festival (UK)
Inverness Folk Festival (UK)
Cambridge Folk Festival (UK)
Fairport Reunion (UK)
Belfast Folk Festival (N.IRL)
Glenfarg Folk Festival (UK)
Preseli Folk Festival (UK)
Dartmouth Bluesfestival (UK)
Penicuik Folk Festival (UK)
Trowbridge Village Pump Festival (UK)
Ards International Guitar Festival (N.IRL)
Kendal Guitar Festival (UK)
with Alamo Leal & James Blues
Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM:
Handzame Delirium Blues Festival (B)
Night of the Blues (NL)
Gentse Feesten (B)
Oosterhout Blues Festival (NL)
Labadoux Festival (B)
Koninginnenach, Den Haag (NL)
Jazz Mecca Maastricht (NL)
Groningen Blues Festival (NL)
Vlinderstad Blues & Jazz (NL)
Ecaussinnes Spring Blues (B)
Middelsee Jazz Festival (NL)
Belgium Rhythm ‘n Blues Festival Peer (B)
Moulin Blues Festival (NL)
Dranouter Festival (B)
Winterfolk (NL)
Nacht van de Blues, Wuustwesel (B)
Drijf In Blues Festival, Giethoorn (NL)
SCANDINAVIA:Horsens Blues Festival (DK)
Nibe Festival (DK)
Skagen Festival (DK)
Aalborg Folk Festival (DK)
Strib Vinter Festival (DK)
Blå Festival, Aalborg (DK)
Midtfyns Festival (DK)
Djursland Blues Festival (DK)
Skagen Vise Festival (DK)
Tønder Festival (DK)
Notodden Blues Festival (N)
Bergen Blues & Roots Festival (N)
Molde Roots Festival (N)
Bremanger Rock Festival (N)
Molde Jazz Festival (N)
Odense International Blues Days (DK)
Copenhagen Blues Festival (DK)
Roskilde Festival (DK)
Bluesfestival Soulsvær (N)
Lillehammer Blues Festival (N)
Jæren Musikfestival (N)
Nordals Festival (DK)
Roots 'n River Blues Festival, Rovaniemi (SF)
Hell Blues Festival (N)
Tunø Festival (DK)
with Roy Rogers at Tønder Festival, DK
with Pinetop Perkins,
Notodden Blues Festival, N
FRANCE, ITALY
Green Hills Blues Festival, Atri (I)
Narcao Blues Festival, Sardegna (I)
Festival Blues sotto le stelle, L’Aquilla (I)
Liri Blues (I)
Bordighera Jazz Festival (I)
Milano Folk Festival (I)
Belluno Festival (I)
Steinegg Live (I)
St.Gely Blues Festival (F)
Azimut Blues (F)
CARIBBEAN:Mustique Blues Festival (W.I.)
with Dana Gillespie,
Mustique Blues Festival
AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND, LIECHTENSTEIN:Afrika Tage, Wien (A)
Ratsch, Der Weinberg rockt, (A)
Piazza Blues Festival, Bellinzona, (CH)
Stadlberg Country & Blues Festival (A)
Vienna Blues Spring (A)
Stadlberg Country & Blues Festival (A)
SeeArt Festival, Marchtrenk (A)
Hiesige & Dosige Festival, Wieselburg (A)
Summertime Blues, Gamlitz (A)
Popular Guitar, Aflenz (A)
TschirgArt Festival (A)
Mösle Festival (A)
Ascona Jazz Festival (CH)
Vienna Folk Festival ( A)
Nyon Folk Festival (CH)
Wiener Donauinselfest (A)
Mayrhofen Country 'n Blues (A)
Little Big One (FL)
Jazztage Lichtensteig (CH)
Waidhofen Musik Fest (A)
Speik Live (A)
Fricktaler Blues Festival (CH)
Seerock (A)
Jazz Fest Wiesen (A)
Jazz Festival Vienna (A)
Gesäuse Rock & Blues (A)
Bodensdorf Rock Fest (A)
Linz Fest (A)
Mumyhua Festival, Hochneukirchen (A)
Salzburger Jazzherbst (A)
with Ron Wood & Bo Diddley,
Jazzfest Wiesen
GERMANY:
Bowl Of Blues, Lörrach (D)
Rother Bluestage (D)
Blueslawine Osnabrück (D)
Konstanz Zeltfestival (D)
Jazz In Der Burg, Dreieich (D)
Bluesfest Ulm (D)
Documenta Kassel (D)
Lahneck Live (D)
S.W.F. Blues Festival (D)
Gaildorf Blues Festival (D)
Summertime Bluesfest (D)
Waldheim Festival (D)
Jena Kulturarena (D)
Hot Jazz Meeting (D)
Scheidegg Open Air (D)
Blues Fest Ingolstadt (D)
New Orleans Fest Wendelstein (D)
Gronau Jazz Fest (D)
Gitarrenfestival Wiesloch (D)
Blues in Heilbronn (D)
HUNGARY, CROATIA, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND, YUGOSLAVIA:
Harmonica Bridge Festival, Bydgoszcz/Thorun (PL)
United Islands Festival, Prague (CZ)
City Blues Festival (SK) (SK)
Dobro Festival (SK)
Budapest Folk Festival (H)
Bratislava Lyra (SK)
Budapest Blues Festival (H)
Music Nights & Days, Novigrad (CRO)
Dubrovnik Festival (CRO)
Bratislava Blues Festival (SK)
Nisville Jazz Festival (YU)
Lent Festival (SLO)
Kalaka Festival Diösgyör (H)
Summer festival, Opatija (CRO)
Blues Alive (CZ)
VENUESOver the years Hans has taken his music to thousands of venues around the globe.
Here are some of the clubs, halls and stages Hans has played at:
The Grand Emporium - Kansas City, Kansas
The Knitting Factory - New York, NY
Stephen's Talkhouse - Amagansett, NY
Antone's - Austin, Texas
Buddy Guy's Legends - Chicago, IL
Paradiso - Amsterdam, NL
Gruene Hall - Gruene, Texas
100 Club - London, UK
Noorderligt - Tilburg, NL
Muziekcentrum - Enschede, NL
Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium
Brauhaus - Medford, Long Island
Jazzland - Vienna, Austria
Fast Folk Cafe - New York, NY
Biddy Mulligan's - Chicago, IL
Rotterdam Bar - Belfast, N.Irl
Teatro Toselli - Cuneo, Italy
The Meeting Place - Dublin, Ireland
Johnny D's - Boston, MASS
Konzerthaus - Vienna, Austria
Krizanke - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Palazzo Cittanova - Cremona, Italy
Altes Kino - Rankweil, Austria
Big Mama - Roma, Italy
Caravan Of Dreams - Fort Worth, Texas
Godfrey Daniels - Bethlehem, PA
Sumaloftet - Finnsnes, Norway
Canal Street Tavern - Dayton, Ohio
John & Peters - New Hope, PA
Temple University - Philadelphia, PA
Upstroke - Napoli, Italy
Molly Malone - Steinkjer, Norway
Harmonie - Bonn, Germany
Jersey Arts Centre - St.Helier, Jersey
The Green Mill - Chicago, IL
Försterbräu - Merano, Italy
Leon Springs Cafe - San Antonio, Texas
Poor David's - Dallas, Texas
John Henry's Hammer - Worcester, MASS
Cselley Mühle - Oslip, Austria
Rockhouse - Salzburg, Austria
Audimax - Regensburg, Germany
Mojo - Copenhagen, Denmark
Keltenmuseum - Hallein, Austria
Mahogany Hall - Bern, Switzerland
Papas Tapas - Vienna, Austria
Folkclub Igel - Waidhofen, Austria
Passage De Nord Ouest - Paris, France
Het Paard - Den Haag, NL
The Ceilidh Place - Ullapool, UK
The Lemon Tree - Aberdeen, UK
Anderson Fair - Houston, Texas
Smuget - Oslo, Norway
Hauptplatz - Linz, Austria
Guildhall - Derby, UK
De Melkweg - Amsterdam, NL
Basil's Bar - Mustique, West Indies
Stuk - Maribor, Slovenia
Austria Center - Vienna, Austria
The Double Door - Charlotte, North Carolina
Laboratorium - Stuttgart, Germany
Inner City Blues & Folk Club - Auckland, Newzealand
Maona - Piran, Slovenia
Down Home - Johnson City, Tennessee
Main Street Theatre - Houston, Texas
Passim's - Cambridge, MASS
The Elbow Room - Kirkcaldy, UK
Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse - Dallas, Texas
Neue Welt - Ingolstadt, Germany
Cankarjev Dom - Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Ark - Ann Arbour, MI
Cactus Cafe - Austin, Texas
Full Moon Saloon - Baltimore, Maryland
The Sidetrack - Edmonton, Alberta
Weavers - London, UK
Douglas Corner - Nashville, Tennessee
Skihütte - Oberwangen, Switzerland
Frankopan Castle - Krk, Croatia
Metropol - Vienna, Austria
Cruise Cafe - Oslo, Norway
Mc Gonigel's Mucky Duck - Houston, Texas
Tromso Blues Club - Tromso, Norway
Glen Echo Town Hall - Washington, DC
Folkclub - Torino, Italy
Muddy Water's - Dallas, Texas
Casino Perla - Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Alte Feuerwache - Mannheim, Germany
Le Local - Poitiers, France
Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall - Istanbul, Turkey
Club 7 - Oslo, Norway
Guernsey Folk & Blues - Cobo Bay Hotel, Guernsey
Cricketers - Bordeaux, France
Bermuda Folk Club - Bermuda
Frankfurter Hof - Mainz, Germany
Spazio Musica - Pavia, Italy
Burg Clam - Klamm, Austria
Burgarena - Finkenstein, Austria
Musiktheater Rex - Lorsch, Germany
Gledalisce - Koper, Slovenia
Montmartre - Copenhagen, Denmark
Jazzhaus - Freiburg, Germany
Kultur Im Gugg - Braunau, Austria
Creativ Center - Lienz, Austria
Executive Surf Club - Corpus Christi, Texas
Lansdowne Folk Club - Lansdowne, PA
Colossaal - Aschaffenburg, Germany
Jazzhouse Dexter - Odense, Denmark
The Sun Hotel - Hitchin, UK
Flamingo Café - Halifax, Nova Scotia
St. James - Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Heldenplatz - Vienna, Austria
Frangipani - Bequia, West Indies
Acoustic Sounds Cafe - Little Rock, Arkansas
Posthof - Linz, Austria
Hagges - Tonder, Denmark
Woodwitch House - Orkney, UK
The Winning Post - York, UK
The Tron Tavern - Edinburgh, UK
Spilsby Theatre - Spilsby, UK
Blues & Beyond - Frankfurt, Germany
Pomme D'or Hotel - St.Helier, Jersey
The Running Horse - Nottingham, UK
Kasematten - Graz, Austria
Lisinski - Zagreb, Croatia
Banana Peel - Ruiselede, Belgium
Sangerheimen - Notodden, Norway
The Grey Eagle - Black Mountain, North Carolina
The North Star Bar - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Dominion Theatre - London, UK
Fashing - Stockholm, Sweden
Orpheum - Graz, Austria
Vredenburg - Utrecht, Holland
Queen's Hall - Edinburgh, UK
Treibhaus - Innsbruck, Austria
CCH - Hamburg, Germany
Café Lena - Saratoga Springs, NY
Die Große Freiheit - Hamburg, Germany
Palast der Republik - Berlin, DDR
Gefangenenhaus - Krems, Austria
The Aquatic Club - St.Vincent, W.I.
Bourbon Street - Trondheim, Norway
La Zona Rosa - Austin, TX
Gefängnis - Leoben, Austria
Rathaussaal - Telfs, Austria
Bridge Hotel, Sydney, Australia
The Basement, Sydney, Australia
The Healer, Brisbane, Australia
The Woombye Pub, Woombye, Australia
Mother Redcaps, Dublin, Ireland
Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Ireland
The Market House, Monaghan, Ireland
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK
The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK
The Hawth, Crawley, UK
The Komedia, Brighton, UK
Green Mill, Chicago, holding Big Bill's Guitar
with Townes Van Zandt, Szene, Vienna, 97
with Donovan, Metropol, Vienna
with Jorma Kaukonen, Uncle Willie's, Kingston, NY
with Frank Edwards & Lilli Barber,
Blind Willie's, Atlanta, GA
with John Jackson, Jazzland, Vienna
Gruene Hall, TX
with Dubliners & Joan Baez,
Kasematten, Graz
with Augie Meyers & Doug Sahm,
La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
MUSICIANSHans has shared concert- and workshop-stages with:
Sunnyland Slim
John Hammond
Louisiana Red
Luther Allison
Rory Block
Moses Rascoe
Yank Rachell
Bo Diddley
Henry Townsend
Paul Geremia
John Jackson
Taj Mahal
Ron Wood
David Bromberg
Jimmy Rogers
Odetta
Roy Book Binder
Marcia Ball
Ben Webster
Son Thomas
Jorma Kaukonen
Melanie
Donovan
Arlo Guthrie
Planxty
Gerry Lockran
Brownie McGhee
Joan Baez
The Dubliners
Doug Sahm
Martin Carthy
Floyd Westerman
Clannad
Jon Sass
Erik Trauner
Isingizi Emnyama
The Fureys
Flaco Jimenez
Ralph McTell
Alex Campbell
Hamish Imlach
Derroll Adams
Townes Van Zandt
Dave Van Ronk
Happy Traum
Amos Garrett
Country Joe MacDonald
Gene Clarke
Steve Earle
Roger McGuinn
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
Mike Whellans
Charles Brown
Phil Alvin
Norman Blake
Fred Koller
Chris Smither
Gene Taylor
Allan Taylor
Kurt Ostbahn
Terry Evans Peter Ratzenbeck
Michael Langer
Rambling Jack Elliott
Utah Philips
Dan Ar Braz
Gamble Rogers
Big Joe Duskin
Sparky Rucker
Doc Watson
Jo-El Sonnier
Andy Irvine
Donal Lunny
Colin Linden
Richard Bell
Dana Gillespie
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Blaksand
Cindy Cashdollar
Joe Louis Walker
The Holmes Brothers
Robert Junior Lockwood
Vlado Kreslin
Holly Near
Spider John Koerner
Levon Helm
Rick Danko
Garth Hudson
Michelle Shocked Augie Meyers
Commander Cody
Gary Primich
Sugar Ray Norcia
Roy Rogers
Bruce Daigrepont
Ruthie Foster
Dennis Jale
Linda Tillery
Eric Bibb
Wilson Pickett
Geoff Muldaur
Tony Joe White
James Burton
Woody Mann
Johnny Dickinson
Jerry Donahue
Albert Lee
John Renbourn
Bruce Molsky
Trudy Lynn
Ellis Hooks
Johnny Mastro
with Kelly Joe Phelps, Chris Smither
& Roy Book Binder, Bluesworkshop,
Philadelphia Folk Festival
with Henry Townsend, Mariposa Festival
with Honeyboy Edwards & Taj Mahal
Chicago Blues Festival, 89
with Michelle Shocked,
Kerrville Folk Fest
with Luther Allison
with Kurt Ostbahn & Terry Evans