Canal Street (Arendal, Norway)

Canal Street is a yearly music festival in Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway.

The festival was first presented in 1996 as Arendal Jazz & Blues Festival, but in the later years it has grown to emphasize quality music of all genres.

History
The festival is known for its use of unusual venues, such as Jazz at the Lille Torungen Lighthouse, Merdø Uthavn, Kolbjørnsvik and "Føling på fyllinga" at the local waste dump, Heftingsdalen.

Canal Street was for a long time one of few Norwegian festivals in which jazz and blues are the main genres, though rock and world music where performed as well.

Arendal was a town of canals. One of the remains from the canal era is Canal Place, for many years one of the main venues of the festival.

Canal Street was certified as a "green venue" in 2006 as one of the first festivals in Norway. Canal Street joined the UN's Carbon Neutral Network and supported Earth Hour 2009.

2008

 * Ane Brun
 * Solomon Burke
 * deLillos
 * Dum Dum Boys
 * Bill Evans
 * Inger Marie Gundersen
 * Rich Harper Blues Band
 * Hilde Hefte
 * Heroes & Zeros
 * Sondre Lerche
 * Krissy Matthews
 * John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
 * Nils Petter Molvær
 * Ole Paus
 * Rangers
 * The Waterboys
 * Bugge Wesseltoft
 * Bertine Zetlitz

2009

 * Jonas Alaska
 * Arild Andersen
 * Dag Arnesen
 * Randy Brecker
 * CC Cowboys
 * Bill Evans
 * Kjetil Grande
 * Bo Kaspers Orkester
 * Katzenjammer
 * Angélique Kidjo
 * Kim Larsen
 * Helge Lien
 * Lillebjørn Nilsen
 * Hallgeir Pedersen
 * Satyricon
 * Tommy Smith
 * Onkel Tuka
 * Paolo Vinaccia

2010

 * Frøy Aagre
 * Mari Boine
 * Richard Bona
 * Jon Eberson
 * Melody Gardot
 * Gåte
 * Thom Hell
 * Sivert Høyem
 * Jaga Jazzist
 * Lars Lillo-Stenberg
 * Ulf Lundell
 * Veronica Maggio
 * Ingrid Olava
 * Ole Paus
 * The Rosenberg Trio
 * Terje Rypdal
 * Esperanza Spalding

2011

 * Jonas Alaska
 * Paul Banks
 * Jarle Bernhoft
 * Stein Torleif Bjella
 * Chili Vanilla
 * Elin Furubotn
 * Bob Geldof
 * Beth Hart
 * Kaizers Orchestra
 * Hilde Marie Kjersem
 * Audun Kleive
 * Iver Kleive
 * Madcon
 * Silje Nergaard
 * Pay-per-frog
 * Violet Road
 * Karl Seglem
 * Susanna Wallumrød
 * Bugge Wesseltoft

2012

 * Admiral P
 * Arild Andersen
 * Ian Anderson
 * Ketil Bjørnstad
 * Kari Bremnes
 * Canned Heat
 * Christianssand String Swing Ensemble
 * Dumdum Boys
 * Gabrielle
 * Get the Blessing
 * Inger Marie Gundersen
 * Veronica Maggio
 * Tania Maria
 * Elly Marvellous
 * Raul Midon
 * Nils Petter Molvær
 * Randy Pavlock
 * Bugge Wesseltoft

2022

 * Aurora
 * Madrugada
 * Erlend Ropstad
 * Bo Kaspers Orkester
 * Sondre Lerche
 * Jonas Alaska
 * Sol Heilo
 * Bjørn Eidsvåg
 * Stein Torleif Bjella
 * Fadnes
 * Hannah Storm