January Blues Festival 2025 presents
LAURENCE JONES
+ special guests: MIGUEL MONTALBAN & THE SOUTHERN VULTURES
+ Host/DJ: SNOWBOY

January Blues Festival are thrilled to present multi-award winning blues rock guitarist & vocalist Laurence Jones with special guest support Miguel Montalban.

Laurence Jones is a British Blues Rock guitar sensation who appear tonight to launch his new LP 'Bad Luck and the Blues' in conjunction with MVT Cohorts. Laurence Jones has shared stages with Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Joe Bonamassa, Status Quo, Glenn Hughes, and Vintage Trouble, amongst many others.

Buddy Guy, who has likened Laurence Jones to “a young Eric Clapton”, invited the youngster to join him onstage at the Holland International Blues Festival before an audience of 15,000. Jones has also appeared at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall in London and New York’s Carnegie Hall.



Miguel Montalban hails from Chile and has become a YouTube sensation racking up millions of views for his sensational guitar playing whilst busking. Miguel brings his Blues-Rock band The Southern Vultures to the January Blues Festival for the first time.


The 'Bad Luck & The Blues' tour is presented by AGMP Concerts and MVT Cohorts.

"AGMP are delighted to be working with the Music Venues Trust in bringing the 2025 Tour of the incredible guitarist Laurence Jones to some of the finest grass-roots, independent music venues across the UK. It is part of AGMP's DNA to work with venues that have been the "birthplace" of some of the biggest music stars in the world and it's brilliant to be able to join forces with our industry champion, the MVT"