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✈️How to get to Ribs & Blues Festival
Planning your trip to Ribs & Blues Festival? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), about 83 km from the venue.
- Allow about 116 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Groningen or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
- By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
🌤️Ribs & Blues Festival 2026 weather
Weather in Ribs & Blues in May 2026?
Actual weather at the 2026 edition
From May 23 to May 25, 2026: up to 29°, low of 12°, not a drop of rain.
- Sat, May 23Overcast29° / 13° 0 mm
- Sun, May 24Overcast25° / 13° 0 mm
- Mon, May 25Overcast28° / 12° 0 mm
Day-by-day observed readings at the festival site (Open-Meteo archive).
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 67% of days
| 2025 | Dense drizzle | 17° / 9° | 3 rainy days |
| 2024 | Rain | 20° / 12° | 2 rainy days |
| 2023 | Rain | 22° / 13° | 1 rainy day |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
Hour by hour
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Same week in 2025: Sat May 24 → Mon May 26 (days aligned on the edition's weekdays).
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📋About
Ribs & Blues Festival 2026: Blues and Rock in Raalte, Netherlands
Ribs & Blues Festival is a blues and rock event held in Raalte, in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. A distinctive and convivial occasion, it combines gastronomy (barbecue ribs) with roots music in a uniquely relaxed atmosphere.
The 2026 edition, 23 to 25 May, features 5 artists. Headliner Leif De Leeuw Band is joined by Joanne Shaw Taylor, Dom Martin and ZAC SCHULZE GANG across a blues and rock programme.
The musical palette focuses on blues rock, traditional blues and alternative. A niche festival that honours the tradition of American roots music in a warm Dutch setting.
Ribs & Blues Festival 2026 runs 23 to 25 May in Raalte, Netherlands. Visit ribsenblues.nl for practical information.
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