The World's Northern Most Blues Festival was once again hosted here in Longyearbyen earlier in October (http://www.svalbardblues.com/en/). The event ran over four days with concerts taking place at UNIS, Kroa, Barents pub, Svalbar, Karlsberger pub amongst others and Huset (the old culture house). I only went on the Friday evening to Kroa as it was quite expensive (well for a typical student budget anyway) to attend. The music was really good and there was a very nice chilled atmosphere.
If there are any students reading this whom are considering attending UNIS in the coming years I would fully recommend volunteering at the festival, perks include free entry to all concerts and a free t-shirt (I know that this is enough of an incentive for most)! Information will become available at UNIS giving you plenty of chance to sign up! I certainly regretted not volunteering :(