Triangle Area Blues News

Image - TBS Benefit to send Triangle blues acts to the IBC.
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2011 TBS Blues Challenge Results

image - October 1, 2011 TBS Blues Challenge in Raleigh, NC. Select image to view larger version.

Printable PDF of the poster 		TBS is proud to announce that the 2011 TBS Blues Challenge was held downtown Raleigh, NC at Volume 11 Tavern    . This is a qualifying event for the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge (IBC)) in Memphis, TN. Winners in the band and solo/duo categories will be eligible to compete in the IBC (Feb. 1-4, 2012). The TBS Blues Challenge is a professionally judged competition open to North Carolina blues acts.

Winner Solo / Duo Acts
Image - Th Bullfrog Williard McGhee Solo winner 2011 TBS Blues Challenge.
Th' Bullfrog Willard McGhee
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Winning Band
Image - E-Train and the Rusted Rails winning band in the 2011 TBS Blues Challenge.
E-Train and the Rusted Rails
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A Special Thanks to our Sponsors
Image and Link - Bull Durham Blues Festival in Durham, NC.  Image and link to Volume 11 Tavern in Raleigh,NC.  Image - Hanger Studio in Wake Forest, NC   Image and Link - Fat SOund Guitars Cary, NC.   Image and link to FX Engineering in Raleigh, NC.   Image and link to Paper Mone Studios website. Image - Save the Honey Bee.

TBS Blues Jam

BoneDaddy's Hideaway has temporarily closed. There is no TBS Blues Jam scheduled at this time. Please check back for updates.

New and Updated TBS Blues Calendar Now Available

Triagleblues.com is now your one stop resource for Triangle area blues listings. Many of you remember Sherry Johnson's Triangle Rockin' Blues List. For those of you who were not on her list I do not know how you would have heard about the blues shows in the area. You would have to search aimlessly online wandering from site to site looking here and there for you favorite shows. TRB was a welcomed monthly email that blues fans would use to plan their weekends and without it we are all kind of in the dark. Not anymore. The TBS has finally gotten a calendar on our site that will list all area blues shows sent to us. Send your Triangle area blues events to

with Blues Calendar in the subject line.

If you are a blues band/artist/group/venue, or whatever and you want to add your Triangle area show to the calendar please let us know by sending your events to the above email and we will gladly add your shows. Please keep it to Triangle area events only and remember to include Band Name/ Date/Time/Location/Price etc. Please feel free to pass this info on to your favorite bands!!