ALL SLOTS ARE FILLED! The TBS Blues Challenge will take place on Saturday June 28! One night of the best blues from the best bands in North Carolina!

CLICK HERE FOR Details and rules.

Event synopsis: Sat, June 28, 2008, at Blue Bayou Club in Hillsborough, NC
(S. Churton St. across from the Courthouse)
Doors open at 6pm Event starts at 7pm
$10 cover for ELEVEN bands!! Can't beat that!

2008 TBS BLUES CHALLENGE LINEUP (alphabetical order):

SOLO/DUO
Jon Shain and F.J. Ventre (Durham & Chapel Hill)
Mountain Blue (Chapel Hill & Cary)
Rick "Chickenhead Blues" Tobey and Cosmic Dave Hervey (Wilmington)
Steve Jack (Durham)
Spider Mike Bochey (Wilmington)

BAND
Adjustd Bluz Band (Youngsville)
Big Rick & the Bombers (Raleigh)
Blue Diablo (Hillsborough)
Big and Tasty Blues Band (Winston-Salem)
The Swamp Doctors (Raleigh)
Twelve Cents Shy (Durham)
Valentino & the Piedmont Sheiks (Raleigh)

That prize package includes:

BAND
•the opportunity to compete in the 2009 IBC in Memphis
•$500 toward IBC travel/lodging expenses
•a slot in the 2009 Bull Durham Blues Festival
• performance at the Blue Bayou Club in Hillsborough
• performance at Yancy's in Raleigh

SOLO/DUO
•the opportunity to compete in the 2009 IBC in Memphis
•$150 per person toward IBC travel/lodging expenses
• a slot in the 2009 American Tobacco Amphitheatre Lawn Series
• performance at the Blue Bayou Club in Hillsborough
• performance at Yancy's in Raleigh

 

AND AS ALWAYS THERE IS THE VENERABLE TBS BIG BLUES JAM:

1st Sun of every month:
Triangle Blues Society Blues & Jazz Jam at Blue Martini, 116 N. West St., Ral 919-899-6464