Did you know that here in the Triangle there is an active Blues Dance Community?  RDU Blues is a local dance group providing social dances and instruction to blues and fusion dancers in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. Open to first-time dancers, experienced dancers, visiting dancers, and local blues and fusion lovers. Find out more about them here Follow them, leave a comment on their posts and tell them that TBS sent ya! Most importantly, go dance and have some fun.

Blue Note Grill is offering another ticket discount to Bruce Katz' show tonight, Friday June 6th! Use code TBSKatz at checkout! We'll see you there!

Theres a whole lot of Blues happeneing this weekend inthe Triangle! Click the link and Check out the Blues Calendar today to plan the shows you're going to see.

The Triangle Blues Society needs YOU to get the Blues! Tell us about upcoming Blues events and shows!Get out and support local artists & venuesJoin us in growing the Triangle Blues Scene Bring yourself, your ideas and your passion and help us shape the future of the blues in our hometown by becoming a Triangle Blues Leader! Tell us what you can bring to the table, or ask us how you can help by clicking here

There's so much blues music happening this weekend....so plan out your schedule on the  THE BLUES CALENDAR Sunday is the monthly 1st Sunday Blues Jam at the fabulous Blue Note Grill hosted by The Velvet Beat Bring yourself, bring your friends and bring your instrument if you want to jam. We'll see you there!  

  Here's a fantastic opportunity for Triangle Blues Society members to get a full day of great food, amazing drinks, and phenomenal music and fun with family and friends at one of the most beautiful locations in the area. Mystic Farm and Distillery is offering FREE tickets to the first 20 TBS members to arrive at their incomparable.  Bourbon, BBQ & Blues Festival this weekend April 25th. To claim your free ticket simply show your membership card at entry. You can download

Join us Sunday, April 19th, 4-7pm for our 3rd Sunday jam, with host band The Five Cent Kings! See https://www.instagram.com/stories/triangle_blues_society/ for more information!  

Let's celebrate ... you! The Triangle Blues Society's Member Appreciation Party is set for Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. at Blue Note Grill. Our host band, Fabulous Nite-Life Boogie, will get you groovin’ – and there will be complimentary food! Please bring an unwrapped toy for our Toys for Tots box. TOYS FOR TOTS: Deliver hope to children this holiday season! Triangle Blues Society and Blue Note Grill are once again inviting everyone in the area to help us fill the To

The 2025 Triangle Blues Challenge winners were MAMA featuring Melissa McKinney (band) and Charlley Ward and Joel Keel (solo/duo). They'll now represent the area at the Blues Foundation's 41st International Blues Challenge. Among the other great local talents competing this year at the Triangle Blues Challenge, held on Nov. 2, 2025, at the Blue Note Grill in Durham, N.C.: Caitlin Krisko and the Broadcast, Lightning Kate and the Derm Dregs, Big Jim Kohler and BluzHammer. Solo/

We have an exciting lineup of bands and solo/duo competitors for the Triangle Blues Society's 2025 Triangle Blues Challenge! Band performers at 1PM on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at the Blue Note Grill in Durham will be Caitlin Krisko and the Broadcast, Lightning Kate and the Derm Dregs, Big Jim Kohler and BluzHammer. Solo/duos include Melissa McKinney, T.C. Mirc, Charlley Ward, John Shearer and Blue Plate Special! The Triangle Blues Society’s annual Triangle Blues Challenge is a

The Triangle Blues Society’s annual Triangle Blues Challenge is a regional competition to select acts that will represent TBS in the Blues Foundation’s 41st International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 250 acts from around the world converge on Beale Street to perform before the music industry searching for new talent, with the chance to win recognition and prizes that include major festival performances and more. This year’s TBS Blues Challenge is ta

Make your blues plans with the Triangle Blues Society's continuously updated Blues Calendar. Want to add an event? Drop us a line at triangleblues@gmail.com.Go HERE to see the entire month in blues. All events are subject to change. Click through individual calendar entries to find contact information for confirmation from sponsoring venues . JOIN THE TRIANGLE BLUES SOCIETY Support our blues mission! Click here to find out more. MONTHLY TBS NEWSLETTER You can also sign up

Armand and Bluesology will serve as host band for the Triangle Blues Society's Third Sunday Blues Jam on May 18, 2025 – and they have special plans. The jam, held from 4-7 p.m. at the Speakeasy in Carrboro, will feature a set inspired by the late Piedmont bluesman Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes. The Hamlet, North Carolina, bluesman died in 1990 just as his dormant career was in the midst of a long-hoped-for comeback. "Walter was gonna be big," argues Chapel Hill's Armand Len

International Blues Challenge finalists Lynnette Barber and Will Ellis will join us for a special performance at the Triangle Blues Society's 2025 Member Appreciation Party, held from 4-7 p.m. May 4 at the Blue Note Grill in Durham. Stop by to renew your membership and mingle with fellow blues music enthusiasts. Prior to the event, Lynnette and Will shared the story of their amazing experiences in Memphis: TRIANGLE BLUES PRIDE AMPLIFIED: THE STORY OF LYNNETTE BARBER AND WILL

It's time for the Triangle Blues Society's Triangle Blues Challenge! Our regional competition to select acts that will represent the area in the Blues Foundation’s 40th International Blues Challenge is set for 1 PM Sunday, October 6, 2024, at the Blue Note Grill in Durham, N.C. Categories include solo, duo and bands. Competing bands this weekend include Acisse Jay and the Gents, Cammy and the Soul Shakers and the Tanner Lee Blues Band. Solo and duo contestants include J. Mic

TBS' 2024 Triangle Blues Challenge Call for Musicians and Best Self-Produced CD The Triangle Blues Society's Triangle Blues Challenge is a regional competition to select acts that will represent the area in the Blues Foundation’s 40th International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 250 acts from around the world converge on Beale Street to perform before the music industry searching for new talent, with the chance to win recognition and prizes that inc

The soul-blues powerhouse Sugaray Rayford is coming to the Triangle for a special Sunday show – and he's promising a party. "A lot of musicians, the blues notwithstanding, have forgotten how to entertain people," he tells Blues Blast magazine. "Think about groups like Earth Wind and Fire. You loved the songs you heard on the radio, but when you went to see them live, they couldn't just play the song like the record. They needed to kick it up a bit and entertain. Otherwise, i

Want to help make some blues dreams come true? Here's your chance! Each year, the Triangle Blues Society sponsors the Triangle Blues Challenge where local musicians compete to earn a spot at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, the largest gathering of blues musicians in the world. Sponsored by the Blues Foundation, the IBC lasts for almost a week. The signature element of the Triangle Blues Society's mission is to raise funds to support their trips to Tennessee. T

Deliver hope to children this holiday season! Triangle Blues Society and Blue Note Grill in Durham are once again inviting everyone in the area to help us fill the Toys for Tots toy box. Toys can be donated by dropping them off during regular business hours through Nov. 27, 2023. The Blue Note Grill is open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, and closed on Sundays and Mondays. Donate a toy and become a member! When you do, new Triangle Blues Society membe

Join the Triangle Blues Society and a group of area hopefuls for the 2023 Triangle Blues Challenge. The competition kicks off at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, at the Blue Note Grill in Durham. The challenge is a local blues competition with two categories, for solo/duo and band. Winners earn the right to travel to Memphis, Tenn., to further compete next January in the 39th International Blues Challenge. This year's competing solo and duo acts are Cory Luetjen and the Traveli