The Triangle Blues Society Blues Challenge is a regional competition to select acts who will represent TBS at the Blues Foundation’s next 39th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. As many as 266 acts from around the world converge on Beale Street next January to perform as the music industry searches for new talent, with the chance to win recognition and prizes that include major festival performances and more. This year’s Triangle Blues Challenge is taking place at

We hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits.Ralph DeMasi President, The Triangle Blues Society P.O. Box 13208 Durham, N.C., 27709 triangleblues@gmail.com 5 July, 2023Subject: Re-Launching the Triangle Blues Society and Exciting Plans for 2023!Dear Triangle Blues Society Members, Greetings! As the newly appointed President of The Triangle Blues Society, I am delighted to announce that we are emerging from our dormant status and re-launching our organization

Mark your calendars now for the next Triangle Blues Society blues jam, set for 4 to 7 p.m. July 16 at the Speakeasy on Main Street in Carrboro. Want to add your blues event to our continuously updated calendar of events? Email us at triangleblues@gmail.com with the event details, time, date and place. TBS long attracted some of the area's best players at regular jams held from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturdays at the Blue Note Grill in Durham. We're working to bring those back, b

The legacy of the blues is often set in Delta juke joints or on the urban streets of Chicago’s Southside. But faraway Durham, N.C., plays its own important role. At the turn of the 20th century, the city was an epicenter for Black arts culture and entrepreneurial ambition. That drew blues musicians to Durham’s downtown, as warehouses buzzed with tobacco-related activity, and to the historic Hayti neighborhood. Farmers both white and black brought in their harvests. Newly f