37th Annual
International Blues Challenge
Blues musicians from around the world compete for cash, prizes and industry recognition.
THE NEXT BIG BLUES ACT(S)
Up and down Beale Street
The Blues Foundation presents the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN each January. It’s the world’s largest gathering of Blues acts and represents an international search by The Blues Foundation and its Affiliated Organizations for the Blues Band and Solo/Duo Blues Act ready to take their act to the international stage.
Hundreds of musicians fill the clubs up and down Beale Street for the quarter-finals on Wednesday and Thursday, the semi-finals on Friday and the finals at the Orpheum Theater on Saturday.
The Road To Memphis
TOPEKA ARTISTS SHINE
Topeka Blues Society is proud to participate in the International competition each year, sponsoring a band, solo/duo and (or) youth act to represent TBS at IBC. The winner(s) of the TBS Blues Challenge receive a stipend to cover entry fee and travel costs to IBC.
achieving excellence in the studio
Best Self-Produced CD
Since 2005, The Blues Foundation has celebrated up and coming artists by bestowing an award which honors artists that have achieved excellence in the studio. Entries for Best Self-Produced CD are permitted by affiliated blues societies only. Therefore you must be a current TBS member to be eligible. Learn more and submit your solo, band, due album.
CONGRATS
PAST WINNERS
View our local TBS Blues Challenge winners and Self-Produced CD album awardees of the past. Many of these folks have gone to do some amazing things. Congrats, again, to each and everyone of them. And thank you to all our members and donors who make this opportunity a possibility for these artists.
