BLUES SOCIETY OF NW FLORIDA'S Regional Blues Challenge

BLUES SOCIETY OF NW FLORIDA'S Regional Blues Challenge Blues Foundation Sanctioned, International Blues Challenge (IBC) Competition BLUES SOCIETY OF NW FLORIDA'S Regional Blues Challenge will be held at Seville Quarter on August 23, 2014. 19 acts, bands, duo/single have signed up to compete for an expenses-paid trip to compete at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis. The Blues Society of NW Florida's Regional Blues Challenge event will bring a full day of great Blues Music to Downtown Pensacola. Music will start at 2pm and be played in the Phineas Phogg's room of Seville Quarter. At the conclusion of the competition there will be an informal Blues Jam Section with all of the participants in the Lili Marlene's Room inside Seville Quarter. Blues Foundation sanctioned, IBC Competition. The winner in each category must be able to travel to Memphis, Tennessee to compete in the 30th International Blues Challenge, which is held in the venues of Beale Street, the week of January, 2015. The Blues Foundation started the International Blues Challenge (IBC) with the theory to keep the Blues alive, and to cultivated new talent. The Blues Foundation presents the International Blues Challenge in Memphis every winter. Blues organizations affiliated with the Foundation stage regional competitions around the world and send the top unsigned artists from their region to compete in the IBC finals in Memphis. The winner receives a cash prize, studio time, appearances at several major Blues events around the country and the title of "Best Unsigned Blues Band". The judges also present a guitarist with the Albert King Award for the most promising guitarist. ** All Acts considering competing in the IBC Competition MUST be able to travel to Memphis in January of 2015 to Compete in the 31st International Blues Challenge should they win their respective categories**