In their mission statement, the Austin Blues Society states that they support and promote local blues artists, old and new alike. I'm intrigued - the music business has become so strange and so difficult in the last decade or so that anything to help musicians succeed gets my support.
Although their website, AustinBluesSociety.org is a little bit anemic, I quickly find two upcoming events featuring local blues artists.
The Heart Of Texas Blues Challenge is a series of blues bands going head-to-head to win prizes. It looks like about 35 or so artists/bands are participating this year, with about a dozen featured artists/bands also performing. That's a lot of blues!! This all takes place at a local club (The Brass House in Austin) in a 4 week series - July 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st. I'm sorry I cannot attend any of these, especially the finals on the 31st. It sounds like a great time!
The other event is the Pflugerville Pfirecracker Pfestival. This event is presented by the city of Pflugerville July 4th at Lake Pflugerville, with The Austin Blues Society sponsoring one of two stages, featuring seven local blues artists/bands. The other stage has some interesting acts as well (I'm especially intrigued by Matchmaker Band but I'd have a hard time tearing myself away from the stage with all the blues bands).
So if you're anywhere near Austin, and enjoy blues, do yourself a favor and check out these two unique events sponsored by The Austin Blues Society.
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