The Bill Johnson Band has been chosen by the Victoria Blues Society to represent BC in the 2011 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Together with VBS, we are excited to announce that we are fundraising to send the Bill Johnson Blues Band to Memphis! Donations to support our local Sunday night Superior Blues guitarist Bill Johnson can be left at the cafe. 

The 2011 International Blues Challenge will be the 27th year of Blues musicians from around the world competing for cash, prizes, and industry recognition. The Blues Foundation will present the 27th International Blues Challenge February 2-5, 2011 in Memphis, TN. The world's largest gathering of Blues acts 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. In 2010, 110 bands and 80 solo/duo acts entered, filling the clubs up and down Beale Street for the semi-finals on Thursday and Friday and the finals at the Orpheum Theater on Saturday. We will have at least that many in 2011.

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