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Our Official BBS FaceBook Page connects you with a community of blues lovers from the Boise area. Find out about upcoming events, see photos and videos from recent shows, hear great blues recordings. Like us today!

Boise Blues Society

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Boise Blues Society sends out occasional messages about upcoming shows and other blues events. Stay current on the local scene. click here

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Get ticket and merchandise discounts, and help us spread knowledge and appreciation of blues music throughout the Boise area! Join us today.

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Corporate Sponsors

Welcome our newest corporate sponsor:

If you love the Blues and would like to become a Corporate Level Sponsor, please contact Rocky Cook at rocky@idpremierprop.com

Boise Blues Society – STATS for 2018

Over the past year, with your support, the BBS has provided children in 13 area elementary schools with presentations including a live blues mini-concert exposing and educating them to the history and development of blues music in the USA. BBS, in 2018 also has awarded three $500 scholarships to aspiring, local youth interested in pursuing their passion for blues music. With your support, BBS, has produced 6 shows with nationally known Blues Artists, including several nominated for awards by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation. And, with your support, BBS has produced 23 shows with local bands at the Sandbar, and hosted 10 jam sessions for all local blues musicians, and showcase blues bands debuting their music at the Playhouse Boise. During 2018, BBS also produced several benefit shows highlighting local bands and benefiting the community, as well as the BBS, including the Wipe Away the Blues Festival at the JUMP Center, Fat Tuesday, and the Winter Blues Festival.

Yes, BBS needs your continued support. Please join or renew your membership to help us continue to impact the Boise community with the Blues! More great things to come! Stay tuned….

Link to Join or Renew:

http://Boisebluessociety.wildappricot.org

Local Boise Blues Bands

Local Band Resource List

Compiled by the 2018 BBS Events Committee:

Ken Harris, Chair; David Light; Bill Arnold; and Dale Wilson

The bands on this list are not endorsed by the Boise Blues Society (BBS), but have been vetted and played blues music at BBS events. All of the bands listed below have assisted the BBS by playing in our benefits and/or have hosted jam sessions as a showcase band, thereby promoting the mission of the society. Their contribution to the Boise Blues Society is greatly appreciated.

If you have a blues band that is not included on this list, please contact Bill Arnold at drbilrnold@gmail.com for information about what your band needs to do to be vetted by the BBS Events Committee for a listing here. Our intent is to support local blues music and the local bands that promote it. The list will be included to assist selection of local bands for BBS produced events and also posted on the BBS social media as a resource list for local venues looking for bands.

View the List Here

SANDBAR SCHEDULE for BLUES TUESDAYS

Boise Blues Society

SANDBAR SCHEDULE for

BLUES TUESDAYS for 2019

6-9PM

The Boise Blues Society has partnered with the Riverside Hotel for our second year of Tuesday Blues Evenings at the Sandbar. Check out the Tuesday schedule. Come and enjoy these free shows with local blues bands. Enjoy a relaxing evening at the Sandbar next to the Boise River.

View the Schedule Here

Spreading knowledge and appreciation of blues music throughout Southern Idaho.

WHO ARE WE?

The Boise Blues Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, brings the blues in all its forms to fans of all ages throughout the Treasure Valley. We use the American art form of blues music to develop our youth, build our community, and strengthen our economy. Contact us at 208-440-4590 or PO Box 2756, Boise, Idaho 83701 or email boisebluessociety@gmail.com.