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Blues Music Competition..FREE!!!

Posted on: 05-2-2012 Posted in: Events

13 Great Bands… 13 Great Venues

No cover! Each venue is free.

Locations: See map and listing below.  All venues are in downtown Albany, most on Pearl St. or within a block.

Free Trolley: Trolley will run a loop to all the venues every 10 minutes or so.

Voting: Get a ballot at any venue.  You must vote for at least 3 bands for your vote to count.

5 pm to 9 pm

Top 3 winners (by popular vote) will perform at blues night at Alive @ 5!


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The 13 selected blues acts that will be performing on May 4th include:

  • Folding Sky performing at Taste
  • Sly Fox & The Hustlers performing at The Bayou Cafe
  • Nite Train performing at Legend’s on Pearl
  • JV & The Cutters performing at Wolf’s 1-11
  • Kylie & The Sympathetic Strangers performing at Franklin’s Tower
  • Joe Lowry & The Second Mile Blues Band performing at Blue 82
  • The George Boone Blues Band performing at Pearl Street Pub
  • Blues Sanctuary performing at McGeary’s
  • Bent Rail Blues Band performing at The Olde English Pub
  • Blackboard Blues performing at Jillian’s
  • George Fletcher’s Foldin’ Money performing at 74 State
  • Collette & The Mudcats performing at Figure 10
  • Charlie Smith Blues Trio performing at The Merry Monk

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Bob Rosinsky
Bob Rosinsky is the CRBN Vice President, as well as website events editor and videographer. You can see his videos from the jam and local blues shows in the Gallery.

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