Blues Music Competition..FREE!!!
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!
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









