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Dear Members of the Edmonton Blues Society,

We need your help!

If you are an enthusiastic person, have spare time, love live music, and want to get involved with an organization that helps promote Blues and R&B based live music in Edmonton, then we'd love to have you join our Board of Directors! 

We are open for business again and are recruiting new board members with board experience including organizational skills. People skills are considered an asset, and a background with live music events would be great! 

If you are a current member of the Edmonton Blues Society, you are invited to attend and participate in your EBS Annual General Meeting and Elections on June 22nd, 2022, at 7:00 pm at the Edmonton Public Library Program Room, at the Capilano Library Branch: 9915 - 67 St. N.W., Edmonton. All members that are in good standing and in compliance with our bylaws and term limits prior to the AGM, are eligible to attend and vote at the AGM.  See ABOUT US on the menu above to view your current bylaws. 

At the Annual General Meeting, the Board will review and approve the current agenda and the previous election minutes from June 21, 2021. The Treasurer will present the audited financial statement for our fiscal year ending February 28, 2022. The President will then present the Presidents Report covering our programs and activities from 2021-2022. Following the report, we invite a question-and-answer period from the members.  After the question/answer session, we will hold the election. 

The following positions to be elected or re-elected include: 

Vice President – 1 or 2 year term. (Previous EBS board experience or equal) Treasurer – 1 year term (Accounting background with Quick Books knowledge)  Secretary – 1 or 2 year term, (Office management with computer skills)  Events Coordinator – 1 year term. (A background managing live music events)  Booking Director - 1 year term (Knowledge of current local and national musicians, bands, and promoters) Marketing and Promotions Director - 1 year term. (Computer skills with social media) (MBBC) Memphis Bound Blues Challenge Director - 1 year term (A  background with special live music events and international travel rules and regulations)

Any current EBS member who wishes to put their name forward for any of the above positions prior to the elections,  please submit your name and position to the President by June 15th via email at: edmblues@gmail.com.  

We look forward to a great year and hope you will join us as part of the EBS Board of Directors.  We have so much fun!

Thank-you for supporting the blues in Edmonton! 

The Board of Directors

EDMONTON BLUES SOCIETY - Edmonton Alberta

Live Blues and R&B Show featuring touring band "GHOST TOWN BLUES BAND" from Memphis, TN. at St. Basil's Cultural Centre Edmonton. Adults only event with no minors under 18 years. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Live Blues and R&B Show featuring touring band "GHOST TOWN BLUES BAND" from Memphis, TN. at St. Basil's Cultural Centre Edmonton. Adults only event with no minors under 18 years. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Early Bird Ticket Sales ended April 2nd

Reserve a table of 8 for you and your group of friends. Book early as limited amount of tables are available.

Edmonton Blues Society Annual General Meeting - June 23, 2021 Annual Financial Review, Nomination and Elections of Board Members

Annual General Meeting and Election of Board Members.
EBS was established in 2006 as a not for profit society. This is our 15th year of operation.
We invite all members of the society to come out and voice your opinion and vote for new candidates. If you are interested in serving on the board, please email us at Edmblues@gmail.com

*Due to COVID 19 and travel restrictions this event is cancelled until further notice. Purchased Tickets are being refunded.

All the way from Memphis, TN you not want to miss this opportunity to experience the Ghost Town Blues Band. GTBB's new album Shine debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart. Recently headlining the blues stage at The Montreal Jazz Festival and fresh off of their European debut at the Grolsch Blues Festival in Germany, Beale Street’s latest success story, 5-time Blues Blast Music Award Nominee and International Blues Challenge Runner-up is Ghost Town Blues Band. Not your grandpa’s blues band, their live show has been captivating audiences in the U.S., Canada and Europe with their "second-line horn entrance," cigar box guitars and electric push brooms to Allman Brothers style jams and even a hip-hop trombone player. The band's stage show and energy is unparalleled and has been called the best new live blues show in the world. Horns, harmonies and homegrown instruments combined with an energetic and roots rich festival set makes Ghost Town Blues Band one of the “must see live bands on the festival scene today.” Both Andrew McNeill behind the drums and Matt Karner on the bass guitar are a punishing rhythm section behind multi-instrumentalist/frontman Matt Isbell with raunchy cigar box guitar licks and raspy "Dr. John-like, whiskey and gravel-soaked vocals." With the addition of Trombonist Suavo Jones, Cedric Taylor on B3 and Taylor Orr on lead guitar, the grooves go from fresh to funky as the band gains more notoriety in the blues festival and jam circuit. Ghost Town Blues Band has performed all across US and Canada at over 100+ festivals and will perform more than a half-dozen international tours in Canada and Europe in 2019. “GTBB shows what can happen when the past is distilled through young sensibilities, voices, and instruments. This is 21st century blues at its best.” -Living Blues Magazine

Winter Blues Festival Sunday, February 16 Single Day Pass $40.00 Until January 31 Single Day tickets $45 after January 31 and at the door Sunday - Doors open at 12:30.
Music starts at 1:30 - Sets are 75 minutes

Angie & the InKleiNs Blind Dog Blues Band Van Dangos The Lynne Chwyl Band Charlie Jacobson

Tickets available online and at the door. Advance ticket prices in effect until January 31.

Are you a Member? Members, please buy tickets online and receive a cash rebate at the door.

Cash only Venue Licensed for beer and wine. Food available and catered by Silver Fork

3rd Annual Winter Blues Festival, Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16th. **Line-up could change, please check back here for updates.

Saturday, Feb 15 Doors @ 1:00 pm  Music from 2:00 - 9:30 pm  5 Miles to Memphis;  Colin McDonald: Front Porch Revue: Dylan Farrell Band: Thomas Alexander & Fusion Experience Band.

Sunday, February 16  - Doors @ 12:30  Music 1:30 - 9:00 pm Angie & the InKleiNs Blind Dog Blues Band; Van Dangos; The Lynne Chwyl Band; Charlie Jacobson.

LIcensed for beer & wine. Catering provided by Silver Fork

Advance ticket pricing until January 31* Tickets will be available at the door. Attention Members: buy your tickets online at regular price and get your member rebate at the door

Saturday, February 15 - Winter Blues Festival Advance ticket price $40 until January 31 Regular ticket price $45 after January 31 and at the door Doors at 1:00 Music from 2:00 - 9:30 pm

Line up is subject to change 5 Miles to Memphis; Colin McDonald Band; Front Porch Revue; Dylan Farrell Band; Thomas Alexander & Fusion Experience Band

Are you a member? Buy your tickets online and get a cash rebate at the door.

Licensed for beer and wine Food available and catered by Silver Fork Cash only venue

Memphis Bound Blues Challenge Pay it Forward Gig - Annual Fundraiser

Double Header featuring the 2018 Winners of the 2018 Challenge: Rott'n Dan & Lightnin' Willy followed by Samantha King & YEG Trio

Event is sold out

Memphis Bound Blues Competition to select one winning band and one solo or duo act, to represent Northern Alberta at IBC in Memphis. Doors at 12:00 - Competition starts at 1:00

The 2019 Contestants are: Glenn Gray Graham Guest Harold Reichstein Angie and the Inkleins 5 Miles to Memphis The Lynne Chwyl Band Advance Tickets $20 online only Tix at the door $25 if we don't sell out in advance

Regina’s own Jack Semple, who can make a guitar weep with the blues at the best of times, has pulled together a group of seven funk-rock players, including a full horn section, to present a scorching tribute to the late, great legend B.B. King at our next blues dance party.

Semple has reached an international audience with his songwriting, recordings and performances as a vocalist and flamenco-technique, groove-loving guitarist. Juno recipient, two-time winner of the Western Canadian Blues album of the year, and nominee for the 2019 Maple Blues Award for "Guitarist of the Year", Jack has been a fixture on the Canadian music scene for decades.

Semple first listened to King when he was 12 years old and has been a devoted fan ever since. “He’s was a total genius,” Semple says of King. “He occupied a really interesting place in blues music. Of course he could play chords, but the rhythms he played with those single notes were exactly in the pocket, just like the drummer." He continued, “With this tribute, I’m trying to recreate the happy vibe, doing my best, but it’s not easy.”

Tickets are $40 in advance until 5:00 PM, June 15. EBS members will get a $5 refund at the door.

Don't wait. This show is going to be a sellout.

Annual General Meeting for Members of the Edmonton Blues Society.

Nominations for Board positions will be accepted until May 24th by email sent to: Edmblues@gmail.com

DOORS @ 1:00 pm - MUSIC 2:00 to 9:30 pm

Single day passes are $35.

EBS MEMBER DISCOUNT: Members will get a $5 refund at the door with verification of their EBS membership.

See complete lineup and band bios below.

Tickets will be available at the door while supplies last Cash only venue

DOORS @ 1:30 - MUSIC 2:30 to 10:00 pm

Single day passes are $35.

EBS MEMBER DISCOUNT: Members get a $5 refund at the door with verification of their EBS membership.

See complete lineup and band bios below.

Tickets will be available at the door while supplies last. Cash only venue

SATURDAY: DOORS @ 1:30 - MUSIC 2:30 to 10:00 PM

SUNDAY: DOORS @ 1:00 - MUSIC 2:00 to 9:30 pm

TICKETS ONLINE OR AT THE DOOR while supplies last. Two-day Pass - $60.00.

EBS MEMBER DISCOUNT: Members get a $5 per day refund at the door with verification of their EBS membership.

Cash only venue

GREAT FOOD AVAILABLE: See MENU below

EBS presents the 2017 Memphis Bound Blues Challenge Winners, Joe Nolan and The Dylan Farrell Band for the "Pay It Forward" Fundraiser. All proceeds go to the 2019 Memphis Bound Blues Challenge fund.

Note Time Change*Doors @ 7:30 pm and Music @ 8:30 pm
Tickets for members and non-members are $20. Buy them online here. Limited tickets available at the door. Cash only.

Dylan Farrell is a born guitarist whose playing displays a level of emotional maturity and a technical depth and dexterity that is truly remarkable for someone only in his mid-twenties. Upon moving from New Brunswick to Edmonton in 2012, he almost instantly became a fixture in the city’s thriving roots and blues scene, lending his consummate skill as a sideman to several acts, and hosting a weekly blues jam at the Have Mercy Southern Table and Bar. With the Dylan Farrell Band, he is a two-time winner of the Memphis Bound Blues Challenge, and semi-finalist at the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. While in Memphis, Dylan recorded his debut LP which was released in the fall.

While it’s not every day that a songwriter makes it from the shadows of open mic nights to the high wattage, real deal scene, Joe Nolan’s old soul lyrics and striking vocals suggest that the odds of breaking through are in his favour. Joe Nolan’s distinctive and intimate vocals stack the deck. From the ramin tremors to raw howls, his range of expression reaches extremes. The songs are fervent, pressing and intense, attuned at once to the world of youthful melodramas in which Joe, an artist in his early 20s lives, and an older, deeper level of human experience. Even in the spotlight, the lyrical contours of Joe Nolan’s confessions retain their mystery. Tornado, a collection of songs that befit a rising star in the songwriting world, was released by Six Shooter Records on January 28, 2014.

EBS is proud to present 2018 Memphis Bound Blues Challenge finalists: The Lynne Chwyl Band. Lynne is a dynamic singer whose voice can move from being rich with grit and power, to soft, sweet and gentle – but always with the kind of emotion that only learning a lot of life’s lessons can bring. She’s brought together musicians who are fierce in their field and whose roots span decades: Keyboard player Dennis Meneely, Guitar player Ralph Pretz, Bassist Jeff Bartlett and drummer Greg Pretty. Come dance the night away!

Get your tickets online: Guests: $20 online & door Members: $15 at the door (Buy tickets online at regular price and receive a $5 refund at the door)