Camping with the Blues is October 19-...
Camping With the Blues is back for its 5th year with an outstanding lineup each day! This is a camping optional festival-tickets are available for purchase for any day or the whole weekend. If camping, and need a water/electric site, book now as sites are selling out faster than ever! There is plenty of space […]
NCFBS Blues Challenge is August 26 at...
The North Central Florida Blues Society (NCFBS) is an affiliate of the Blues Foundation, which holds the International Blues Challenge (IBC) every year in Memphis. As an affiliate, the North Central Florida Blues Society holds a regional competition, which allows for a winning band, solo/duo, and self-produced CD to compete as a representative of the […]
Fathers Day Blues in High Springs: Ji...
The High Springs Music in the Park Concert Series, in partnership with the North Central Florida Blues Society, proudly presents Father’s Day Blues June 17 in the Santa Fe Listening Room inside the High Springs Museum & Community Center. NCFBS member artists Sheba the Mississippi Queen and Jim Allen will both perform original Blues music! […]
The Planet Festival offers NCFBS memb...
NCFBS members can save $35 off tickets for the Planet Festival (October 18-21st, 2018 in Fruitland Park) The 4-Day General Admission Festival Tickets cost $125, if purchased before July 1st. Just ask rob@ncfblues.org for the promo code. Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-planet-festival-2018-tickets-44647930161 The Planet Festival was created to raise awareness of social and environmental issues […]
Sauce Boss and Big Time Juke & t...
The Sauce Boss, a Tallahassee native and 2017 Florida Music Award-winning Bluesman and will play the High Dive in downtown Gainesville Sunday, June 10. The legendary performer (as chronicled in Jimmy Buffett’s 1999 hit “I Will Play for Gumbo”) Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton brings his Florida slide guitar Blues, his gumbo, and his own hot […]
Women in Blues Showcase is May 20 at ...
We are getting excited as the time draws closer – so many great performers will be participating! The 5th annual Women in Blues Showcase is May 20th at Cypress & Grove, a fantastic new woman-owned venue. Join us in celebrating the Blues and the important role female performers have played, do play, and will play […]
NCFBS Board of Directors 2018-2019
The NCFBS Board of Directors, elected at this year’s Annual Meeting are: Barbara Armbrecht Michelle Banfield Anne Bello Vicki Bordeaux, Secretary Randy Burford Gus Olmos, Vice President Rob Richardson, President Richard Ritari, Treasurer Alan Yeatter We thank you all for your support of the North Central Florida Blues Society!
April 15: Members Appreciation Party/...
On Sunday, April 15 at Eagles Landing (7118 W University Ave), our annual meeting/members’ appreciation party will run from 5-7 and the monthly Blues jam is from 7-10:30. The Jam will be hosted by Root Redemption! At our members’ appreciation party we feed you (pasta and salad), Then we draw names of attending members for […]
Blues Fun coming up
Hello Blues Fans! This Thursday is the Acoustic Blues Open Mic at Lightnin Salvage from 6-9. Leave those amps at home, play some Blues, eat some pizza, and have some fun! We’d love to have you join us. Sunday, April 15 at Eagles Landing (7118 W University Ave), our annual meeting/members’ appreciation party from 5-7 […]
This Saturday: 21 Blue featuring Long...
This is the North Central Florida Blues Society’s first show at Heartwood Soundstage and we picked some amazing musicians for it: 21 Blue featuring Longineu Parsons and Ted Shumate! 21 Blue is Blues for the 21st century, the nexus at which authentic down & dirty Blues meets world-class Jazz. This quintessential intersection of Blues and […]