2025 Blues Challenge
The North Central Florida Blues Society is an affiliate of the Blues Foundation, which holds the International Blues Challenge 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 North Central Florida region in the IBC in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee in the Beale Street Historic District.
Jasper Smitty is our winner and will be representing the North Central Florida Blues Society and the region at the 2026 International Blues Challenge!
Additionally, The North Central Florida Blues Society’s winner of its Blues Challenge for Best Self-Produced CD is Dr. Jules’ Cool Blues – The Iconoclast.
Congratulations and thank you to all of the participants, the fine folks at Heartwood, our wonderful volunteers at the North Central Florida Blues Society, and the Blues fans that showed up and cheered for their favorites!
