Greetings fellow blues people. Summer has flown by and the year seems to be getting away from me already. I guess I’ll just have to console myself by checking out a couple of the top line acts we have coming up in Canberra in March. There are a couple of must sees in Collard Greens […]
Greetings blues aficionados. As we all know February is usually a big month for Blues goings on around town, particularly with the Goulburn Blues Festival at our doorstep. We’re gearing up for our two Jams at the Goulburn Club on Friday & Saturday night of the Festival. Drop in & say hi. This years’ festival […]
Well fellow bluesers, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. The silly season is now behind us but the Blues Festival season is just about to hit full swing. Over the next month or so we have the Thredbo Blues Festival on the weekend of 19-21 January, the Goulburn Blues Festival […]
The festive season is with us again; it seems to come around so quickly these days. Our last jam for the year will be hosted by the Groove Kings, one of our most talented blues bands and without doubt our leading exponents of Chicago style blues. The Groove Kings are a bit of an institution in Canberra but if you haven’t […]
Canberra Blues Society Annual Report 2016-17 This has been another successful year with the primary focus on providing and promoting quality blues music for our members and other patrons. Membership of the CBS continued to grow, culminating in another record membership of 347. This is again a remarkable achievement and reflects that the CBS is […]
This November we come to an end of an era, with our MC and PA operator David (Bucky) Buckmaster moving on. David’s skills as a sound man and his witty, cheeky approach to the MC role will be sorely missed by all. We wish David all the best in any future promotional activities and the […]
Greetings fellow bluesers. October is shaping up as a great month for the blues in Canberra with performances from several touring acts including Eric Steckel from the USA. Eric has performed at festivals around the world and is widely considered one of the most exciting blues guitarists to emerge in recent years. Steckel is playing […]