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The DC Blues Society (also known as DCBS) has monthly events and annual free festivals!

Check these pages for upcoming DCBS events!

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DCBS also hosts a FREE monthly Blues jam — the 1st Sunday of every month.
Come play, listen, dance, and enjoy.
4 to 8pm, Silver Spring American Legion Post 41
905 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910


DCBS Blues Jam
Sunday, January 1st
4-8pm
American Legion Post 41
905 Sligo Avenue (entrance at Fenton Street parking lot)
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Directions


Past Events

Battle of the Bands Saturday, Oct. 16
DCBS Battle of the Bands
Enter Your Band
The winner performs at the College Park Blues Festival (an IBC Fundraiser) and is sponsored by DCBS at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN in 2012.

Attend the Battle of the Bands!
Performers have free entry


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Win the Battle to play this Festival! Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011
4th Annual College Park Blues Festival FREE!!!
This is an International Blues Challenge fundraiser to send the Battle of the Bands winner to Memphis, TN!
Bands/performers to be announced
Ritchie Coliseum, University of Maryland, College Park, MD




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Kenny Neal Returns to the Surf Club Live and we can't wait!

Photos by Ron Weinstock


Blues Master Kenny Neal will perform at a special DCBS show on Thursday, July 28 at the Surf Club Live. Kenny performed at a standing-room only DCBS show last summer.

WHEN:   Thursday, July 28 8pm-midnight

WHERE:   Surf Club Live
4711 Kenilworth Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781


ENTRY:   $18/$15 DCBS members
$20 at the door for all
LEARN MORE:   DCBS member Kirk Jackson had the opportunity to interview Kenny Neal.
Read the Interview


Ronnie Baker Brooks - Take Me Witcha to Surf Club Live!



Photos by Ron Weinstock

Ronnie Baker Brooks brings his blues to the Surf Club Live on Thursday, August 25!

Did you see him at the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival?

Don't MISS this opportunity to see Ronnie Baker Brooks in Maryland before he heads to the Bluestock Festival in New York!

WHEN:   Thursday, August 25 8pm-midnight

WHERE - ORIGINAL LOCATION!
Surf Club Live
4711 Kenilworth Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Schedule   |   Directions

ENTRY:   $18/$15 DCBS members
$20 at the door for all

Learn More
Meet Ronnie Baker Brooks
Ronnie Baker Brooks on YouTube



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Fish Fry

Prep for the Battle!

Get a preview of what it's like to perform at the Battle of the Bands and the IBC.

Perform at the
8th Annual Fish Fry

Saturday, July 14, 2012
American Legion Post 41
905 Sligo Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(entrance on Fenton by parking lot)

This is a pre-arranged All Day Jam

Space is limited. Sign up by June 10, 2012!

Enroll today!   Jams@dcblues.org


Hotter Than July Fish Fry 2012
Print and bring your receipt to the show to confirm payment

Battle of the Bands

DCBS Battle of the Bands
Entry Deadline is September 10, 2012

Enter to play the

2012 5th Annual College Park Blues Festival

AND

2013 International Blues Challenge

AND

2013 25th Annual DC Blues Festival!

Solo/Duo and CD Categories
also Available!




Attend the Battle of the Bands!
Saturday, October 13
Location TBD
Performers have free entry


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