2025 Columbus Blues Challenge

Schedule

Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Dolphin Lounge | Gahanna, OH

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ALL DETAILS: https://columbusblues.com/challenge/
We’re excited to announce that the next Columbus Blues Challenge will be held on April 27th, 2025, at the Dolphin Lounge—Time TBD based on the number of applicants.
Admission is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Admission is used to help fund the prize monies awarded to the winning acts.
The Columbus Blues Alliance is an affiliate of the Blues Foundation, which produces the annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. We produce the annual Columbus Blues Challenge to determine our representatives for next year’s IBC for the Band, Solo/Duo, & Youth categories.
Acts perform for a panel of independent judges and are scored using the same criteria used by the Blues Foundation at the IBC. The highest-scoring acts in each category will be our representatives. If there are fewer than 2 acts in either Band or Solo/Duo categories, all acts will compete together, and a single winner will be chosen to be our representative.
Prize monies will be awarded to the winning (highest-scoring) acts. Youth is a non-competitive category and does not receive a prize but may receive cash from CBA fundraisers. Winners may receive an offer to perform at the Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival.
Prize monies are funded by event admission, membership dues of the participating acts, and event sponsorships. ALL money raised for this event goes to our representatives!
Participation in the Challenge is free, but all performers must be members of the Columbus Blues Alliance as of the Challenge date.
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Dolphin Lounge, 345 Agler Rd,Gahanna, Ohio, United States

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