Information regarding special hotel rates will be posted on the IBC pages September 1.
Tickets go on sale October 1.
Act Registration will open mid September.
Keeping the Blues Alive nominations (6 copies) submitted to The Blues Foundation's offices before September 30, 2010.
Act Registration will end on November 24, 2010.
Raffle Tickets MUST be received in the office by January 22, 2011.
Volunteers are needed for IBC.
Watch the IBC page on our website for more information, http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_index.
The dates for the 2011 International Blues Challenge will be February 1-5.
IBC will move to a five night, four day format. We will begin the week with the FedEx International Showcase Tuesday night (Feb 1). This new format will include 2 nights of quarter finals (Feb 2-3), one night of semi-finals (Feb 4) and concluding with finals in the beautiful Orpheum Theatre (Feb 5). The Youth Showcase will take place Friday (Feb 4) before the semi-finals. The Keeping the Blues Alive ceremony will be presented Saturday (Feb 5).
Hotel information will be posted under the “Travel and Lodging” section of the IBC page; the link is located on the left of the page on September 1. We will have a list of hotels, mostly within walking distance of Beale Street. Only individual members of The Blues Foundation (membership number required) will be able to book rooms at the host hotels.
Tickets will open on October 1 under the “Tickets” section of the IBC page. This years ticket prices will be:
$100 baby blue – includes access to all showcases (including FedEx International Showcase) quarter and semi finals as well as finals at the Orpheum Theatre.
$175 – Big Blue – includes access to all showcases (including International Showcase) quarter and semi finals as well as finals at the Orpheum Theatre PLUS the Keynote Luncheon and the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards!!
Musicians will be issued passes that are equal to the baby blue pass and may include programming geared toward the business side of the music.
Acts will need a 300 dpi photo, 600 character bio and an email address so we can communicate with the act. Act Registration will end on November 24, 2010.
Watch the IBC page on our website for more information, http://www.blues.org/#ref=ibc_index.
With the extended IBC schedule, we will need more volunteers! We encourage all affiliates to send volunteers to this event. Not only to help us with this huge undertaking, but to learn more about IBC from the inside out. Presidents of local affiliates can be found year after year running venues on Beale Street and helping with other important IBC duties. They come from the Cascade Blues Association (Greg Johnson), Phoenix Blues Society (Kyle Deibler), Spa City Blues Society (David Hughes), Blues Society of Western New York (Arleen Reifschneider), West Virginia Blues Society (Jack Rice) and Blues Lovers United of San Diego (Michael Kinsman), Ozark Blues Society of North West Arkansas (Liz Lottmann) to name a few. That is not counting the other affiliate volunteers, their (our) “significant others”, friends, festival producers and even touring musicians that give their time to assist us with IBC. We are a tight group that works together as a team for one common goal! We have fun, work hard and play even harder! Just ask one of the folks named above!
Volunteers will be issued passes equal to the baby blue package with a minimum number of volunteer hours. It really does take an army of great volunteers to keep this event running on time, please have all (serious) volunteers email me at joe@blues.org. |
