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Welcome to our Weekly Blues News and Gig Guide
18th of April, 2024
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| The 2024 ARBA MEMPHIS BLUES CHALLENGE!
Who will represent ARBA and South Australia at the 2025
International Blues Challenge in Memphis?
BAND FINAL
Norwood Live
8th June
Doors 7.00pm
In performance order:
Big Bill Bourke Blues Band
The TinMen
63 Deluxe
Tickets: online $25 (no booking fees)
At the Door (if available) $30
SOLO/DUO FINAL
Norwood Live
31st August
Doors 7pm
In performance order:
Peter N Miller
Brett Littlefair
Blackwood Slim
Suedan
Craig Atkins
Tickets: online $25 (no booking fees)
At the Door (if available) $30
Buy tickets to both the band final and the solo/duo final for $45!
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HELP GET OUR MUSICIANS TO MEMPHIS FOR THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE!
The 2024 ARBA Memphis Blues Challenge Guitar raffle:
THE PRIZE: A brand new Fender Player Plus Stratocaster - Olympic Pearl- Maple Fingerboard - Signed by Walter Trout!
Valued at approx $1550. Supplied by Billy Hyde Music.
Maximum 1100 tickets at $5 each. Drawn 11th November, 2024 at Semaphore Workers Club.
All proceeds will go towards costs of the winners of the Memphis Blues Challenge representing ARBA at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, USA.
|  | The month of March was MEMBERSHIP MARCH, our annual membership drive!
Everyone who joined ARBA or renewed their membership during March (we included February as well, to be fair) went into the draw for an ARBA shirt and some quality wine!
Congratulations to new ARBA member number 948, Kim Patra who won the draw and who is shown below with her wine and wearing her new ARBA shirt!
Many thanks to all of the members who joined or renewed during Membership March, we appreciate your support very much! |  | Where to find the blues... on the radio!
Your schedule of South Australian blues radio shows (shows are Adelaide based unless indicated otherwise):
Monday 9.00-11.00 am: Reverb with Sue Turner | Three d Radio 93.7 FM and Digital
Tuesday 7.00-9.00 pm: Confessin' the Blues with Danny Ryan | 5TCB 98.5 FM (Bordertown)
Tuesday 7.00-9.00 pm: Blues Beats and Jazz with Fran and James Cox | BBB FM 89.1 FM (Tanunda)
Tuesday 10.00-Midnight: Blues Before Midnight with Harold Lindeman | Coast FM 88.7 FM
Wednesday 12.00-3.00 pm: Oz Blues with Pappy K | Lofty Radio 88.9 FM (Adelaide Hills)
Wednesday 2.00-4.00 pm: Blues, Roots & Boogie with Big Bad Kev | 5GTR 100.1 FM (Mount Gambier)
Thursday 1.00-2.00 pm: Grooving with Sister T with Tess Coleman | Three d Radio 93.7 FM and Digital
Thursday 7.30-9.00 pm: Blues Power with Mick Young | Three d Radio 93.7 FM and Digital
Friday 3.00-6.00 pm: Cooking Along with Kay with Kay Erskine | WOW! 100.5 FM
Friday 6.00-8.00 pm: River Blues with Tess Coleman, Dave Hall, Ian Newbery, William Ehmcke, Trish Nacey | 5mbs 99.9 FM
Saturday 6.30-8.00 pm: Saturday Blues with Rob and Tommy Eyers | Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM and Digital
Saturday 7.00-9.00 pm: River Blues with Terry Heazlewood, Tess Coleman, Dave Hall, Ian Newbery, William Ehmcke | 5MBS 99.9 FM
Sunday 2.00-4.00 pm: Orange Blossom Special with Christine | Coast FM 88.7 FM
Sunday 4.00-6.00 pm: The Indigo Show with Vivian | Tribe FM 91.1 FM
|  | www.SABLUES.org
Roots and Blues Podcasts | Jerome Douvendahns from www.SABLUES.org presents 2 podcasts each month:
Blues Time draws its play list from acoustic and electric blues.
Roots Rendezvous presents a selection from the genres of roots, alt. country, progressive folk and alt. rock.
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**Please note that every effort is made to ensure these listings are correct. Late changes can occur and we recommend verifying gigs with organisers/venues/acts.
**Why is my gig not listed? Have you sent details to gigguide@arba.net.au ?
DEADLINE 8.00 PM Wednesdays
| APRIL
Thursday, April 18
*Dusty Lee's Blues Jam Thursdays @ Memphis Slim's House of Blues 7.00 pm
22 Gilbert Place, Adelaide
*Nikko & Snooks @ Gilbert St Hotel 7.00 pm
88 Gilbert St, Adelaide
*Jason McKell @ The Nola 8.00 pm
28 Vardon Ave, Adelaide
*The Gumbo Room Blues Jam@ The Gov's front bar presents Open Blues Jam Night 8.00 pm
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
Friday, April 19
*Chris Finnen & Gwyn Ashton @Murray Delta Juke Joint 7.00 pm
4 Dowdodd Cres, Goolwa South
*The River Rats @ Three Brothers Arms 7.30 pm
40-42 Venables St, Macclesfield, SA
*Jason McKell & Tim Sheehan @ Baddog Bar 8.00 pm
63 Hyde St, Adelaide
*Shuffle Shack @ Semaphore Workers Club 8.00 pm
93 Esplanade, Semaphore
*The Nuts @ The Wheatsheaf Hotel 8.00 pm
39 George St, Thebarton
Saturday, April 20
*Jesse Dean-Freeman & The Rhythm Aces @ King William Hotel 9.00 pm
107 King William St, Adelaide
Sunday, April 21
*Doctor Desoto @ Gilbert St Hotel 2.00 pm
88 Gilbert St, Adelaide
*Adelaide Blues Lounge Jam @ West Croydon & Kilkenny RSL/Community Club 7.30 pm
19 Rosetta St, West Croydon
*Kickass Cowgirls @ Memphis Slim's House of Blues 8.00 pm
22 Gilbert Place, Adelaide
Thursday, April 25
*Dusty Lee's Blues Jam Thursdays @ Memphis Slim's House of Blues 7.00 pm
22 Gilbert Place, Adelaide
*Gwyn Ashton @ Gilbert St Hotel 7.00 pm
88 Gilbert St, Adelaide
Friday, April 26
*The Honey Badgers @ Semaphore Workers Club 7.30 pm
93 Esplanade, Semaphore
*Blue Katz @ Memphis Slim's House of Blues 8.00 pm
22 Gilbert Place, Adelaide
Saturday, April 27
*Night Owls @ Memphis Slim's House of Blues 8.00 pm
22 Gilbert Place, Adelaide
Sunday, April 28
*Oscar Ladell - The Night Owls @ Gilbert St Hotel 2.00 pm
88 Gilbert St, Adelaide
*Suedan @ Farrell Flat Hotel 5.00 pm
12 Patterson Terrace, Farrell Flat, SA
| MAY
Thursday, May 2
*The Gumbo Room Blues Jam@ The Gov's front bar presents The Bluescasters 8.30 pm
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
Thursday, May 9
*The Gumbo Room Blues Jam@ The Gov's front bar presents The Customlines 8.30 pm
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
Saturday, May 11
*Kings and Associates 10 year celebration of debut album 'RED DRESS' @ The Wheatsheaf Hotel 7.00 pm
39 George St,Thebarton
Thursday, May 16
*The Gumbo Room Blues Jam@ The Gov's front bar presents The Little Dirty Roots Band 8.30 pm
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
Friday, May 17
*Friday Night Live & Local @ The Gov's front bar presents Exeter Blues 8.00 pm
Saturday, May 18
*The Honey Badgers @ Port Noarlunga Bowling Club time is TBC
66A River Rd, Port Noarlunga
Sunday, May 19
*Don Morrison's Raging Thirst @ Semaphore Workers Club 3.30 pm
Thursday, May 23
*The Gumbo Room Blues Jam@ The Gov's front bar presents The Bluetones 8.30 pm
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
Friday, May 24
*Samantha Fish with Jesse Dayton @ The Gov (main stage) 7.30 pm
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
Thursday, May 30
*The Gumbo Room Blues Jam@ The Gov's front bar presents Open Blues Jam Night (every last Thursday of the month) 8.00 pm
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
| JUNE
Saturday, June 8
*Memphis Blues Challenge Band Final - Big Bill Bourke Blues Band, The Tinmen, 63 Deluxe @ Norwood Live 7:00 pm
97 The Parade, Norwood, SA
Saturday, June 15
*BGR Blues Band @ Victor Harbor RSL 7.00 pm
Cnr George Main Rd and Bay Rd, Victor Harbor
*Okinawa Americana & History Of Trees @ The Semaphore Workers Club 7.30 pm
Sunday, June 16
*Stefan Hauk @ The Gov (main stage) 7.30 pm
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