Browsing: The HART Fund

“I have found the Memphis community to be very welcoming, and very warm. I look forward to post-COVID when I can really get out and start to meet our partners and those people who make up the blues community here.” – Patricia Wilson Aden

Day 4 of IBC features Semifinals, a Keynote Panel, Showcases and more!

The evening was a great success, raising $10,000, which included a guitar signed by Bobby Rush, and the winner’s photo with him.

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The IBC Semifinals begin at 5:20 pm at various Beale Street clubs. Check the schedule.

The International Blues Challenge – Quarterfinals Round 2 begin at 4:30 pm

It’s also the time when musicians representing blues societies from around the world come to compete in the International Blues Challenge.

The book “… examines various aspects of blues music, the roles that it plays in the lives of fans, and why their hearts hold it so closely to them.”

“… the community will band together and hold a benefit to assist with recovery, medical and other bills, and final arrangements, if necessary.”

The album is a non-profit project with the artists performing on the album having donated their time, and all proceeds from sales of the album going to the Blues Foundation and HART Fund.