Charlie / Jazz Blues Florida Schedule for 2023 International Blues Challenge Week in Memphis TN

Let's eat!

Let's drink!

Let's get caught-up!

Let's listen to great music and 

talk about the people that aren't here!

IBC -2023

Looking forward to saying 'hi' to so many friends, meeting new ones and hearing so much new and exciting music. As you all know things don't always go as planned in Memphis so this is a FLEXIBLE general guideline for the week. Hit me up, track me down, drop a card on me - let's do some face-time. I'll be the one wearing a Panama hat with a beard underneath!

And, I will be COVID testing the afternoon before the flight in and in the morning after my return. HINT!

See you on Beale - or close by. 

Charlie

MONDAY 1/23/23

Arrv MEM: 7:26 PM

Tas Cru Band

7-11 pm | Rum Boogie Café

TUESDAY 1/24/23

Official Opening of the IBC & International Showcases

6:00 pm | Club 152

152 Beale Street,1st Floor

Additional showcase performances to be held in multiple clubs on Beale Street

Tas Cru’s Annual Generation Blues Jam  Benefit

5:30pm Musician sign up.

6pm Music Starts.

Music ends when they lock the doors

Rum Boogie Café

WEDNESDAY 1/25/23

Pacific NW Showcase

11:00 am – 4:00 pm | Club 152

152 Beal Street, 1st Floor

with Tony Fredrickson

IBC Challenger Check-In

Noon – 2:30 pm | Alfred’s

Galaxie Agency Showcase - Hosted by Gil Anthony

12:30 – 4:30 pm | B.B. King’s

   Debra Power

   Geminii Dragon

Shake Off Your Jet Lag

2:00 – 4:00 pm | Silky O’ Sullivan’s

183 Beale Street

IBC Welcome Party with Barbara Blue 

IBC Challenger Orientation

2:30 pm | Alfred’s

IBC Quarterfinals – Round One

5:00 pm | Beale Street Clubs

BratgirlMedia Showcase

after competition | Rum Boogie Café

182 Beale Street

Memphis Jam

after competition | Blues Hall

hosted by the Memphis Blues Society

Road Dawg Touring - Doug Tackett

after competition | Blues City Café

138 Beale Street

THURSDAY 1/26/23

Blues Networking Breakfast

9:30a | Arcade Restaurant

Blues Networking

10:00 am | DoubleTree

Speed Dating for Musicians and Industry – registration required

Photography Sessions w/ Jeff Fasano

10:00 am – 3:00 pm | DoubleTree

for IBC Challengers – registration required

Maxwell Street

11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Blues City Café

138 Beale Street

documentary done by Phil Ranstrom

National Women in Blues (WiB) Showcase

11:30 am – 4 pm | Alfred’s

197 Beale Street

Galaxie Agency Showcase - Hosted by Gil Anthony

11:30 am – 4:30 pm | B.B. King’s

   Meg Williams 

   Leroy Ellington’s Sacred Heart

   Yates McKendree 

   Chris Bad News Barnes

   Stranded In The City 

   Crystal Shawanda

Master Classes for IBC Challengers

2:00 – 3:15 pm

Acoustic Guitar: Doug MacLeod

Pig on Beale

Bass Guitar: Danielle Nicole

King Jerry Lawler’s

Drums: Tony Braunagel

Alfred’s

Electric Guitar: Bob Margolin

Rum Boogie Café

Harmonica: Bob Corritore

Blues Hall

IBC Quarterfinals – Round Two

5:00 pm | Beale Street Clubs

Tas Cru's Friends and Fam Jam

After competition | King’s Palace

HER Majesty Showcase

after competition | Alfred’s

hosted by Terri Odabi & Shakura S’aida, 

All-Star Jam

after competition | Club 152

hosted by John Del Toro Richardson

BratGirlMedia Guitar Conspiracy

after competition | Rum Boogie Café

International Jam

after competition | Alfred’s

Memphis Jam at Blues Hall

after competition | Blues Hall

hosted by the Memphis Blues Society

FRIDAY 1/27/23

Galaxie Agency Showcase - Hosted by Gil Anthony

12:30 – 4:30 pm | B.B. King’s

   Kirk Fletcher

   Hurricane Ruth

   Danny Garwood

IBC Semi-Finals

6:20 pm | Beale Street Clubs

All-Star Jam

after competition | Club 152

152 Beale Street,1st Floor

hosted by John Del Toro Richardson

Vizztone Blues Party

after competition | Rum Boogie Café

benefitting Generation Blues

Ghost Town Blues Band & Friends Showcase

after competition | Blues City Café

benefitting Generation Blues

SATURDAY 1/28/23

IBC Finals & Best Self-Produced CD Winner

Noon | Orpheum Theatre

203 S. Main Street

Doors open at 11:30 am

To Airport: 5pm

Depart: 1/28/2023 8:13 PM 

To reach me by TEXT: 561-313-7432

Don't bother FB or Insta messaging. I won't see it.

Here is the link to the OFFICIAL SCHEDULE, posted by the Blues Foundation.

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