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2008 Blues Music Awards

The Blues Foundation

May 7-May 11, 2008

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The 2008 Blues Music Awards are set for Thursday May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center, a state-of-the-art, 2,500-seat venue at the Grand Casino Resort, Tunica, Mississippi. The most important night in Blues will be held for the first time ever in the birthplace of the Blues--the Mississippi Delta, just a half hour down the road from the Memphis International Airport. The Presenting Sponsor is once again The GIBSON Foundation. In 2008, the State of Mississippi, the Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau and th Grand Casino and Resort are sponsoring the Blues Music Awards. The Blues Music Awards are also sponsored by BMI, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, and the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Recent shows have seen the appearance of more than 60 nominees and almost 30 nominee sets, many with one of a kind parings. The 2008 show can be expected to be improve on these critically-acclaimed shows. The event brings together Blues performers, industry representatives and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous year. Each year, the Foundation presents The Blues Music Awards to the artists selected by its members. They are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. The Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Charter Members' Dinner will be held the night before on Wednesday, May 7 the $28 million Tunica Riverpark museum that sits right on the banks of the Mississippi River. Contact The Blues Foundation about becoming a Charter Member in order to attend this star-studded event. In addition, Blues fans can be assured that many additional events will be scheduled in the area on the weekend after the official Blues Foundation events.

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  Info Phone: 901.527.2583

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  Dates:
  May 7-May 11, 2008

  Times:
  The reception will begin at 5:30pm and the Blues Music Awards show will begin at 7:00pm. The Awards show, with more than 25 performances and 25 Award presentations generally lasts until well past midnight

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  Grand Casino Resort

  13615 Old Highway 61 North Tunica, MS 38664

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  • Event Name: Fundraiser for the Blues Foundation
    "Henry Butler the Best"
    Comment posted by: Priscilla Hernandez from Memphis, TN, USA, Nov 22, 2008
    

    If you do not know of Henry Butler, I am telling you he is one of the best piano players around. Any kind of music--New Orleans, blues, jazz, R&B;, whatever. And The Warehouse is a funky, funky venue....

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    If you do not know of Henry Butler, I am telling you he is one of the best piano players around. Any kind of music--New Orleans, blues, jazz, R&B;, whatever. And The Warehouse is a funky, funky venue.

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  • Event Name: 24th International Blues Challenge
    "Better than any Festival"
    Review posted by: Eddie Bagwell, Vice-President, Tulsa Blues Society from Tulsa, OK, Aug 19, 2008
    

    "This was my first year attending the International Blues Challenge and it was better than any festival I have ever attended."

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    "This was my first year attending the International Blues Challenge and it was better than any festival I have ever attended."

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  • Event Name: 24th International Blues Challenge
    "IBC is incredible"
    Review posted by: Mike Dew from Union Mills, NC, Aug 19, 2008
    

    "I continue to be amazed at how well an event this big comes off. I heard the comment over and over that win or lose, the experience and meeting so many other people in the buisness is the real prize.... Expand

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    "I continue to be amazed at how well an event this big comes off. I heard the comment over and over that win or lose, the experience and meeting so many other people in the buisness is the real prize. The ones that walk away unhappy have missed the whole point of the event in my opinion. To me I see year after year bands evolving from hobby bands to professional bands and a lot of the evolution comes from networking and learning at this event. The big fish from the little ponds learn if they can swim in the big pond." Collapse

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