2021 Best Self-Produced CD Competition
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2020 Best Self-Produced CD Competition Entries Now Being Accepted

Since 2005, The Blues Foundation has annually held a competition to recognize excellence in independent blues recordings. The 2020 Best Self-Produced CD competition is open to affiliated blues societies from around the world to submit one entry…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists
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Johnny Wheels & The Swamp Donkeys Take Home J2M Honors

Every July means the Waterfront Blues Festival, and that means on the fourth the Cascade Blues Association holds its finals for the Journey to Memphis competition. This year found three bands competing for the title and the right to represent…
Johnny Wheels and The Swamp Donkeys
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IBC Fundraiser for Johnny Wheels & The Swamp Donkeys

The first of what will most likely be several fundraisers to help send the Cascade Blues Association’s acts to Memphis for the International Blues Challenge will be held at Mekong Bistro on Sunday, August 25. An all-star event to assist our…
Membership Meeting Cancelled

July General Membership Meeting Thursday, July 11

Due to the Waterfront Blues Festival occurring the first week of July, the Cascade Blues Association General membership Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 11 at The East Portland Eagles Lodge at 7:00 pm. Note that we’re meeting on Thursday,…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists
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Journey To Memphis Finalists To Move On To The Waterfront

On May 10 and 11, the Cascade Blues Association hosted its first round of Journey To Memphis contestants vying to travel to Memphis to participate in the International Blues Challenge. Sixteen acts played twenty minutes each before three judges…
Membership Meeting Cancelled

May Membership Meeting, Now at The East Portland Eagles Lodge

Welcome to our new home as we move into The East Portland Eagles Lodge. And to start our path in the right direction of offering superb blues performances, we’re delighted to bring two great sets that are guaranteed to set the right pace of…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists
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East Portland Eagles Lodge to Host 2019 Journey To Memphis Competition

The 2019 Cascade Blues Association Journey To Memphis competition will take place over the weekend of Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11. Eighteen acts will face off for the right to represent the Cascade Blues Association and the region at…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists
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2019 Journey To Memphis Applications Due April 3

If you want to participate in this year’s Journey To Memphis competition for the chance to represent the Cascade Blues Association and the region at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, you must submit your application packets…
April General Membership Meeting

Mission Theater to Host April’s Membership Meeting, Wednesday, April 3

Well, our time is coming to an end at The Mission Theater as the April meeting will be our last at that venue. It has certainly been a lot of fun to be in an open room this size and it has been great to offer talented friends like Lloyd Jones,…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists
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CBA Accepting Applications For 2019 Journey To Memphis Competition.

The Journey To Memphis is the Cascade Blues Association’s regional competition to select the acts that will represent our organization and region at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Up to 250 acts from around the…