IBC 2025
The Road to Memphis
Saskatoon Blues Society will be sending an act to compete in the 2025 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, hosted by The Blues Foundation! To be selected to compete, all acts must win the competition hosted by their local affiliate, so the acts competing are the best of the best, from all over the world.
SBS is honoured to be the Saskatchewan affiliate of the Blues Foundation.
Join us at Bud's on September 16, 2024 for the Saskatoon IBC competion. This year's competitors are:
Wade & Chord Fehr
Shuboy
Ross Neilsen
BC Read
The Blue Mules
Tony Kaye Trio
Call Me Mildy
Each competitor will play for 25 minutes, with 10 minutes between acts.
The show starts at 7 pm, but be there early to get a seat!
Competition Rules
Saskatoon 2025 IBC scoring system
The scoring system is explained in detail here
Note that we have made some changes to the scoring system. Also note that blues content is scored very highly, as are original songs, which is the same as the IBC scoring in Memphis.