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Bernell’s Thursday Blues Jam
Bernell’s June 18th, with Tate & the 008 Blues Band! Every Thursday this summer Bernell’s weekly blues jam, featuring Tate & the 008 Blues Band & “Usual Suspects” will be one of the hottest venues in Madison! This summer, catch the Madison Blues Society at Bernell’s Thursday Night Blues Jam! to enjoy the show,…
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Blues News & Local Blues Heros
Madison Blues Scene – A Living Tradition On any given night in Madison, Wisconsin, the blues isn’t just something you hear—it’s something you feel. It spills out of neighborhood bars, echoes across outdoor summer stages, and lives in the hands of musicians who treat every performance like a conversation. This is a city where…
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MBS Board Annual Member Meeting December 2025
MBS Board of Directors Annual Meeting 2025 The Madison Blues Society hosted its annual member meeting in December last year at COPA, a large facility with live music on Monday evenings. Members were invited to share pizza and other fun foods, hear outgoing Board President Steve Porter, a well-respected attorney here in Madison, provide…
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MBS Board Meeting Monday September
The Madison Blues Society’s monthly meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month. Our Board meets both In-Person as well as virtually via Zoom. Meeting information will be emailed to members; others may contact a board member for access. Our next Board Meeting will be on Monday, Sept 8, 2025, at 6:00 PM.…
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Harmony Bar Blues Dance Lessons 9/8
Blues Dance September 8 Lesson and Social Mon, 08 Sept 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:30 pm (CDT) Harmony Bar & Grill, 2201 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53704-5601, United States Celebrate the changing season with Blues Dance Madison—where good music, great people, and soulful movement come together. Lesson 7:30–8:30 PMWill returns to guide us…
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MBS End of Summer Blues Artists
2025 Event Headliner Chicago-based blues singer, songwriter & guitarist Biography Excerpt by Thom Jurek Chicago-based guitarist and singer/songwriter Joanna Connor is a virtuoso stylist in modern electric blues, R&B, and blues-rock. Her take-no-prisoners playing style joins fiery single-string runs to dazzling, rough-and-ready slide guitar pyrotechnics in an approach at once incendiary and deeply soulful. Connor is…