Austin Blues Society

Hello everyone,

As our president Ed Matyas noted in an earlier post, we’re working to define specific ways we can assist our Austin blues community while COVID-19 is keeping us all under shelter-in-place. There are two main areas we’re focusing on right now:

• How can we help our less fortunate or elderly members who need assistance with everyday tasks

• How can we help artists, venues, and merchants replace a portion of their lost income

First, we urge any artists, venues, or merchants t...

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Austin Blues Society, I’d like to offer our sincere condolences for the unprecedented emotional and financial hardships that our members, artists, venues and merchants are enduring in the course of this terrible crisis.

We want you to know that we are working to identify concrete steps that we can take to help our shared community while this pandemic continues. However, we don’t have a monopoly on good ideas – we encourage all of you to submit your tho...

Time to get your jam on. We're very pleased to invite you to our January Austin Blues Society open blues jam, hosted this month by Jeff & The Jumptones

The jam will take place Thursday, January 30th at the fabulous Skylark Lounge, 2039 Airport Boulevard, Austin, TX. The show begins at 8:30 PM — only $5 cover charge, and free for jammers and Austin Blues Society members! Get there early to catch the incomparable Margaret Wright's happy hour before the jam!

This will be one of the best blues shows in Austin this year and you don't want to miss it! The first 100 tickets sold will receive a $5 gift card for ABS merchandise at the door!  Come hear three amazing blues artists voted to be the best by local Austinites in one amazing show. Best Artist is Oscar Ornelas; Best Band is Eastside Blues Syndicate; Lifetime Achievement is WC Clark.  Click Here to Buy Tickets!