Your hottest source for blues in the Southwest, the Phoenix Blues Society is a grassroots, all-volunteer organization; supporting local and national music, Blues culture and heritage, arts education, and more. We were founded in 1989 as one of 200 national and worldwide affiliates of the Blues Foundation, a non-profit arts corporation founded in 1980 and located in Memphis. Its signature honors and events–the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame, International Blues Challenge and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards–make it the international center of blues music
