The 17th annual Arizona Blues Showdown is scheduled for Sunday, November 11th at the Rhythm Room (preliminary rounds) and Sunday, November 18th at Alice Cooperstown (final round). Rules and Application form are now available; application deadline is October 29th!

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A cool new event, Blues for the City, will be held in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, October 20th and Sunday, October 21st. The Saturday block party will be held on Jackson Street just south of USAirways Arena, with the Sunday show taking place in the courtyard at Alice Cooperstown.

This event is "Help for its Kids" and will benefit Rosie's House, the Arizona School for the Arts, Young Sounds of Arizona and the Phoenix Symphony Guild Youth Orchestra.

Saturday's show, which will run from 11:00 am until 11:00 pm, will feature Kal David & the Real Deal, Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy, Eddie Turner, Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns with Jerry Lawson, Big Nick & the Gila Monsters, The Rocket 88s, The Chuck Hall Band, Jimmy Peyton's Midnite Blues, Sir Harrison, Honeyboy Dupree & the Smokehouse Players, and Nina Curri.

Sunday's show, running from noon until 9:00 pm, will feature Zac Harmon, Alice Tatum, Hans Olson, Big Daddy D and the Dynamites, Scotty Spenner, Jim Glass Band, Mikel Lander, KC Blues Band, Soulcatcher, and the Top Cats.

Ticket information will be released soon.