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 Thursday Night Open Mic with Raylene Club 750, Bruce Steakhouse
Avoid the risk of cabin fever this winter and join us at the Thursday Night Open Mics with Raylene.The Thursday Night Open Mic at The Bruce Steakhouse is hosted each week by Raylene Rebryna from The 10 O’Clock Band. Raylene has arranged a featured guest for every Thursday to help create the music we all enjoy. It's not a late night, usually wrapping up by 10:00 pm so come down for the Thursday night specials and enjoy a night out!
We especially hope to see our good friends and fans from Bruce Power who have supported these Open Mic Nights so well in the past!

Saturday February 27, 2010  3d Annual Winter Reunion Blues, Sutton Park Inn, 2:00 pm

It’s our 3d Annual Winter Reunion Blues featuring three great blues bands! The Bearcats open the afternoon, followed by The Mike MacDonald Blues Band and ending up the day with The Breakwater Blues Band. These are three well known and popular blues bands that you know will give us a great afternoon of music! Our Annual Winter Reunion kicks off the 2010 season for Bruce County Blues. Come out and enjoy this afternoon of friends, fun and fantastic blues music! The Sutton will have a full kitchen available for those wishing to snack or have supper!

Tickets $20.00; BCB members with card $15.00 available Jerome's, Snip 'n Clip, Sutton Park Inn

 Friday March 5, 2010  Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whitely, Club 750 The Bruce, 8:00 pm

Nominated for this year’s Maple Blues Award “Best Acoustic Artists” Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley will be our featured artists for our Blues in the Schools programme, sponsored by The Power Workers Union of Bruce Power. Following two days of school presentations, we are proud to present Diana and Chris in the warm and relaxing, newly renovated Club 750 at The Bruce on Friday March 5, 2010. Dubbed as “Canada's National Treasure”, Diana Braithwaite is a dynamic blues singer who in 1999 was chosen by Sarah Mclachlan as one from 400 singer/songwriters to open Lilith Fair at the Molson Amphitheatre where she kicked off the show with a powerful opening concert for the 18,000 in attendance. A gifted performer, she captivates and ‘floors the audience' singing well known lively Delta blues standards and deep, spiritual blues with equal finesse. Diana Braithwaite's shows have led her into the company of some of the finest electric and acoustic blues guitarists including Mel Brown, Son Seals, Magic Slim, T-Model Ford, Robert Cray and Jeff Healey.
For over 30 years, multi-talented artist Chris Whiteley has been successfully performing, writing and recording music. He has played on over 150 recordings, by such diverse artists as
Leon Redbone, blues greats John Hammond , Blind John Davis, and Kenny”Blues Boss” Wayne. Whiteley's own recordings have led to many awards and accolades, including Jazz Report Blues Album of the Year, six Juno Award Nominations, and Maple Blues Awards as "Horn Player of the Year" and SOCAN "Songwriter of the Year".
Together these two artists promise to bring us a memorable evening of acoustic delta style blues at Club 750 The Bruce.
Tickets available soon!

Saturday March 27, 2010  4th Anniversary Party with Jack deKeyzer, Club 750 The Bruce, 8:00 pm

Jack de Keyzer is a Juno (Canada's Grammy) and seven times Maple Blues Award winning artist, blues guitarist, singer, song writer and producer and is considered one of the finest blues guitarists working today.   The British born, Canadian resident’s career has spanned over three decades. De Keyzer has released 6 CD's  and 1 DVD as a leader and appeared as a session guitarist on hundreds of recordings. This year he has been once again nominated for an unprecedented 8th an 9th Maple Blues Awards as Canada’s "Blues Entertainer of the Year"  and "Electric Act of the Year!"

We are proud that Jack, who headlined our first Anniversary Party in 2007 will return this March 27 2010 for our 4th Anniversary Party! Join us in celebrating four years of Bruce County Blues bringing the very best to this area with Canada’s top bluesman, Jack deKeyzer!

Tickets available soon!

 Friday May 14, 2010  Michael Burks Sutton Park Inn, 8:00 pm

Direct from the internationally recognized and prestigious Blues Awards of the Blues Foundation in Memphis Tennessee we will be the first stop for the nominated Michael Burks, "Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year". The award is to be presented on Thursday May 6 and whether he wins or looses, his first gig following the Blues Awards will be right here in Kincardine as he kicks off his northeastern US and Canada tour for May and June! ``Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Michael “Iron Man” Burks stands tall as a major contemporary blues figure. With a nickname earned by his hours-long, intensely physical performances, fearsome guitar attack, tough, smoky vocals and the thousands of miles logged behind the wheel of his touring van, Burks is a modern blues hero. Nobody in today’s blues world successfully bridges searing electric guitar blues with unbridled rock and roll energy like Burks.`` Chicago Sun Times

Tickets available soon!

WE HAVE NEW BCB MERCHANDISE FOR SALE!

You can proudly wear our new logo on t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats ....even your car! Available at all Bruce County Blues shows. Priced as follows with special member's discount in red:                                 

T-shirts                     $20.00 / $15.00

Sweatshirts             $35.00 / $30.00

Purses                      $10.00 / $8.00

Hats                           $15.00 / $12.00

License Plate Holders: $5:00

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