2025 Iowa Blues Challenge

Join us for the Iowa Blues Challenge at Lefty’s Live Music in Des Moines, IA. NO COVER – FREE EVENT!!! The participating acts will be announced in early September.

This competition will decide who will represent Iowa in the 2026 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN where hundreds of acts from around the world converge on Beale Street to perform before music industry pros searching for new talent, with the chance to win prizes, notable gigs, and make career-changing contacts!

You may also like the following events from Central Iowa Blues Society:

• Next Monday, 11th August, 07:00 pm, CIBS Membership Meeting - Heath Alan in Des Moines
• Next Saturday, 16th August, 07:00 pm, Blues With A Healing @ The VA Central Iowa Health Care System ft. Heath Alan in Des Moines, Iowa
• This month, 22nd August, 06:00 pm, CHRIS CAIN & The Soul Searchers - NO COVER! in Madrid

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