WELCOME TO THE BATON ROUGE BLUES FOUNDATION
The 2011 Baton Rouge Blues Festival, Louisiana's premier blues music event, will be held on Saturday, May 7th.
Please visit the Baton Rouge Blues Festival website for a recap of the 2010 Festival line-up and information on Blues Week.
Our Vision
The vision of the Baton Rouge Blues Foundation is to have Baton Rouge recognized for its blues heritage and culture, and to bring the best of Louisiana blues music to the world.
Our History
The Baton Rouge Blues Foundation was founded in 2002. A non-profit organization, the Foundation sponsors the Music in the Schools Program, the Baton Rouge Blues Foundation Awards and Baton Rouge Blues Festival. Guided by a strong Strategic Plan, the Foundation opened its doors to general membership in 2006 with a very successful jam session at Phil Brady's Bar. The Jam was hosted by South Louisiana legend, Tab Benoit, and featured performances by Tabby Thomas, Buddy Flett, Henry Gray, Herman Jackson, Deacon John, Luther Kent, Bobby Campo,Chris Belleau, and Andy Pizzo.
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Baton Rouge Blues Foundation is a proud sponsor of KBRH-AM and WBRH-FM's Blues Buffet program. The Blues Buffet airs each Saturday at 2 pm on 1260 AM and 90.3 FM. The show features great blues, biographical sketches of artists, and is written, produced and hosted by students in the radio training program at Baton Rouge Magnet High School.
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