The Finals for the 2009 Iowa Blues Challenge are now set!

Come join the party at the Hotel Fort Des Moines at 10th & Walnut in Des Moines, Iowa. On Saturday, May 16, performances will start at 8:30 p.m. with The Avey Brothers, Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts, Trouble No More, and The Blues Explosion.

Cover will be $9 for Blues Society members and $10 for non-members. Call 515-243-1161 or 1-800-532-1466 and ask for the Blues fan rate to book rooms.

The competition will be stiff as these four great bands square off to determine who is the best Blues band in Iowa and play for the opportunity to advance to the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis, Tennessee, among other prizes, so come out and support your favorite band!

For the 16th year, the Central Iowa Blues Society, in cooperation with the Mississippi Valley Blues Society and Lizard Creek Blues Society, presents the 2009 Iowa Blues Challenge, an all-Iowa Blues band contest. This contest is open to any Iowa Blues band that has not been nominated for the Blues Music Awards (Handy’s).