Blues Brawl

Blues Brawl

The 2025 CABS BLUES BRAWL will be Sunday May 18, 2025. More details about the event HERE The winners will represent Mid Michigan at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN in Jan, 2026 The winners will also receive paid performance gigs at the Michigan Blues...
Breakin’ Bread with the Blues

Breakin’ Bread with the Blues

SUNDAY, Nov 24th, 2024 4pm – 8pm The 20th Annual Breaking Bread with the Blues fundraiser for the Greater Lansing Food Bank LIVE BLUES!! The Green Door Blues Bar 2005 E. Michigan Ave, Lansing An All Star lineup is tbd Keep up with details on Facebook:...
Michigan Blues Fest – Sept 20 & 21st

Michigan Blues Fest – Sept 20 & 21st

We are so pleased to welcome Michigan BluesFest back to the streets of Old Town, Lansing. Come and enjoy a terrific line-up of artists who are as excited to get back in front of an audience as we are to hear them. There will be something for everyone—even the kids!...
Ralph McKee Blues Band

Ralph McKee Blues Band

The Ralph McKee Blues Band won the 2024 CABS Blues Brawl and will represent Mid Michigan at the International Blues Competion in Memphis Jan 7 – 11,...
2025 IBC Celebration – Feb 16, 2025

2025 IBC Celebration – Feb 16, 2025

A celebration and fundraiser for the CABS entries to the International Blues Challenge Sunday February 16th, 4:00 pm The Green Door, Lansing   Lineup tbd – stay tuned! Join CABS and The Green Door as we celebrate Mid Michigan’s entries into the IBC...
Beale Street Bound

Beale Street Bound

We had a great Send Off! Next up is the Brawl on May 21st.  More to come on that, but for now go to our Events Page. Come and send the Capital Area Blues Society Blues Brawl winners on the road to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis! Sunday, January 15th, The...
Mike Espy and Jeff Thompson

Mike Espy and Jeff Thompson

The Mike Espy Band is the 2024 CABS Blues Brawl winning band and will represent Mid Michigan at the International Blues Competition in Memphis January 7 – 11, 2025.   Jeff Thompson and Mike Espy met and began playing blues together in Lansingin 1994. Jeff...

CABS is BACK!

CABS IS BACK IN FULL SWING! The Capital Area Blues Society is happy to say we are back and producing events as we did before the COVID lockdown. Last October 9th we held an electrifying evening of great blues at the Green Door for our annual CABS Blues Brawl, and we’d...

CABS and COVID

Hello from your Capital Area Blues Society. All if us here hope you are healthy, safe, and staying sane with a lot of on line blues music watching and listening. The pandemic has changed a few things at CABS. This includes: Our Blues Brawl is indefinitely postponed....