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....
CABS Announces Limited Edition T-Shirt Design

CABS Announces Limited Edition T-Shirt Design

CABS is proud and excited to announce that Dennis Preston, Lansing’s premier illustrator, designer, and long time Blues & Jazz Fest Poster artist, has designed us a special T Shirt Logo.  This logo will be available on limited edition T-Shirts.  Be...