Thunder Bay Blues Society

Blues Blast 2020 Ticket Refund Update Thanks to all those who turned out September 19th and 20th to our scheduled Blues Blast 2020 ticket refund dates. It was great to see all of you and the kind words from many of you were greatly appreciated!! For those of you who missed our two scheduled ticket refund dates on September 19 and 20th, please email us at [email protected] to arrange for your refund.... Be sure to include your ticket number(s) in the refund request. Thank you for supporting the blues!! See more

REMINDER! BLUES BLAST TICKET REFUNDS this weekend. The Thunder Bay Blues Society (TBBS) has secured two dates to refund money for ticket holders for our cancelled Blues Blast 2020 show (originally scheduled for March 28 and later rescheduled to September 12). Refunds will take place at The Polish Hall (102 South Court St) Saturday September 19 and Sunday September 20... from 1pm to 4pm. Please proceed to The Polish Hall Main Entrance North Side Door (the door closest to Red River Rd) with your ticket(s) and you will be guided to the refund area. To ensure the safety of our TBBS representatives and all others, please wear a mask. Be assured that the TBBS representatives will be wearing masks and will follow all proper COVID protocols (including the use of hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes) before and after each transaction. Any questions regarding this refund process please contact us at [email protected]. Please do not contact The Polish Hall regarding ticket refunds. All refunds will be handled through the Thunder Bay Blues Society. See more

BLUES BLAST 2020 TICKET REFUNDS The Thunder Bay Blues Society (TBBS) has secured two dates to refund money for ticket holders for our cancelled Blues Blast 2020 show (originally scheduled for March 28 and later rescheduled to September 12). Refunds will take place at The Polish Hall (102 South Court St) Saturday September 19 and Sunday September 20... from 1pm to 4pm. Please proceed to The Polish Hall Main Entrance North Side Door (the door closest to Red River Rd) with your ticket(s) and you will be guided to the refund area. To ensure the safety of our TBBS representatives and all others, please wear a mask. Be assured that the TBBS representatives will be wearing masks and will follow all proper COVID protocols (including the use of hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes) before and after each transaction. Any questions regarding this refund process please contact us at [email protected]. Please do not contact The Polish Hall regarding ticket refunds. All refunds will be handled through the Thunder Bay Blues Society. See more

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THUNDER BAY BLUES SOCIETY EVENT CANCELLATION ANNOUNCEMENT The Thunder Bay Blues Society (TBBS) regrets to announce that due to many continuing COVID-19-related personal health and safety uncertainties, especially with respect to large public gatherings and US/Canada border crossings, we will be cancelling ALL public TBBS activities until at least the start of 2021. These cancellations will include the following 2 major events scheduled for the Port Arthur Polish Hall: 1. BLUE...S BLAST 2020 (September 12/20) - featuring headlining artists Mississippi Heat and Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames from Chicago, and Tony Holiday and the Soul Service from Memphis; 2. HALLOWEEN BLUES (October 30/20) featuring The Ghost Town Blues Band from Memphis Full BLUES BLAST 2020 Ticket Refunds will be provided in SEPTEMBER for all advance ticket holders, the refund protocol for which the TBBS will publicly announce the first week of September 2020. Until then, please submit any inquiries to: Thunder Bay Blues Society Box 28048 900 Arthur Street East Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6R5 Email: [email protected] NOTE: In recognition of the COVID-19 impact on TBBS activities, ALL 2020 paid up TBBS memberships will remain valid until the end of 2021.

The 2020 Bayfront Blues Festival has been rescheduled for August 13-15, 2021. The global pandemic has been particularly devastating to the music, festival, and... event industries. They have been thoroughly impacted by this virus and have come to a complete standstill. Once these businesses cautiously start to reopen, they will be operating at an extremely scaled back capacity. Tours will become financially unfeasible. Bands are hesitant to travel, especially our older blues artists who are more susceptible and concerned for their well being. The safety of our festival community, musicians and staff is absolutely our top priority. Furthermore, sponsors have had to rethink their involvement based on budget cuts and vendors have had to make the difficult decision not to participate in events with large gatherings. This crisis has impacted every aspect of producing and presenting festivals and outdoor events. Moving forward, we will be suspending all ticket and VIP cash refund requests until June 1, 2021. After this date you will have until July 31, 2021 to decide if you want to use them, exchange them for the 2022 event, or request a refund check. A special form will be available on the website for exchanges or refunds at that time. Refund requests that we had already received in our office by Saturday, May 23 will still be honoured and checks mailed on June 15. Of course, all ticket packages and VIP passes purchased in advance will be honoured in 2021. Simply hold on to your 2020 tickets and use them at the postponed event with no other charges or price increases applied! In addition, ticket sales will be suspended effective immediately and will not resume until September for the rescheduled date. Due to the damage already done, there will be a price increase on tickets and VIP packages for the postponed festival and future festivals going forward. We estimate that the cost of tickets will go up by at least 50% in order to sustain a quality event and move the Bayfront Blues Festival into the future. Once again, all tickets and VIP packages previously purchased will absolutely be honoured for the rescheduled festival. For events such as ours to continue, we respectfully ask for your support and understanding through this extraordinarily difficult time. We cannot thank all of you enough for being a part of our blues family for over thirty years. Simply put, we could not do it without you. We are extremely grateful for your continued loyalty and overwhelmingly appreciate your understanding. We are all in this together thank you so very much and we look forward to seeing you in 2021! Sincerely, Bayfront Blues Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday wilde & the 1 Eyed Jacks is among The Year’s Most Exceptional Music Projects Nominated in The 18th Annual Independent Music Awards Sunday wilde & the 1 Eyed Jacks, Lucinda Williams, Steven Van Zandt, Jesse Malin, Jonatha Brooke, Heilung, Sofía Rei & JC Maillard, Sawyer Fredericks, Jake La Botz, Wouter Kellerman, Guy Scheiman, The Dollyrots and STORRY, are among The 18th IMA Nominees...Continue reading

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TBBS - Blues Blast 2020 Update All tickets purchased for the cancelled March 28th Blues Blast 2020 will be honoured at the rescheduled event on September 12th. For any March 28th ticket holder desiring a refund, please contact Mariann @ 939-7595 AFTER March 25th to arrange for the reimbursement.... Ticket sales for the rescheduled September 12th event are expected to resume in August. Otherwise, until the September 12th Blues Blast 2020, the Thunder Bay Blues Society has suspended all other events, including its May 12/20 Annual General Meeting (AGM), in recognition of current and potential future COVID -19 public health and safety-related restrictions on community group gatherings.