Watch the trailer for ‘Blues on Beale’

by Beckypublished on 7th February 2022

Experience 5 days of rocking, crowd-pumping Blues competition packed with passion, blues music, and suspense. Discover the people who keep The Blues alive on Beale Street and the powerful international impact of America’s musical gift to the world.

Blues on Beale’, filmed entirely in the Blues clubs on famed Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, captures the people, the soul, and music of the 36th International Blues Challenge, an annual event organized and staged by The Blues Foundation.

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