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Our Mission

To foster appreciation, promotion, preservation and enjoyment of the blues in all of its forms.

Our Mandate
  • To bring together the blues community in Ottawa through participation in blues events and activities.
  • To work with the blues community in expanding awareness and appreciation of the blues.
  • To publish a newsletter to inform the blues community of all aspects of the local blues scene and events as well as some highlights of the Canadian and International blues scenes of interest to OBS members.
  • To provide timely blues information to OBS members by a web site and e-mail.
  • To develop, maintain and increase its membership as a means of fostering and supporting blues.
  • To stage or assist in staging events that will foster appreciation and awareness of the blues.
  • To present a "Blues Heart" award to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the blues.
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MONKEYJUNK places 3rd in Memphis!
The Ottawa Blues Society (OBS) is proud to announce that MonkeyJunk , the winning band from the first ever OBS local Blues Challenge competition, On the Road to Memphis, placed 3rd in the Blues Foundation’s 25th International Blues Challenge (IBC), held in Memphis TN, February 4-7, 2009. Steve Marriner, Tony D and Matt Sobb won the semi-final competition at the Blues City Café and MonkeyJunk was the only Canadian entry to advance to the Saturday afternoon finals at Memphis’ famed Orpheum Theatre.
MonkeyJunk makes their first official appearance following their return at Tucson’s, 2440 Bank Street, on Saturday, February 21. Please join the Ottawa Blues Society in celebrating ‘our’ band’s showing at the IBC and help us welcome them home. More Details...

Update on The DAWG

DAWG had its day in court ... again.  The Ottawa Citizen published an article summarizing the situation prior to the hearing.  The hearing on Friday, June 12 went well.  Now the CRTC has to decide who gets assigned to which Frequency.  We made a strong case that we should stay on 101.9 because we've invested hundreds of thousands of dollars already in that frequency. Read More ...

The decision will not be made by the CRTC for another three months at least.  For those who are interested, the hearing transcript is online at http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/transcripts/2009/tb0612.html

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