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🎸Youth Showcase Challenge: The Road to Memphis Goes Through Portland 🎸Every year, the Cascade Blues Association sends one youth act to Memphis to compete in the International Blues Challenge, and it changes everything for the musicians who go. Just ask Sleeper Wave, last year's winner, who rode that momentum straight into Portland's pro music scene.
Join us for the CBA Youth Showcase Challenge!
🕐 Sunday, October 11, 2026, 2-5pm
📍HOKU Events on Madison
FREE (donations to the CBA Youth travel fund are welcome!)
Young musicians from across the greater Portland area take the stage in front of a panel of judges who know what it takes to make it:
Lisa Mann
Johnny Wheels
Fenix Sanders
The winning youth act earns the trip to Memphis to represent Portland at the IBC Youth Showcase in January 2027.
Come out and support Portland's next generation of blues musicians, then stick around for an all-star jam after the winner is announced!
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Hōkū Events on Madison, 1120 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214-3684, United States
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