Darius Blanton News Today

Last weekend kicked off the two-day Big Steam Blues and Roots Music Festival in downtown Hot Springs.

Saturday evening at 128 South Main in downtown Pine Bluff saw the Port City Blues Society host a special program to honor and entertain supporters and expand the societys membership.

The Port City Blues Society held the Road to Memphis competition Saturday night between two bands to decide who would represent the Pine Bluff nonprofit in the 39th annual International Blues Challenge held in Memphis each January.

The Jose Holloway Xperience was the featured band at the Lupus Jazz Brunch, a benefit hosted by the Lupus Foundation of Arkansas Inc. Statewide Talent Show (a stand-alone committee that handles the foundations entertainment activities). The event took place midday July 8 at the Presidential Legacy of Life Center in Little Rock.