SPRING 2024

2024 Iowa Blues Hall of Fame
Induction Celebration

Join the Central Iowa Blues Society for the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Induction Celebration. Sumpin’ Doo will be the host band. Dinner by Flying Mango and dessert by Steve “the pie man” Vasquez. All tickets include FREE parking! Please park in the River Center’s gated parking lot west of the venue and bring your ticket in for validation and to avoid towing.

The Iowa Blues Hall of Fame 2024 Class to be inducted is Tony Brown, Jeff Wagner, Don “T-Bone” Erickson, Lynette Webster, Tom Gary, and Tina Haase Findlay! The induction ceremony will be April 7th, 2024 at The River Center, 340 SW 3rd St in Des Moines.

4:30 – VIP Doors Open
5:00 – General Admin Doors Open

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS HERE

PARKING INFO

Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony attendees. Your parking is FREE at the specified lot! Please enter at the entrance immediately South of 340 SW 3rd Street. Continue west approximately 400 feet to the Parking Lot B (there will be signs to guide the way). Alternatively, enter 325 SW 5th St, Des Moines, IA into your mapping app. Keep your parking slip and receive a validation ticket when checking in at the venue. Use this validation ticket when exiting the lot. Doors open at 4:30pm for VIP floor seating; 5:00pm for General Admission.

For additional information or VIP tickets please
contact one of the IBHOF Co-chairs listed below.
Bryan Church – 515-577-7749
Terry Cole – 515-971-6664

SpringFest 2024

2PM – Sunday, May 26 @ The Cellar Winery
2183 320th St, Madrid, IA 50156

FREE! Family Friendly! FUN! Come celebrate great music in a perfect setting at the Cellar Winery, Memorial Day Weekend. Admission is FREE! All ages are welcome. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. Food trucks will be on-site but you’re welcome to bring your own picnic! *NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL ALLOWED

2-3:30 CEDAR COUNTY COBRAS

4-5:30 KEVIN BURT & BIG MEDICINE

6-7:30 SHANNON CURFMAN

CIBS Membership Meetings

Second Mondays @ Confluence Brewing
1285 Thomas Beck Rd, Des Moines, IA 50315

CIBS members that attend the membership meeting are eligible to win door prizes at the end of the meeting… prizes such as tickets to a blues show, CDs, DVDs, Books, etc. Enjoy some live music after the meeting!

April 8 – 7:00PM • Dewey Cantrell

May 13 – 7:00PM • Scott Eggleston

June 10 – 7:00PM • The Blue 2

Public Library Blues Series

WDM Public Library – 4000 Mills Civic Pkwy, West Des Moines

Saturday, March 23rd – History of The Blues, Tom Buckmiller
1pm-2pm FREE
Saturday, April 6th – Student Harmonica Giveaway With Lesson, Malcolm Wells
1pm-2pm FREE
Saturday, July 13th – Blues With Storytelling, Ronley King
1pm-2pm FREE
Saturday, August 10th – Blues With Storytelling, Rob Lumbard and Matt Woods
1pm-2pm FREE

Blues with a Healing

Blues With A Healing from the VA Central Iowa Health Care System Des Moines – ONLINE EVENTS. You can watch live on our Facebook page HERE

Saturday, April 27th Tom Buckmiller 2pm-3pm
Saturday, May 11th Scott Eggleston 2pm-3pm
Saturday, June 15th Rob Lumbard 2pm-3pm

MORE UPCOMING SHOWS

Bryan Farland keeps us all in the live music loop with his
“The List – Live Music in DSM Area”
weekly posts and emails. Thank you Bryan!

CORPORATE MEMBERS

About CIBS

Keeping the Blues Alive through
Celebration,
Preservation
& Education!

The Central Iowa Blues Society was incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 1992 by 200 blues lovers. Our mission is to keep the blues alive through celebration, preservation, and education. We endeavor to increase awareness of and appreciation for blues music by providing a network of association for blues enthusiasts. We recognize and honor our Iowa blues heritage through the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame program. We celebrate blues performance by promoting numerous concerts throughout the year including the Winter Blues Fest and the Iowa Blues Challenge. We strive to educate and ensure the future of the blues through Blues in the Schools.

Central Iowa Blues Society received The Blues Foundation’s Keeping the Blues Alive Award in 2016. Each year, The Blues Foundation presents the Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) Awards to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the Blues around the world.

Become a member
today at cibs.org!

SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

CENTRAL IOWA BLUES SOCIETY IS A GRATEFUL RECIPIENT
OF A POLK COUNTY BETTERMENT GRANT AWARDED
BY THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED IN
PART BY BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES

SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE IOWA ARTS COUNCIL,
A DIVISION OF THE IOWA DEPT OF CULTURAL
AFFAIRS THROUGH THE FEDERAL CARES ACT

CIBS Crew

PRESIDENT
Scott Allen

ADMINISTRATOR
Suzanne Cantrell

PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
& MERCHANDISE
Scott Kirstein

MEMBERSHIP & TALENT
Philip Snyder

EDUCATION
Steve Vasquez

DIRECTOR
Scott Benton

DIRECTOR
Marcus Kirtstein

PRODUCTION
Diane Hoffman

MEDIA
Jen Taylor

IOWA BLUES CHALLENGE
Julie Spong

IOWA BLUES
HALL OF FAME
Terry Cole / Bryan Church

Mailing Address

Central Iowa Blues Society
Post Office Box 13016
Des Moines, IA 50310-0016

The Blues Crier is a
periodic e-newsletter.
Please send submissions
to news@cibs.org

ADVERTISING info HERE

BLUES ANGELS

Beth Bloom
Kim Mason
Roger Morrison
Jeff “Doc” Wagner

Special Thanks

Middlebrook Mercantile
The Whiskey House
House of Glass
The Station on Ingersoll
for becoming
Corporate Members

Covered Bridges Winery
Strong Music Productions
City Sounds
Scotty and the Wingtips
for renewing as
Corporate Members

Ron Jarboe
Mark & Deb Kean
Bryan & Pat Farland
Deb Bodson
Phil & Martha Thien
Gerri Lyon
Paul & Cindy Valin
Georgia Helmick & Bob Pace
Scott Hartung
Dave Grieve
Ron Cooper & Connie Molison
Brenda Leimberer
Mark Wuilleumier
Greg & Sheila Robinson
Dan & Jill Stevenson
for renewing as
Contributing Friends

Barb McClintock
Doug & Susan Walkup
Eddie & Mary Lindell
Rachel Filzer
Serena James
for becoming
Contributing Friends

Welcome New Members

Eric & Karri Boetger – 3 years
Kimberly & Brett Barber
Nicole Golding
Christina Hoglund
Todd Knight
Shelly Nurse
Richard Dulaney & Connie Bailey
James Phalen – 3 years
Ernesto Kimbo Arroyo Montejo – 3 years
Mindy Bruck
Marcella Marnholtz – 3 years
Sylvia Gallardo
Kelly Septer
Lara McAdams
Walter Githens & Jana Illingworth
Duff & Janet McFadden
Peter & Shelda Logsdon
Byron & Marcene Culbertson
Richard & Patricia Pendroy
Kevin & Sheryl Burch
Jeff & Dawn Odegaard
Katie Klus
Zeke Simmons
Moriah Blunt
Brian Bartusek
Mike Ball
Doug & Mindy Ware – 3 years
Jason & Ria Morris and Tinisha & Juwan Hughes
Curtis Jurgensen
Tim Jeffries
Sue Weed
Jay Parnau
Jim Tough
Tony Zanoni
Denise Rathman
Ray Wilson & Abby Nicklin
Steve & Cheryl Hamilton
Ralph & Belen Warnemunde
Bill & Deb McElfish
Michael & Susan Klus – 3 years

Renewing Members

Gerald Paglia
Kim Gunnes, Dan Kopatich, & Theo Kopatich
Steve & Marilyn Coleman
Carla Mickael – 3 years
Kevin & Kathy VanderEcken
Joe Cuttell
Terrence Haney – 3 years
Karen Todd
Kirby Brown
Ryan Sheeler
Matthew Eimer – 3 years
Scott Davis – 3 years
William & Rhonda Oviatt
Kelli & Ed Rinderspacher
LaRayne Lilly & Rick Rask – 3 years
Robert Darr & Julie Rinker – 3 years
Craig Long
John Nichols
Craig Peterson
Paul & Kelly Aasmundstad
Sean Gannon & Kate Reed
Jeremy Blessing
Jacquelyn Elfmann & Darwin Simon – 3 years
Kori Bodtke
John Nichols
June Keating – 3 years
Scott Flaig – 3 years
Greg & Barbara Sutherland
Steve Meldrem
David & Sue Whitcomb
Linda Nichols
John R Davis
Kris & Sandy Baumgart
Brian Pierson
Scott Benton – 3 years
Patricia Horton – 3 years
David & Nanci Sande
Richard & Kathleen Custard
Tim & Diane Bohlen – 3 years
Rex Winchell & Lauri Bloss – 3 years
Jeff & Louisa Perry – 3 years
Tom Dorsey
Cindy Kidrowski
Cindy Findley
Carl Van Tuyl
David Klockau – 3 years
Jeri Neal – 3 years
Steve & Jane Allen
Kevin Davisson, Roseann Martin-Norris & Jack Norris – 3 years
Dan Nicholson
Patrick Mienke
Louise Ellis
Steven Chevalier – 3 years
Stevin Dahl – 3 years
Nancy English – 3 years
Jim & Joey Bolstad
TK & Gwenn Williams
Sally Hutton & David Gardner
David Ferree & Terrie Larsen – 3 years
Russell & LeAnn Holmes
Connie Combs
Michael Roberts
Gary & Janna Johnson – 3 years
Russell & Robin Vanderhoef
Linda Bucklew
Rachel Lomen
Leslie Allen
Carol Spencer
Randi Schulz
David Dickson – 3 years
Chris Hopkins
Dierdre Large – 3 years
Ralph & Teresa Rosenberg
Enjoli Berkes
Dave Heuton & Gail Beaudry-Heuton
Jeff Duskin – 3 years
Kent Newman, Signe Newman & Kathy Kunath
Don Nelson – 3 years
James Culbert – 3 years
Mark & Sue Opsal – 3 years
Brian, Sue & Riley Samuelson
Ed Augustine
Mike & Teresa McCabe – 3 years
John & Susan Burns – 3 years
Tom Ohman & Anna Anette – 3 years
Ray Hall – 3 years
George Roby – 3 years
Dave Hull
Vicki Hover
Sheila Neff
Victoria Haugen
Janet McGovern
Darin & Ayn Eklund
Denny & Carolyn Giancola
Todd, Sue & Sarah Mattison, with Leah Joslyn – 3 years

Iowa Blues Radio

BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
hosted by Steve Cushing
SUNDAYS 12AM-5 AM

BLUE AVENUE
hosted by Bob Dorr
SUNDAYS 5-6:30PM

CRAWFISH CIRCUIT
hosted by Bob DeForest
SATURDAYS 10-11PM

THE 5:01 BLUES
hosted by Ron Sorenson
WEEKDAYS 5-5:15PM

T-BONE’S HOUSE ROCKIN’ BLUES
PARTY & THE GROOVE ZONE
hosted by Don Erickson
TUESDAYS 7-10PM

DADDY’S DOGHOUSE
hosted by Mike Ketcham
TUESDAYS @ 7PM &
SUNDAYS @ NOON

THE ROADHOUSE
in Memory of Andre Mosqueda
SUNDAYS 10AM-NOON

DA FRIDAY BLUES
hosted by John Heim
FRIDAYS 6-10PM

BACKSTAGE BLUES
hosted by John Heim
FRIDAYS 10-11PM

BEALE STREET CARAVAN
hosted by Pat Mitchell
SATURDAYS 1-2 AM

DA BLUES
hosted by Bob DeForest
SATURDAYS 6-10PM

CRAWFISH CIRCUIT
hosted by Bob DeForest
SATURDAYS 10-11PM

MIDNIGHT BLUES CD
FRI & SAT NIGHTS

CIBS News :: Spring 2024