General Admission - FREE.
MCCC will collaborate once again with the Monroe County Library System and a unique “Blues Coalition” of community co-sponsors to cap off Monroe County’s annual Black History Month Blues Series.
In celebrating Black History Month and “the roots of all American music,” this year’s show will take a journey through blues styles that influenced pop and American roots music in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. Rev. Robert B. Jones will carry on the program’s long tradition of serving as the master of ceremonies and opening with a set of acoustic country blues coming out of the South. Ann Arbor’s renowned guitarist George Bedard and the Kingpins will play a mix of blues and related styles, including rockabilly, swing, jazz, country and rock and roll mostly from the 1950s. Veteran Chicago-area singer Nora Jean Wallace and her band will explore blues coming out of the Delta in the deep South and up to Chicago.
Now in its 38th year, the library’s blues program has earned national and state recognition from the Public Library Association and the Michigan Library Association, as well as received the Blues Foundation's “Keeping the Blues Alive Award.”
Support for the series comes from the 2025 Blues Coalition including Monroe County Library System, the college, DTE Foundation, Monroe NAACP, Friends of Bedford, Friends of Carleton, Friends of Dorsch, Friends of Ellis, Friends of Ida and Friends of South Rockwood.
