Blues Bash Hits the Road ft/ Frank Sultana & His Fabulous Horn Orchestra, Checkerboard Lounge & The Honey Badgers

2023 Memphis International Blues Challenge winner, Frank Sultana brings another installment in the popular BluesBash touring concert series.
Friday March 6th at the Stag & Hunter featuring 
Frank Sultana & his Fabulous Horns Orchestra 
Checkerboard Lounge (Melbourne)
The Honey Badgers (Adelaide)

Frank Sultana has played his way to the top of the Australian blues scene over a career that spans 15 years
In that time he has released 16 albums and toured locally and internationally 
He is an ARIA nominated artist who has won 7 Sydney Blues Society Awards including Artist of the Year (2023), Best Traditional Blues (2023) Best Songwriter (2023/2024/2025) Favourite Blues Band (2025)
In 2023 he became just the third artist outside of North America to win the prestigious Memphis International Blues Challenge in its 42 year history 
He will be showcasing a new lineup the Fabulous Horns Orchestra featuring dynamic new horn arrangements of his classic blues band set list.

Checkerboard Lounge 
The revered and highly acclaimed Melbourne band have been releasing quality Australian blues for years.
The group’s last album, Sun Sessions, recorded in Memphis Tennessee,won four of six available awards at the Melbourne Blues Awards and Best Blues Album at the Music Victoria Awards in 2022. It was in Rhythms magazines Top 10 Albums of the Year, and it spent more than a year on the Australian Blues & Roots Airplay chart, including multiple months at #1.

The Honey Badgers are an electrifying blues and soul outfit from Adelaide, Australia.
In 2023, The Honey Badgers placed in the top six at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, lining up with the finest blues acts from around the globe. Their debut album Shakin’, which reached #1 on the ABARAC charts, documents their rise from South Australia’s southern vales favourites to an international stage