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Sue Foley

November 16 @ 7:00 pm

Sue Foley is a Canadian Blues artist and singer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada who started playing guitar when she was just 13, she played her first gig at 16! She has release 15 albums since her debut!

Location: Brooks & Bates Theatre, 82 Gillis St
Date: November 16th
Time: 7pm

More about her…
By age of 21, Foley was living in Austin, Texas, United States, and recording for Antone’s, the blues label and historic nightclub. Her first release was Young Girl Blues.

In 2001, Foley won the Juno Award for her CD, Love Comin’ Down. Foley has also earned seventeen Maple Blues Awards and three Trophees de Blues de France. She has also garnered several nominations at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 2018, Foley released the album, The Ice Queen, which featured guest appearances by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Jimmie Vaughan.

In May 2020, Foley won a Blues Music Award in the ‘Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)’ category. In 2023, Foley won the Koko Taylor Award for the second time.