NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

NAIDOC originally stood for 'National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee'. This committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week (see History of NAIDOC), and its acronym has become the name of the week itself.

The week is celebrated not just in the Indigenous community, but also in increasing numbers of government agencies, schools, local councils, workplaces and other organisations.

Following the success of our inagural NAIDOC Night last year, the Perth Blues Club is pleased to present the 2009 event on Tuesday 7th July starting at 8.00pm.

Sunday Times Magazine (STM) writer Billy Rule recently went on mission to find out what makes Perth tick. Along the way he met some of the colourful characters who embody our city, and received many suggestions of places that are the "Soul of Perth".

Perth Blues Club has set up a YouTube™ site to showcase performers at the club and give them worldwide exposure.

We have already uploaded a number of video clips shot Live @ the PBC onto our YouTune site http://www.youtube.com/perthbluesclub and we'll be adding to these as the weeks go by. We'll also add a set from our New Oleans-style Mardi Gras, held on Saturday 24th January.

Following negotiations between the Perth Jazz Society and the Perth Blues Club, members of both clubs now have reciprocal rights of entry - ie, PBC members pay member's entry fee to PJS and vice-versa.

So if you find yourself at a loose end on a Monday Night, you can now mosey on down to the PJS to hear some fine jazz. But don't forget your PBC Membership Card or you'll have to pay full price. 

If you have access to the net and you are a member of the Perth Blues Club, we'd like to offer you a growing range of online services, such as Member's Ads, Members' Forum pages and advance notice of special offers. To get access, you will need to register - here's how to do it.