| 10-20-2009 | Artist Title Album Label |
| BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES RECORDING | |
| 3:00 PM | The Insomniacs / Directly From My Heart To You / At Least I'm Not With You / DeltaGroove |
| John Nemeth / Fuel For Your Fire / Love Me Tonight / Blind Pig Records | |
| Nick Moss And The Fliptops / Whiskey Makes Me Mean / Live At Chan's # 2 / BlueBella Records | |
| Curtis Salgado / Who's Lovin' You / Clean Getaway / Shanachie Records | |
| Janiva Magness / I Don't Want You On My Mind / What Love Will Do / Alligator Records | |
| Shemekia Copeland / Rivers Invitation / Never Going Back / Telarc Blues | |
| BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES RECORDING | |
| 3:30 PM | Guy Davis / Slow Down Daddy / Sweetheart Like You / Red House Records |
| John Primer / Bad Child / All Original / Blues House Productions | |
| The Mannish Boys / The Woodchuck / Lowdown Feelin' / Delta Groove Records | |
| Shirley Johnson / 634--5789 / Blues Attack / Delmark | |
| BB King / How Many More Years / One Kind Favor / Geffen Records | |
| BEST BLUES SONG | |
| Albert Castiglia / Bad Year Blues / These Are The Days / Blues Leaf Records | |
| 4:00 PM | Chris James & Patrick Rynn / Mr. Coffee / Stop And Think About It / Earwig Music |
| Curtis Salgado / 20 Years Of BB King / Clean Getaway / Sanachie Records | |
| Kenny Neal / Let Life Flow / Let Life Flow / Blind Pig Records | |
| BEST BLUES BAND | |
| Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials / Don't Call Me / Full Tilt / Alligator Records | |
| Kilborn Alley Blues Band / Redneck In A Soul Band / Tear Chicago Down / Blue Bella Records | |
| 4:30 PM | Watermelon Slim & The Workers / Archetypal Blues / No Paid Holidays / Northern Blues Music |
| BEST MALE ARTIST | |
| Elvin Bishop w BB King / Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket / The Blues Rolls On / Delta Groove Music | |
| Bobby Jones / Come In Out Of The Rain / Comin' Back Hard / Delta Groove Records | |
| Lurrie Bell / Wine Head Woman / Lets Talk About Love / Aria BG Records | |
| BEST FEMALE ARTIST | |
| Robin Rogers / Promised Land / Treat Me Right / Blind Pig Records | |
| Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy / Judgment Day / Cottonfield To Coffee House | |
| 5:00 PM | Eden Brent / Mississippi Number One / Mississippi Number One / Yellow Dog Records |
| BEST NEW ARTIST DEBUT RECORDING | |
| Chris James & Patrick Rynn / You're Gone / Stop And Think About It / Earwig Music Company | |
| Guy King / If You Love Me Like You Say / Livin' It / IBF Records | |
| Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm / Dont Just Sing About The Blues / | |
| 2 Man Wrecking Crew / Delta Groove Music | |
| Joanne Shaw Taylor / Going Home / White Sugar / Ruf Records | |
| Dave Herrero / Nacodoches / Austin To Chicago / Hero - FeRey Music Group | |
| 5:30 PM | SEAN COSTELLO RISING STAR AWARD |
| Dave Gross / It's My Life Baby / Crawling The Walls / SwingNation Records | |
| The Kilborn Alley Blues Band / Crazier Things / Tear Chicago Down / Blue Bella Records | |
| Albert Castiglia / Godfather Of The Blues / These Are The Days / Blues Leaf Records | |
| Eden Brent / Mississippi Flatland Blues / Mississippi Number One / Yellow Dog Records | |
| Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm / Stay Here In My Arms / 2 Man Wrecking Crew / Gelta Groove | |
| Joanne Shaw Taylor / Blackest Day / White Sugar / Ruf Records |