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Events for May 20 – May 26

Wednesday, May 20
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – Open Mic – 6:00-9:00
Central Hotel (Madison, IN) – Open Mic with Jimmy Davis – 7:00-9:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Blues Jam – 8:00-11:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Open Jam with The John Burgard Band – 7:30-11:30
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) – Weekly Jam – 7:00-9:00

Thursday, May 21
Central Bank Thursday Night Live (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 5:30-8:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Joe Waters (blues/funk) – 8:00
Mike's Dance Barn (Nashville, IN) – Bloomington Blues Jam Paul Swain Memorial hosted by The Reckoning – 7:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Another Fine Mess – 8:00-12:00
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Thursday Night Throw Down with Alpha Dog – 7:30-11:30
Radio/Internet Streaming
WBRT (1320 AM) (Bardstown, KY) – Bourbon City Blues – 1:00-3:00 pm
WFMP-LP (106.5 FM) (Louisville, KY) - Post Time: A Derby City Blues Review – 1:00-2:00 pm

Friday, May 22
Check's Cafe – Highway 31 Blues Band – 7:00-10:00
Derby City Gaming (Downtown) - V-Groove (r&b/blues/rock) – 9:00-1:00
Gravely Brewing Co (905 E Main St) – Richard Powell (soul/pop) – 8:00
The Grüv Sports Bar & Lounge – Soul in the City Fridays – 8:00-10:00
Hotel Louisville – Toni Green's Sunset Grooves (jazz/blues/soul) – 7:00-9:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $15
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Kingfish (Jeffersonville, IN) - The Blues Redemption – 6:00-10:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Fam Cat – 8:00
Market Street Park (Huntingburg, IN) - Conor Hart and Austin Jones (rock/country) 5:00 / Boscoe France 7:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Five Below Band (blues/rock) – 6:00-10:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Three To One / Tommy Baldwin – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Jay & Those Other Guys (blues/funk/soul) 6:30 / Chris Canas Band 9:00 - $7
Switchyard Park (Bloomington, IN) – Food Truck Friday with Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 5:00
Talon Winery (Lexington, KY) – Donovan Howard – 6:00-9:00
West Boggs Lake (Loogootee, IN) – Big Dog (blues/soul/funk) – 7:00
Radio/Internet Streaming
WFMP-LP (106.5 FM) (Louisville, KY) - Post Time: A Derby City Blues Review – 8:00-9:00 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 9:00-11:00 pm

Saturday, May 23
Belterra Casino (Florence, IN) - Cat Campbell & the $2 Pistols – 8:00
Boyle County Farmers Market (Danville, KY) - Sparky Greene & the Pollinators (blues/roots rock) – 9:00 am-Noon
Brown County Inn (Nashville, IN) – BA Blues (blues/rock) – 8:00-11:00
Central Tavern (Madison, IN) – Tailfin Cadillacs (blues/soul/rock) – 9:00-1:00
Dog Haus Biergarten (New Albany, IN) – Bleu Phonque (blues/rock) – 7:00
Hotel Louisville – Jerry Green and Friends (funk/r&b/soul) – 9:30 - $10
Jeff Ruby's – Robbie Bartlett Band (blues/r&b/jazz) – 8:00-11:00
Jim & Jack's (Cincinnati, OH) – Cincy Blues Society's Pre CBS Challenge Fundraiser with Ralph & the Rhythm Hounds 8:30 / Misterman and the Mojo Band 10:15
Live in Liberty Music Festival (Liberty, KY) - Heavy Holler  (rock) 12:30 / Night Train (rock)  2:30 / Stone Blue  (blues/rock) 4:30 / Eight Daze Sober  (roots/country) 6:30 / Five Below Band (rock/blues) 8:30
The Locker Room - Derby City Shakedown acoustic (blues/rock) – 7:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Reece Murray Band (blues/soul) – 8:00
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-10:00
Shorty's Bar and Grill (Bedford, IN) – Homemade Jam (blues/rock/soul) – 7:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – M Squared Project / Black Cat and the Bones – 8:00-12:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – da Mudcats 6:30 / Chris Canas Band 9:00 - $7
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) (Louisville, KY) – All That Jazz hosted by Juan Leone, a collection of jazz, blues and gospel from the late 1950s to the early 1970s - 8:00-10:00 am
WFYI (90.1 FM) (Indianapolis, IN) - The Blues House Party hosted by Matthew Socey – 8:00-10:00 pm
WKMS (91.3 FM) (Murray, KY) – State Line Blues hosted by Lew Jetton – 7:00-9:00 pm
WMKY (90.3 FM) (Morehead, KY) – Nothin’ But The Blues with Paul Hitchcock – 8:00 pm-Midnight

Sunday, May 24
Captain's Quarters – Soul Circus (variety) – 6:00-10:00
Equus Run Vineyards (Midway, KY) – Tunes in the Vines with The Mojo Tones (blues/rock/soul) – 2:00
Joe's Palm Room – Soulful Sunday with the Unlimited Show Band (r&b/funk/blues) – 5:00-8:00 - $10
Jubilee Field Community Center and Bar – Hot Jive Stew – 7:00-9:00
Lou Lou on Market - Jim Masterson and the Good Thieves (blues/jazz) – 6:00-9:00
Mansion Hill Tavern (Newport, KY) – Reece Murray 2:00 / Blues Jam with Spotty Bratcher 7:00
Proud Mary BBQ (Lexington, KY) – Blues Between the Bridges festival with Cheryl Renee & Shorty Starr, Dobro LSD, Holeshot Blues, Elijah Boone, Dane Sadler Band, Robert Frahm, The Messina Brothers and special guests – 1:00-9:00 – Free admission
Sunset Marina and Resort (Lancaster, KY) – Five Below Band (rock/blues) – 8:00
Warehouse District at 15th & Main - Beatersville Car & Bike Show featuring music by several acts including Laurie Jane & the 45's – 9:00 am-?
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) (Louisville, KY) – That Driving Beat hosted by James & Uwe. That Driving Beat is an all-vinyl radio dance party spinning 1960s soul, rhythm & blues, garage rock, pop, and other movers and shakers from the 1960s! These tunes come from Detroit to Memphis, Muscle Shoals to London, New York to New Orleans, and anywhere else upbeat dance tunes and juke joint anthems were getting laid down and pressed on wax. You can call some of it Northern Soul, most of it Mod, but it's all got That Driving Beat – 6:00-8:00 pm
LRS102.com (Louisville, KY) – The Coffee Blues hosted by Hippy Head – 8:00-10:00 am
WFMP-LP (106.5 FM) (Louisville, KY) - Post Time: A Derby City Blues Review – 1:00-2:00 am
WFPK (91.9 FM) (Louisville, KY) – WFPK Blues Party with Sheryl Rouse – 9:00 pm-12:00 am
WHAY (98.3 FM) (Whitley City, KY) - Smokestack Lightnin' Blues Show – 6:00-10:00 pm
WLLV (101.9 FM/1240 AM) (Louisville, KY) - The Soulful Sounds of Derbytown hosted by Marjorie Marshall – 4:00-6:00 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Blues Before Sunrise – Midnight-6:00 am

Monday, May 25 – Happy Memorial Day
Break Room at Pepper (Lexington, KY) – Deep Mud (blues/rock) – 3:00
Mercurios Music & RestoBar – Monday Night Open Jam with the Rhythm Cats – 6:00-9:00
Tee Dee's Blues & Jazz Club (Lexington, KY) - The Tee Dee Young Band & Friends (blues/jazz) – 9:00
Radio/Internet Streaming
ARTxFM (WXOX/97.1 FM) (Louisville, KY) – Night Train Cocktail Lounge hosted by Brian Manley. The lounge rides into the past, featuring music and lost sounds from the 1860s to the 1970s. The show follows the rails amid a mix of directions, including surf, soundtracks, garage, proto-punk, pop, No Wave, jazz, composed, blues, comedy, cylinder and 78 recordings, rock n roll, old country, field recordings from around the world and whatever is scratched onto warped vinyl hidden in the the bottom of those boxes tucked away in your grandmother's attic – 8:00-9:00 pm
WDNS (93 FM) (Bowling Green, KY) – The Lowdown Hoedown with Greg Martin – 7:00-10:00 pm
WFHB (91.3 FM) (Bloomington, IN) – Blue Monday hosted by Blues Doc Bob – 9:00-11:00 pm
WPBK (102.9 FM) (Stanford, KY) - Buried Alive in the Blues with Walt Knies – 9:00 pm
WUKY (91.3 FM) (Lexington, KY) – Joe's Blues with Joe Conkwright – 7:00-9:00 pm

Tuesday, May 26
BoomBozz Pizza (Bardstown Rd) – Open Stage – 8:30
Bud's Rockin' Country Bar & Grill (Evansville, IN) - Boscoe France Band – 7:00-9:00
Off Broadway Taproom (Madison, IN) – Open Mic hosted by Jimmy Davis – 7:30
Ricky B's Club Cafe – Rick Bartlett (soul/r&b/rock) – 5:00-11:00
Slippery Noodle (Indianapolis, IN) – Tom Kiefaber Duo – 7:30-11:30
Stevie Ray's Blues Bar – Tuesday Night Jam with The Lindsey Lane Band – 7:30-11:30

All dates subject to change without notice.

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